Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jackson, Steve April 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 23, 2004, 3:14 pm The Marion County Patriot, April 26, 1889 The Marion County Patriot, No. 17 April 26, 1889 Page Two Steve Jackson and Charlie Hinde, two lads who went in bathing in the Chattahoochee River, at Lovers Leap a few miles above Columbus, were drowned Friday afternoon. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/j/ob5907jackson.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
My g-grandfather was Alexander Brannon of Brannon & Carson. If you see any other info about him or Brannon & Carson, I would appreciate hearing about it. Thanks Pat Scharf
Muscogee-Stewart County GaArchives Obituaries.....Kirksey, Thomas W. December 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 19, 2004, 7:30 pm The Marion County Patriot, December 14, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 49 December 14, 1888 Page Two Mr. Thomas W. Kirksey, bookkeeper for Brannon & Carson, wholesale dealers in drugs at Columbus, committed suicide Friday night. Bad health was said to be the cause. The relatives of the deceased live at Lumpkin. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/k/ob5873kirksey.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Hi List, Below is a list of popular books from 1889. It will give you an idea of what your ancestors were reading at that time. The only title I was familiar with was "King Solomon's Mines". Is anyone familiar with any of the other titles? Carla Miles Co-Coordinator, Marion County The Marion County Patriot, No. 6 February 8, 1889 Page Three Popular Novels The Patriot Book and Stationery Store has just received a lot of novels by the best and most popular writers. The following is a list of them on hand at present: "Jess," "She," "Mysteries of a Hansom Cab," "Lady Magdelein's Pride," "Mr. Meeson's Will," "King Solomon's Mines," "Fashion's Follies," "Nezar," "All in a Wild March Morning," "Hunted Down," "The Dark House." The books are bound in paper covers and will be sold at 25 cents each. Parties desiring to exchange books of this class will be allowed 15 cents when they are returned in good order.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOLSTUN, SCHUESSLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1542 Message Board Post: HOLSTUN--SCHUESSLER WEDDING; A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. Seldom has there been a more beautiful and elaborate wedding than that of Miss Carrie Gertrude Holstun and Mr. Perry Brown Schuessler, of Columbus, Ga., which took place Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamine F. Holstun, witnessed by a large number of admiring friends and relatives. "An artistic and effective color motif of white and green was carried out in all the decorations. In the sitting room where many beautiful wedding girts were displayed, a touch of gold in quantities of daffodils, was used on the cabinets and mantles. The large reception hall was decorated with Southern smilax artistically festooned along the walls. In the parlor where the ceremony was performed, the decorations were exquisite in design. A snowy background of white canvas from the ceiling to the floor with graceful tracings of Southern smilax, reached from the mantle to each side of the room, making a veritable bower of white and green for the bridal party. The high mantle was entirely covered in white, traced with smilax, and bordered with quantities of white tapers in white rose cups, which were reflected in a long mirror above, while just below the mantle was an improvised altar studded with hundreds of white tapers springing fromp rose cup of white, twinkling amid t! he green. Tall white pedestals twined with smilax and holding huge ferns were arranged on the sides of the altar, alternating with festoons of white ribbon which bordered the semi-circle in which the bridal party stood. A beautiful white wedding bell covered with asparagus fern, combined with tiny white roses was suspended form the center. "Before the ceremony Mr. Carl Schuessler rendered very beautifully on the violin 'Cavalleria Rusticana,' and during the ceremony he played 'Traumerei' softly and sweetly. "As Mrs. J. S. Dowdell played Mendelsshon's Wedding March, on the organ, the ribbon bearers formed an aisle from the rear hall to the bridal altar in the parlor. First, Misses Josie and Annie Pope Robinson, wearing beautiful soflt solk dresses, held the ribbons in the hall. Next, Miss Irma Schuessler, of Roanoke [Randolph Co. AL], wearing becoming apricot green satin and Miss Sallie Schuessler, wearing a lovely pale blue silk gown, held the ribbons at the door opening into the parlor. Miss Carrie Lou Darden, of Birmingham, and Miss Sallie B. Moore, of Opelika [Lee Co. AL], carried the ribbons to the marriage altar, completing the aisle for the bridal party. Miss Darden and Miss Moore wore elaborate lingerie empire gowns and carried pink carnations and white tulle. "Miss Annie Laurie Schuessler and Miss Rose Griffin were the first bride's maids to enter, followed by Misses Kitty and Ann Willis, of LaGrange [Troup Co. GA], and together they formed a semi-circle. The bride's maids wore exquisite white lace directoire gowns and carried lovely arm bouquets of pink carnations tied with white tulle. Next came the bride's sister, Miss Annie Petronia Holstun, who was maid of honor. She wore a lovely directoire gown of peach blossom pink chiffon with velvet trimmings to match. She carried an arm bouquet of pink carnations and white tulle. Following the maid of honor were the groom and his cousin, Mr. James Harrison Schuessler, who was best man. The bride entered alone and met the groom at the latar where Rev. E. Fulmer, pastor of the LaFayette [Chambers Co. AL] Methodist church, performed the ceremony in a most impressive mnanner. "The bride was a picture of loveliness in a handsome tailor suit of copengagen blue cloth, large buttons being used on the long coat, which half concealed a beautiful satin waist the same shade, made with a square-cut yoke of white chiffon and hand-braided. Her stylish hat was very small and was made of velvet the shade of the suit, so becoming to her handsome brunette type, and trimmed in blue nd cherry-colored roses. She carried an exquisite arm bouquet of bride's roses showered with valley lillies. Mrs. Schuessler was one of LaFayette's most beautiful and popular young ladies and by her attractive and cordial perosnality, she numbers her friends by her acquaintances. It is a source of deep regret to her many frineds here that the marriage carries her away from the town where she will be greatly missed in religious and social circles. "Mr. Schuessler formerly of LaFayette [Chambers Co. AL], is a member of one of the most popular and prominent families in the State. He is now a sucessful young merchant in Columbus [Muscogee Co. GA], and possesses many sterling qualities. "Mr. and Mrs. Schuessler left immediately for their future home in Columbus, Ga." (pp. 207-208 in ALLIE ABERNATHY'S SCRAPBOOKS 1893-1923: Marriages, Deaths and Other Items from Chambers County, Alabama Newspapers, compiled by Laura Alabamna Floretta Abernathy). This item appeared between 1905 and 1910, I think. Mary Abernathy Meyer
Schley-Muscogee-Sumter County GaArchives News.....A SAD STORY July 31 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002514 November 16, 2004, 2:36 pm The Atlanta Constitution The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, July 31, 1889 A SAD STORY A Young Girl Abandoned by Her Lover, Returned to Her Father Columbus, Ga., July 30.--(Special)--Colonel W.H. McCrory, of Ellaville, Schley county, arrived in the city yesterday in charge of a girl about sixteen years old. The girl had an infant in her arms, which was not born in wedlock. Colonel McCrory delivered the girl and her child to her father, who lives on Rose Hill. The story is a sad one. The grand jury of Schley county recently indicted the girl and the father of her child, a man named Jerre Hill, for fornication. The girl was arrested and gave bond, but Hill succeded in eluding the officers. (Unreadable) days ago the girl's bondsmen decided to surrender her to authorities, Mitchell and Meagan (or Deagan), of Americus. Officers succeeded in locating the girl and Hill in the northern portion of Sumter county Sunday afternoon. The girl was captured , but Hill escaped, although several shots were fired at him. The girl was taken to Ellaville about 12 o'clock Saturday night. She wept bitterly when told that she must go to jail. She said that her child was sick and that she was anxious to come to her father in Columbus. The sympathies of Colonel McCrory and a half dozen or more of the kind-hearted people of Ellaville were aroused, and they decided to make the bond and send the girl to her father, who is a very respectable citizen of Rose Hill. The father received his erring daughter with open arms, and will do all in his power to save her from further shame. A telegram received from Sheriff Allen, of Schley, announces that Hill has been captured. Additional Comments: I would love to communicate with anyone who might have additional information on this event. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/newspapers/nw1707asadstor.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb
even more ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:44 PM One more link; http://www.exonumia.com/Fakes/fslave.htm
More clues. . . ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:40 PM Check this link out; http://www.nvrha.com/slavetags.htm
Hi all, I received the following post from another list. It is being forward to ya'll for 2 reasons. 1.. there is info in here that could help others 2.. there is info in here that someone needs help on If you can help, please email me. kemis [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:19 PM Dear readers, I am including a letter from a visitor to one of my sites. Perhaps one of you (or more) will have more solid information than I have. I welcome your comments. Barbara Timm cc: Peach, Macon, Coweta webmaster: Bartow Co. CSA In a message dated 11/9/2004 5:49:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, Msrow writes: Do you have any information about slave tags? I recently got one at a country auction house. It is brass and has CSA embossed on it, then 1862, then Slave, then No. 441. Where should I look for more information on this item? Any help from you would be deeply appreciated. Kay Dear Kay, Well, I'm sure not an authority, but it sounds like you have a very interesting and possibly valuable piece. Here are some sites that might help: _http://www.exonumia.com/slave.htm_ (http://www.exonumia.com/slave.htm) _http://www.museum.state.sc.us/culturalhistory/AfricTag.html_ (http://www.museum.state.sc.us/culturalhistory/AfricTag.html) _http://www.relicman.com/mis.htm_ (http://www.relicman.com/mis.htm) The first two sites tell about tags used by "hired-out" slaves in Charleston, S.C. These, however, don't sound like what you have since you didn't mention an occupation engraved on your tag and the Charleston tags don't mention a date included. The third site tells about the Charleston slave tags, but the "Relic Man" also has much material about the Civil War as well. The fact that your tag has "CSA" (probably initials for Confederate States of America) engraved on it and has no occupation engraved on it leads me to believe that slaves who fought in the Confederate army may have been issued such tags. The year, 1863, definitely falls in the Civil War period. Perhaps the owner's name and information was recorded and a number assigned to the slave who would be returned to his master after the war was over. I'm just guessing on this. Many African-American soldiers fought with the Confederate Army in the Civil War: 180,000 to be exact. _http://americancivilwar.com/colored/histofcoloredtroops.html_ (http://americancivilwar.com/colored/histofcoloredtroops.html) If African-American soldiers were issued tags such as these, and I've not yet found a site which suggests this, they were certainly ahead of the time. Dog tags were not being used yet, and the white troops were supposed to keep an identification paper on their person in case of injury or death. That plan didn't work too well because the Civil War graveyards are full of unidentified soldiers. _http://military.gabartow.org/cassvillecm.shtml_ (http://military.gabartow.org/cassvillecm.shtml) I hope this dab of information will help set you on a successful journey. I would be very interested to learn what you find out. I will also keep my eyes and ears open for more information. May I post your letter on my Bartow Co. CSA site? Also, could I have a scan of both sides of your tag? Maybe someone will come along who knows more than I do. I will also pose your question to the County Coordinators of GAGenWeb Project sites. They're a varied group with many interests and talents. Perhaps one of them can help. Barbara
Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wynne, T.K. November 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 15, 2004, 3:44 am The Marion County Patriot, November 30, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 47 November 30, 1888 Page One Judge T.K. Wynne, formerly editor of the old Columbus Times, died in that city Sunday. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/w/ob5827wynne.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dixon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1541 Message Board Post: Hi... I am trying to find information on Nancy Emily Johns Turner Dixon, she came from Charlton Co, GA and from what I discovered ended up in Muscogee Co, GA....I am trying to find her death date but I am having no luck...she was born May 1853 and she married twice that I know of....once to William Turner and then to John Jackson Dixon. I found her in the 1920 and 1930 Muscogee Co, GA Census, she was living in the home of her daughter and husband in the 1920 census, who was married to a C. H. Byrd and not sure where he was in the 1930 census. I would appreciate any help in this research...thank you... Stephanie Grohol
Chattahoochee-Muscogee County GaArchives Marriages.....Molder, Laura - Williams, Wheeler October 11 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 14, 2004, 3:45 am The Marion County Patriot, October 19, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 41 October 19, 1888 Page Three Married at Cusseta The town of Cusseta was considerably livened up last Thursday evening, October 11th, by a brilliant wedding and reception. Miss Laura, the amiable and lovely daughter of Hon. and Mrs. W.F. Molder, was married to Mr. Wheeler Williams, a promising young lawyer of Columbus, Ga. The attendants were: J.J. Dunham, of Buena Vista, with Miss Mary Chapman, of Cusseta; T.T. Miller, of Columbus, with Miss Mary Lee Jefferson, of Columbus; W.D. Crawford, of Buena Vista, with Miss Emma Castleberry, of Cusseta; J.S.B. Crossman, of Columbus, with Miss Annie McLaughlin, of Box Springs; T.E. Williams, of Columbus, with Miss Luella Gillis, of Lumpkin; Prof. J.E. Bivins, of Cusseta, with Miss Bennie Odom, of Columbus; Dr. O.J. Short, of Columbus, with Miss Sallie Bivins, of Auburn, Ala.; Dr. G.W. Shipp, of Columbus, with Miss Belle Shaw, of Columbus. The ceremony was performed at the Baptist church at 8 p.m., Rev. T.R. McMichael, of Cusseta, officiating. Mrs. W.E. Murphey, of Americus, played the wedding march in a very impressive manner as the attendants and intended bridegroom and bride marched up the aisle. After the ceremony the bridal party enjoyed an elegant reception at the home of the brides parents. The Marion County Patriot, No. 40 October 12, 1888 Page Three Mr. Wheeler Williams and Miss Laura Molder were married at the home of the brides parents in Cusseta yesterday evening. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/chattahoochee/vitals/marriages/mr1714molder.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hardaway/ Ray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1540 Message Board Post: My double great uncle TJ Mathis was a bridge engineer for Hardaway Co thru most of his life. He lived in Rome, GA. I know that he built some bridges in NC, the 9th St bridge in Rome, GA, a bridge at Tallulah Falls, GA and that Hardaway let him build a bridge for a company from Birmingham, AL, in Rogers, AR. What I want to know is this company still in buisiness if not are there any records from them that I might find out more bridges that he built. TJ died in 1936 and his granddaughter has a letter from Frederick C. Ray written 13 March 1931. His family has photos of a few of the bridges that he built but we have no idea where they were built. We just got a photo of the bridge he built in Rogers, AR, and a bio about it. Any info that anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Folks, While doing a seach, I came across the following page: http://www.obitlinkspage.com/obit/ga.htm It's a list of links to sources of obituaries and other death-related records in Georgia. It's arranged by county, and as far as I can tell, all the links are to free sites. I hope this is of help to someone, and if this has already been posted to the list, my apologies for the duplication. John in TX P.S. There are lists for other states as well - go to the home page at: http://www.obitlinkspage.com/
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morgan, Ingram Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xd.2ADE/1539 Message Board Post: Looking for more info on this family. 1930 Muscogee Co., GA census, Bibb, p. 13b: William Ingram 25 M 21 AL AL AL Cotton Mill Clis? C.?---------22 M 18 FL FL FL " William, Jr.--3 3/12-------FL Maxine---------11/12-------GA Epsie--------------51 (wd) AL AL AL (Mother) Epsie is Epsy Morgan who m. Charles W. Ingram 1898 Pike Co., AL. Epsy Ingram d. 4/17/1972 age 95 Muscogee Co., GA. There was also one Willliam H. Ingram age 49 d. 1955 and Iris G. age 48 d. 1956 -- wondering if this is the Ingrams on 1930 census above. William, Epsy & Chas. W. Ingram appeared on 1920 Washington Co., FL census. Any help appreciated.
Marion-Muscogee County GaArchives News.....Dr. O.J. Short August 3 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 12, 2004, 4:01 am The Marion County Patriot The Marion County Patriot, No. 31 August 3, 1888 Page Three Personals Dr. O.J. Short went over to Columbus Tuesday where he has located for the practice of his profession as a specialist. He is one of the cleverest and most honorable young men ever raised in any county, and we are proud to claim him as one of Marions sons. It is not necessary for us to commend him to the people of Columbus because his acts and doings will be commendation enough. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/marion/newspapers/nw1685drojshor.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb
Muscogee-Hancock County GaArchives Biographies.....Thomas Sr. & Jr., Grigsby E. Unknown - July 5 1865 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 10, 2004, 8:05 pm Author: Unknown - article appeared in the Marion County Patriot The Marion County Patriot, No. 25 June 22, 1888 Page Two Grigsby E. Thomas Candidate for the State Senate A Brief Sketch of His Life (Columbus Enquirer) This is a year in which most of our offices, both state and national, are to be filled by the voice of the people in the ensuing election. Seeing the name of Grigsby E. Thomas, Jr. announced as a candidate for the senate for this district, composed of the counties of Chattahoochee, Marion and Muscogee, it is our duty, without disparagement to the claims of others, to give a brief sketch of the candidate. He is a son of the late Judge Grigsby E. Thomas, and was born in this county the 7th of September, 1842. His father was born in Hancock County and educated under Nathan Beeman, having for his schoolmates the late Gov. Charles J. McDonald, ex-Senator Walter T. Colquitt, Hon. A.H. Chappell, Hon. Mark A. Cooper, Gov. Charles J. Jenkins, Hon. Dixon H. Lewis and others equally as prominent. He studied law under Duncan G. Campbell and Judge Nathan C. Sayre and began the practice of it in the village of Warrenton, Ga. He was a consistent statesright man of the Troupe party, was elected member of the house of representatives from Warren County for six successive years, being the author of the famous Honest Debtors etc., which virtually abolished imprisonment for debt in Georgia, except only in cases of fraud. Private affairs and (word blurred) family caused him to withdraw from the political arena in 1828, when he devoted himself with renewed zeal to the practice of his profession. He turned his attention to the new and growing town of Columbus, Ga. as a place for his future residence, and to which place he moved in the fall of 1830 and was elected Judge of the Chattahoochee circuit in the fall of 1832. At that early period, where now is the Queen City of the Chattahoochee, it was known as the backwoods of Georgia, and the judge of the circuit frequently traveled an Indian trail, swimming creeks and rivers and climbing mountains, sleeping in open houses and holding courts in log cabins. After serving one term as judge, at the request of his wife, he retired from political and public life and devoted himself entirely to the practice of his profession. His grandfather was a Baptist preacher and his father was a member of that denomination. When at school at Mount Zion, its principal being a Presbyterian preacher as well as school teacher, he united with the Presbyterian church, and upon his removal to Columbus cast his fortune with that denomination, being among its first members, and was elected a ruling elder. In 1836 he purchased his home on Rose Hill, which is now a portion of our city and at which place he died July 5, 1865. Grigsby E. Thomas, Jr., the subject of this sketch, returned home after four years service in the confederate army, just in time to close the eyes of his aged father. Left alone just at the time when he most needed advice and counsel, and when his country was in kelts. Upon his deathbed his father enjoined him to pursue the profession of the law, and in 1865, at the November term of Muscogee court, Judge Edmond H. Worrill presideing, he was admitted to the bar. Judge Worrill with is proverbial urbanity and gentle manners, greatly aided the young man in his early efforts at the bar. He eschewed politics and applied himself closely to the practice of his profession for fifteen years. In 1876 Gov. James M. Smith appointed him solicitor for the county court of Muscogee County. He was re-appointed by Gov. Alfred H. Colquitt and held this office for six years, to the entire satisfaction of the people. In 1880 he espoused the cause of Alfred H. Colquitt in the famous Colquitt-Norwood campaign, and for the first time took the stump. Those who remember the campaign and its results will remember how well he acted. His party honored him with the position of a member of the state democratic committee from the fourth district, and it was that executive committee which aided in the election of Grover Cleveland for president of the United States four years ago. During all this time he has been faithful to the party, and as one of his opponents said, He bore no malice, but always acquiesced in the decisions of his party. He lives at the old homestead on Rose Hill, and by a life of private usefulness in public and private enterprises he has maintained the honored name his father left him as a heritage. He was elected dictator of the Knights of Honor at its last session in Columbus, Ga. in 1882, and has filled the position as one of the trustees of the orphan asylum since 1878. We again copy the following notice from the Meriwether Vindicator, as showing the estimation in which Muscogees son is held in our neighboring counties and his fitness and qualifications for the office and the honor which he asks from the hands of his fellow citizens. We notice that Col. Grigsby E. Thomas of Columbus, is being mentioned as a candidate for senator from the counties of Chattahoochee, Marion and Muscogee. Col. Thomas is one of the most solid and best posted men in our portion of the state, and his presence in the Georgia senate would be a public blessing. He is no claptrap wrangler, but a safe and conservative statesman. He would honor Muscogee in the senate, and prove one of the best workers in the body. Apart from being a well informed man on all subjects, Col. Thomas is an accomplished lawyer and elegant gentleman, and always found on the right side of all public questions. We hope he will have a walkover for the position for which his friends are urging him. He deserves it. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/bios/bs260thomassr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALLGOOD, CHAPMAN, DAVIDSON, DECKER, MORRIS, NEWSOM, NEWSOME Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/449.2 Message Board Post: I'm wondering if you were able to learn more about these folk. I have an Andrew DECKER who was a witness in a murder trial in January 1871. The murder took place in November 1870 in the Columbus Factory village, several miles north of Columbus, so I suspect Andrew was employed at the Columbus Factory (a.k.a. Clapp's Factory) cotton and woolen mill and residing at the mill village at that time. I believe he may be the Andrew DECKER, age 27, b. GA, single, relationship to head listed as "other," in the household of Corry YARBOROUGH, a widow, on p. 419D of the 1880 federal census of Girard, Russell Co, AL. Andrew and most others in the household are working in a cotton mill; I suspect he was boarding there. He may be the Andrew DECKER (1853-1883), buried at Linwood Cemetery in Columbus. Also buried there are Amelia DECKER (1858-1885) and Edith Lucile DECKER (1905-1914), but I don't know what, if any, kinship these two have to Andrew. I see in your postings that Nancy DECKER (d/o Young Allgood & Nancy (CHAPMAN) DECKER) m. 1854 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Stillman DAVIDSON. There are households of Elizah DAVIDSON and John DAVIDSON indexed on p. 359 of the 1860 federal census of Muscogee Co - this is part of the Clapp's Factory community. John E. DAVDISON m. 1856 in Muscogee Co. to Martha Elizabeth ABNEY, sister of Mary Ellen ABNEY, first wife of my gg-gf Henry M. NEWSOME. However, I'm not sure Stillman is kin to these DAVIDSONS. He seems to be the head of household transcribed "Tillman" DAVIDSON, age 54, b. MA (both parents b. MA), working as a house carpenter, on p. 488B in the Nances District of Muscogee Co. in 1880. This is not far from Clapp's Factory, which was also in Nances District. With him are wife Nancy (45, b. GA, keeing house, both parents b. GA) and children William (19, GA) and Allice T. (17, GA). Next door is Eddie DAVIDSON (10, GA), father b. MA, mother b. GA), listed as the "nephew" [rea! d "brother-in-law"] of James CHEEK (27, NC, buther, bother parents b. NC). His wife is Allice T. CHEEK (17, GA, keeing house, father b. MA, mother b. GA). Alice P. DAVIDSON m. 09 MAY 1878 in Muscogee Co, GA, to James H. CHEEK (according to the LDS IGI NA), so evidently she was counted twice on the census. These folks were residing near the Clegg Manufacturing Company in Columbus. Stillman DAVIDSON, age 72, employed as a mechanic, residing at 1712 First Avenue in Ward 7, appears on a Registry of (White) Voters in Columbus, GA, in 1896-97. Back to the 1860 census, Louisa DECKER is indexed on p. 360 - I suppose this is Louisa (CHAPMAN) DECKER, widow of John F. Have you been able to determine if she is kin to John's mother Nancy (CHAPMAN) DECKER? Also on p. 360 are Marshall CLEGG and my kinsmen, the NEWSOME family. There is a William CLEGG on p. 362, an Elias CHAPMAN on p. 365, and a John DAVIS on p. 369. It is worth noting that my NEWSOMES were kin to a MORRIS family at Clapp's Factory. The MORRIS family came from Elbert Co. and were related to the ALLGOOD family. Joseph MORRIS (b. 1793 Wilkes Co, GA) m. Nancy ALLGOOD (b. 1781 Mecklenburg Co, NC). They were in Elbert Co, GA, when their two known children were born: Richard Ivey MORRIS (b. 1818, m. 1839 in Meriwether Co, GA, to Mary Joice CHRISTIAN) and John S. MORRIS (b. 1821, m. 1846 in Muscogee Co, GA to Martha A. COOK). The Ivey MORRIS family was in Harris Co, GA, ca. 1842, then in Muscogee Co, GA; they later went to Randolph Co, AL. The John S. MORRIS family settled in the part of Muscogee that in 1854 became Chattahoochee Co, GA, where they intermarried with my mom's maternal family (the NEWSOMES are her paternal side). Also, Daniel MORRIS (b. 1781 Kent Co, DE) m. 1807 in Elbert Co, GA, to Patsy Jane ALLGOOD (b. 1783). They had eleven known children and were still in Elbert Co. when their son Henry MORRIS was born in 1820. They were in Walton Co, GA, in 1822; Newton Co, GA, in 1826; and Daniel was the bridge keeper at Clapp's Factory on the 1850 census. He died in Coosa Co, AL, in 1866, and Patsy Jane in 1869 (place not known to me); at least some of the family settled in St. Clair Co, AL. According to information I've been sent, Joseph who m. Nancy was a nephew of Daniel who m. Patsy Jane. She and Nancy are supposed to be kin, perhaps as sisters. In later years, I believe there was a connection between the HEARN family and some of the NEWSOMES who settled in Phenix City, Lee (now Russell) Co, AL. Many of these were the family and descendants of James Carter & Nancy Eliza Jane (MORRIS) NEWSOME - she was daughter of Richard Ivey above. I'm curious about whether you know in what type of occupation (agriculture, commerce, or manufacture/trade) Young Allgood DECKER was engaged on the 1840 census in Elbert Co? Also, do you know if the tax he paid in Muscogee Co. in 1845 was merely a poll tax, or was it on property? I'd like to find out where in Muscogee Co. he lived. If his family was at Clapp's Factory when he died, he may be buried in the cemetery there. Also, if John F. DECKER was living there in 1850, there's certainly a chance he is buried in the Clapp's Factory Cemetery. In 1850, I find a DECKER household indexed on p. 411A there (don't have the data on them); also on this page are CHAPMAN and NEWSOM. MORRIS and NEWSOM households are indexed on pp. 410A and 410B. There are an estimated 400-500 graves in the Clapp's Factory Cemetery, although only one is now marked. It was in use from the 1830s until at least 1904. If any records of burials were kept, we have been unable to find them. We have compiled from various sources the names of about seventy individuals who are known or believed to be buried there, and we are working to try to identify others. Some of your folks are good candidates. I would be interested to learn more about your DECKER family and their kin, and I'll be glad to share what I have on the MORRIS/ALLGOOD folk and about the Clapp's Factory community in general. Thanks for your time, and I will look forward to hearing more from you. John Mallory Land
Muscogee-Lee County GaArchives Wills.....Bussey, Lucy B. 1838 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] November 6, 2004, 5:53 pm Source: N. K. Rogers Written: 1838 Abstract of Will of Benjamin Bussey (This will recorded in Muscogee County). Daus.: Amy, Elizabeth, Mary Ann. Sons, Benj. P., Hezekiah H., Nathan J., William W. Property in 33rd Dist. originally Lee now Muscogee Co. (Nathan J. and William not of age when this will was made). Samuel C. Parks mentioned as due certain sums of money. Witnesses: Baldwin Raiford, James Harris, H. C. Sapp. Dated July 19, 1838; Probated Sept. term 1838. Nelson McLester Clk. Inf. Court sitting as court of Ordinary. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/wills/gwl165bussey.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb
Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Martin, Henry 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 6, 2004, 10:44 am The Marion County Patriot, May 4, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 18 May 4, 1888 Page One Two boys named Charlie Smith and Henry Martin were drowned in the Chattahoochee river near Columbus Sunday afternoon. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/m/ob5774martin.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb