Harris-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bedell, Charles May 1887 ************************************************ 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 October 2, 2004, 10:46 pm The Marion County Patriot, June 3, 1887 The Marion County Patriot, No. 22 June 3, 1887 Page One Harris County Journal Dr. Charles Bedell, one of the first settlers in this county and an old resident of this place died last Sunday at his home in Columbus. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/harris/obits/b/ob5582bedell.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb
Muscogee-Putnam County GaArchives Obituaries.....Redd, Eliza 1887 ************************************************ 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 October 2, 2004, 10:38 pm The Marion County Patriot, June 3, 1887 The Marion County Patriot, No. 22 June 3, 1887 Page Eight State News Items Mrs. Eliza Redd, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of Columbus died Tuesday morning. She was eighty years old and was born in Putnam County. She was the mother of Messrs. C.A. Redd and William Redd of this city, and Mr. Frank Redd, of Atlanta. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/r/ob5579redd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb
Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Iverson, John F. 1887 ************************************************ 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 October 2, 2004, 10:37 pm The Marion County Patriot, June 3, 1887 The Marion County Patriot, No. 22 June 3, 1887 Page Eight State News Items Col. Jno. F. Iverson, a prominent citizen of Columbus, is dead. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/i/ob5578iverson.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb
The list of farmers for 1883 and 1884 can be located http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamuscog/table_contents.htm under "Other helpful things." Thanks to John for his help. I found several of my hubbies family on the lists. kemis
Rondina, I submitted these lists about 3:30 this morning, so the moderator has not had time to post them on the site. I imagine they will be added in the next few days. As soon as I'm aware of their having been added, I will alert the list. Thanks, John in TX [email protected] wrote: >I checked the Muscogee site and did not find the posting. Is there a >hyperlink you could give me to this valuable posting. Thank you. > >Rondina > > >
I have submitted complete transcriptions of the 1883 and 1884 lists of farmers in Muscogee County for posting on the Muscogee Co. site at Rootsweb so that everyone may have access to them. The 1884 list is too long to post to the message board. - jml I checked the Muscogee site and did not find the posting. Is there a hyperlink you could give me to this valuable posting. Thank you. Rondina
Yes, Thank you for your findings..I keep hoping that I will find something that someone come across with Martin Mellown{Malone} or Morgan Mellown {Malone} sometime before the 1830's. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kemis Massey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [GAMUSCOGEE] African-American-owned farms in Muscogee Co, GA (1884) John, thanks for sharing with us. When John researches for his family and CLAPP Factory history, he complies whatever he finds and sends it to the list. When you are researching your family history and find info on another family, please send that info to the appropriate county or surname list. You never know who is searching for that info. Plus you may make a "genealogy buddy" for life. I know that through my research, I have made some wonderful friends - some I haven't meet yet and others I have. kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] African-Americans among the "Farmers of Muscogee County, Georgia" (1884)
Unless someone is going to the library and wouldn't mind doing a lookup, the following link is to the library (genealogy) for Columbus / Muscogee County a.k.a. Chattahoochee Valley area. http://www.thecolumbuslibrary.org/genealogy.html This will link to the status and web cam of the new library. http://www.thecolumbuslibrary.org/construction.html kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] I'm wondering how and where I can locate an obituary from Columbus, GA for: Martha V. Smith died: August 6, 1972 in Columbus. She was interred in Dekalb County on 8/8. Any information which could help me locate her obituary would be helpful. thanks, Scott Baumann
John, thanks for sharing with us. When John researches for his family and CLAPP Factory history, he complies whatever he finds and sends it to the list. When you are researching your family history and find info on another family, please send that info to the appropriate county or surname list. You never know who is searching for that info. Plus you may make a "genealogy buddy" for life. I know that through my research, I have made some wonderful friends - some I haven't meet yet and others I have. kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] African-Americans among the “Farmers of Muscogee County, Georgia” (1884) [Compiler’s notes: a more accurate title for this list might be “Owners of Agricultural Land in Muscogee County.” It appears that the list is based on the tax rolls, specifically the owners (or agents representing them for legal or tax purposes) of land situated in Muscogee County that was used solely or primarily for agriculture. Not all of the persons on the list were actually engaged in farming, and evidently many farmers in Muscogee County (renters or sharecroppers) do not appear on this list. Below, I have extracted the entries for “Colored” individuals (I will be glad to share a copy of the complete list with anyone who wishes to have it). I have supplemented this list with information I found from the 1880 census of Muscogee County; I was not able to locate all of the persons named on the list. Based on the households I was able to locate, it appears that most, if not all, of these farmers of Color were Black men and women who farmed the land that they owned. I have also included marriage records that may pertain to individuals on the list. These marriages, the 1880 households, and other records may be located on a searchable database at the LDS (Latter-Day Saints) website at: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp The Columbus Post Office served a portion of Muscogee County beyond the city limits of Columbus. The area served by the Bozeman Post Office perhaps corresponded with Georgia Militia District #921 (Bozeman District), which was south of Columbus; the area served by the Edwards Post Office perhaps corresponded with Georgia Militia District #1128 (Edwards District), east of Columbus; and the area served by the Upatoie Post Office perhaps corresponded with Georgia Militia District #675 (Upatoie District) in far northeastern Muscogee County. Other Georgia Militia Districts in Muscogee County include #774 (Steam Mill District), northeast of Columbus, and #772 (Nances District), north of Columbus. Note that, in a couple of cases, an individual was served by one post office in 1884, but appeared in a different district on the 1880 census. I hope this information is of use or interest to someone on the list. - jml] Farmers of Muscogee County, Georgia (1884): (c) indicates “Colored” (non-White) Surname, given name (race), # acres, value in $, Post Office BARRET, Pitts (c), 200 a., $600, Columbus Post Office BRIDGES, Thornton (c), 33 a., $300, Bozeman Post Office BROOKIN, Lizzie (c), 50 a., $500, Upatoie Post Office BROOKIN, Reuben (c), 388 a., $870, Upatoie Post Office CASTILLO, Lee (c), 65 a., $150, Edwards Post Office DAVIS, Anthony (c), 20 a., $75, Bozeman Post Office FINCHER, Charles (c), 50 a., $100, Bozeman Post Office FLUKER, Robert (c), 27 a., $125, Bozeman Post Office FOMBY, Ellis (c), 50 a., $150, Bozeman Post Office FOSTER, Jeff (c), 202 ½ a., $607, Upatoie Post Office FREEMAN, Mary (c), 25 a., $750, Bozeman Post Office GREENLEAF, Anderson (c), 201 a., $600, Bozeman Post Office JACKSON, James (c), 202 ½ a., $150, Columbus Post Office JONES, Lewis (c), 50 a., $150, Columbus Post Office HEARD, Andrew (c), 202 ½ a., $500, Columbus Post Office HICKS, Green (c), 65 a., $150, Edwards Post Office HILL, Squire (c) 22 a., $50, Bozeman Post Office HUFF, Orange (c), 50 a., $100, Bozeman Post Office HUNTER, Trial (c), 40 a., $200, Bozeman Post Office JACKSON, B. M. (c), 50 a., $200, Bozeman Post Office JONES, Mallory (c), 22 ½ a., $65, Bozeman Post Office LOCKHART, Wesley (c), 50 a., $250, Columbus Post Office PARK, William (c), 300 a., $800, Bozeman Post Office PARKER, James (c), 200 a., $400, Bozeman Post Office PEARCE, Henry (c), 30 a., $50, Bozeman Post Office ROGERS, Peter (c), 40 a., $40, Bozeman Post Office RUFF, Fannie (c), 140 a., $500, Bozeman Post Office SMITH, Squire (c), 58 a., $58, Bozeman Post Office STANBOCK, Alfred (c), 400 a., $500, Edwards Post Office WILLIAMS, Washington (c), 100 a., $100, Edwards Post Office WILLIAMS George (c), 150 a., $150, Edwards Post Office [Source of above: city directory for Columbus, Georgia, 1884, pp. 322-31 (partial).] ***1880 Bozeman’s District, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 540B: GREENLEAF, Anderson/self/married/male/Black/30/GA/farming/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Caroline/wife/married/female/Black/40/GA/keep house/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Sallie/dau./single/female/Black/16/GA/farm hand/GA/GA GREENLEAF, John/son/single/male/Black/13/GA/farm hand/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Mary/dau./single/female/Black/11/GA/at home/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Louisa/dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/at home/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Carrie/dau./single/female/Black/------/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Robert/dau./single/male/Black/------/GA/GA Same district, p. 549D: HUFF, Orange/head/married/male/Black/50/GA/laborer/GA/GA HUFF, Tabitha/wife/married/female/Black/42/GA/wash woman/GA/GA HUFF/ Ammon/son/single/male/Black/30/GA/laborer/GA/GA HUFF, Mary/dau./single/female/Black/15/GA/at school/GA/GA Eighth door from HUFF (p. 550A): BRIDGES, Thornton/head/married/male/Mulatto/54/GA/blacksmith/GA/GA BRIDGES, Lucinda/wife/married/female/Black/37/GA/farm hand/GA/GA BRIDGES, Dennis/son/------/male/Black/14/at home/GA/GA Seventh door from BRIDGES: RODGERS, Peter/head/married/male/Black/60/VA/farmer/VA/VA RODGERS, Cintha/wife/married/female/Black/48/GA/farm hand/GA/GA HILL, Major/other/single/male/Black/60/GA/farm hand/GA/GA Next door to RODGERS: JONES, Mallory/head/married/male/Black/44/GA/farmer/GA/GA JONES, Fannie/wife/married/female/Black/42/GA/farm hand/GA/GA JONES, Fannie/dau./single/female/Black/13/GA/farm hand/GA/GA JONES, William/son/single/male/Black/9/GA/------/GA/GA JONES, Laura/dau./single/female/Black/6/------/GA/GA Fourth door from JONES (p. 550B): DAVIS, Antony/head/married/male/Black/39/GA/carpenter/GA/GA DAVIS, Clarra/wife/married/female/Black/30/GA/keep house/GA/GA DAVIS, Margret/dau./single/female/Black/16/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, Harry/son/------/male/Black/14/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, William/son/single/male/Black/13/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, Louis/son/single/male/Black/11/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, Jerry/son/single/male/Black/6/GA/------/GA/GA DAVIS, Eliza/dau./single/female/Black/4/GA/------/GA/GA DAVIS, Antony/son/single/male/Black/2/GA/------/GA/GA Next door to DAVIS: PEARCE, Harry/head/married/male/Black/40/GA/farmer/GA/GA PEARCE, Eliza/wife/married/female/Black/36/GA/farm hand/GA/GA PEARCE, Matilda/dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/at home/GA/GA PEARCE, Easter/dau./single/female/Black/8/GA/------/GA/GA PEARCE, Mariah/dau./sinlge/female/Black/7/GA/------/GA/GA PEARCE, Laura/dau./single/female/Balck/4/GA/------/GA/GA PEARCE, Henry/son/single/male/Black/3/GA/-----/GA/GA PEARCE, John/son/single/male/Black/1 month/------/GA/GA THOMAS, Matilda/mother/female/Black/56/GA/at home/GA/GA THOMAS, William/son/male/Black/6/GA/------/GA/GA [Harry PEARCE m. 14 APR 1870 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Eliza THOMAS] Next door to PEARCE: FLUKER, Robert/head/married/male/Black/43/GA/farmer/GA/GA FLUKER, Lizzie/wife/married/female/Black/35/GA/farm hand/GA/GA FLUKER, Julia/dau./single/female/Black/7/GA/------/GA/GA FLUKER, Robert/son/single/male/Black/4/GA/------/GA/GA LIGGAN, Easter/mother/------/female/Black/62/GA/at home/GA/GA Next door to FLUKER: HILE, Squire/head/married/male/Black/55/GA/farmer/GA/GA HILE, Mariah/wife/married/female/Black/40/GA/farm hand/GA/GA Third door down from HILE: FARMBY, Ellis/head/married/male/Black/55/GA/farming/GA/GA FARMBY, Miamie/wife/married/female/Black/49/keep house/GA/GA FARMBY, Elvira/dau./single/female/Black/23/GA/at home/GA/GA FARMBY, Dennis/son/single/male/Black/21/GA/farm hand/GA/GA FARMBY, Lezzie/dau./single/female/Black/18/GA/at home/GA/GA FARMBY, Grigger/son/single/male/Black/16/GA/farm hand/GA/GA FARMBY, Cathrien/dau./single/female/Black/12/GA/at home/GA/GA Next door to FARMBY: SMITH, Squire/head/married/male/White/45/GA/at home/GA/GA SMITH, Matilda/wife/married/female/White/39/GA/at home/GA/GA SMITH, Thomas/son/single/male/White/12/GA/at home/GA/GA [Trial HUNTER m. 22 JUL 1877 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Emma WILLIS – unable to locate on 1880 census.] ***1880 Nances Disrtict, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 498A: RUFF, Green/head/married/male/Mulatto/50/GA/grocer/GA/NC RUFF, Frances/wife/married/female/Black/52/VA/keeping house/GA/GA ***Same district, p. 520A: JONES, Lewis/head/married/male/Black/38/GA/laborer/GA/GA JONES, Caroline/wife/married/female/Black/30/GA/laborer/GA/GA JONES, John/son/single/male/Black/12/GA/laborer/GA/GA JONES, Ida/dau./single/female/Black/8/GA/at home/GA/GA JONES, Emma/dau./single/female/Black/6/GA/at home/GA/GA PACE, Mack/father-in-law/male/Black/65/GA/laborer/GA/GA [Lewis JONES m. 02 NOV 1876 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Caroline PACE.] ***1880 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 588A: HICKS, Green/head/married/male/Black/65/GA/laborer/GA/GA HICKS, Margaret/wife/married/female/Black/47/GA/washerwoman/GA/GA [Wesley LOCKHART m. 16 JAN 1877 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Sarah A. E. CROFT – unable to locate on 1880 census.] ***1880 Edwards District, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 602A: WILLIAMS, George/head/married/male/Mulatto/30/VA/farmer/VA/VA WILLIAMS, Angeline/wife/married/female/Black/25/GA/keeps house/GA/GA WILLIAMS, Georgia A./dau./single/female/Black/11/GA/works in farm/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Washington/son/single/male/Black/9/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Willis/son/single/male/Black/5/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Frances/dau./single/female/Black/3/GA/------VA/GA WILLIAMS, George/son/single/male/Black/10 months/GA/------/VA/GA Next door to George WILLIAMS: WILLIAMS, Washington/head/married/male/Black/28/VA/farmer/VA/VA WILLIAMS, Elmira/wife/married/female/Black/25/GA/keeps house/GA/GA WILLIAMS, Queen A./dau./single/female/Black/11/GA/works in farm/VA/GA WILLIAMS, King/son/single/male/Black/9/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, George/son/single/male/Black/7/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Lula/dau./single/female/Black/3/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Tony/son/single/male/Black/9 months/GA/------/VA/GA [Washington WILLIAMS m. 16 FEB 1879 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Liza HODGE – kin?] Same district, p. 603D: HEARD, Andrew/head/married/male/Black/42/GA/farmer/GA/GA HEARD, Polly/wife/married/female/Black/40/keeps house/GA/GA HEARD, C./dau./single/female/Black/23/GA/works in farm/GA/GA HEARD, L./dau./single/female/Black/17/GA/works in farm/GA/GA HEARD, D./dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/works in farm/GA/GA HEARD, A./son/single/male/Black/8/GA/------/GA/GA HEARD, D./son/single/male/Black/6/GA/------/GA/GA Same district, p. 608A: STANDBACK, Alfred/head/single/male/Black/52/VA/farmer/VA/VA STANDBACK, Tony/son/single/male/Black/17/GA/works in farm/VA/GA STANDBACK, Malissa/dau./single/female/Black/14/GA/works in farm/VA/GA STANDBACK, Virginia/dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/works in farm/VA/GA STANDBACK, Tucker/dau./single/female/Black/8/GA/---------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Kiss/dau./single/female/Black/6/GA/---------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Good/dau./single/female/Black/4/GA/--------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Pete/dau./single/female/Black/3/GA/-------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Soney/son/single/male/Black/4/GA/-------/VA/GA WRAG, Mary/other/-----/female/White/44/GA/house keeper/GA/GA Same district, p. 608B: CASTILLA, Lee/head/married/male/Black/46/MS/farmer/VA/MA CASTILLA, Emily/wife/married/female/Black/36/KY/keeps house/KY/KY CASTILLA, Willie/son/------/male/Black/14/GA/works in farm/MS/KY ***1880 Muscogee County, Georgia (no district named on transcription – evidently Upatoie), p. 611B: FOSTER, Jeff/head/married/male/Black/60/b.GA/farmer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Frances/wife/married/female/Black/50/b.GA/housekeeper/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Emilya/dau./-----/female/Black/30/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Mary/dau./-----/female/Black/24/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Olive/dau./-----/female/Black/21/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Townsley/son/-----/male/Black/19/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Winnie/dau./-----/female/Black/16/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Randle/son/single/male/Black/13/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Davie/son/single/male/Black/10/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Jim//son/-----/male/Black/14/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Emmy/dau./single/female/Black/4/b.GA/none/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Mary/dau./single/female/Black/3/b.GA/none/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Marionna/dau./single/female/Black/1/b.GA/none/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Laura/dau./-----/female/Black/21/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA (Next household: Malinda FOSTER (head, 24, b.GA, Black), Caroline FOSTER (dau., 7, b. GA, Black), Andrew FOSTER (son, 5, b. GA, Black) [Jefferson T. FOSTER m. 04 NOV 1859 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Elizabeth GODWIN; this couple would most likely be either White or Free Persons of Color.] [Jefferson FOSTER m. 22 DEC 1873 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Frances COLLIER] [Laura FOSTER m. 24 DEC 1875 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Green JENKINS] Same district, p. 612C: BROOKEN, Reub/head/married/male/Black/80/b.VA/farmer/fa. b.GA/mo. b.VA BROOKEN, Cherry/wife/married/female/Black/45/b.GA/housekeeper/fa. b.GA/mo. b.GA [Reuben BROOKEN m. 14 MAR 1875 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Cherry WATT]
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Butt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xd.2ADE/843.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Hi Allan, Hope you're enjoying the rain today! It's been awhile since we were in touch. Your earlier posting is very helpful, and I really appreciate it. I received a genealogy from Noah Butt, the uncle of John Campbell Butt of the Atlanta area, back in 1973. My dad plotted the text in tree form later. This genealogy repeated the "William Moses" myth, which I have, unfortunately, had previously accepted. I need help in sorting this line out, which is apparently, not especially accurate. I can tell you that I persuaded John Campbell Butt to participate in a Y-DNA study. He, Marshall Wingfield Butt, of Portsmouth, and my brother have participated. Their DNA indicates a degree of relatedness that is consistent with a Portsmouth origin for all of them. Marshall's father was a local historian--he authored two local histories and the official history of Gosport Naval Yard. Fortunately for us, Marshall's ancestry included a cousin marriage that grafted into our line. So Marshall is a descendent of Richard and Thomas Butt, two of Robert, the original immigrant's sons. He is "Richard" on his father's line of descent, we are "Thomas". Some of the stuuf I've looked at might be consistent with the Moses Butt line being descended from "Henry". What information do you have, and can you help me correct my mistakes! Thanks, Peggy
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Butt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xd.2ADE/843.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I've been looking at a genealogy compiled by another descendent of Moses Butt (1782-1848), with the help of a genealogist. It's possible that this line is descended from Joshua Butt (1714-1800) and Mary Portlock of Portsmouth, VA. This tree came to me from John Campbell Butt of the Atlanta area. A Y-DNA 25-marker test indicated a genetic link between John Campbell and Marshall Wingfield Butt, whose family has been well-researched in the Portsmouth area (his father was a historian). Therefore, John Campbell is a relative of the Portsmouth Butt family, but the exact geneology needs some more work. Does anyone have any suggestions/comments? Thank you.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CAMERON, DIFFLEY, DIFFLY, SMITH, WADE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1523 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Dr. John William CAMERON (15 APR 1837 GA-16 OCT 1894), who m. ca. 1865 to Catherine Ann Frances SMITH (07 SEP 1844 prob. Harris Co, GA- 29 MAR 1906), daughter of William T. & Amanda L. (MOORE) SMITH of Harris Co.. John and Frances are both buried in Linwood Cemetery. In 1880, this couple and five children (Anna 13, Amanda 11, Hattie 9, Emma 5, and Stanford 2) appear on p. 508A in the Clapp’s Factory community, Nances District, Muscogee Co, GA. I am wondering if Dr. CAMERON was the physician specifically for this community? Frances’ sister Ada SMITH m. 1875 in Harris Co, GA, to John May DIFFLEY, whose widowed mother Louisa Jane (WADE) DIFFLEY appears with several of her children on p. 510B at Clapp’s Factory in 1880. I would like to learn more of Dr. CAMERON’s background and about his practice, especially up to the mid-1880s. Thanks – John in TX
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1522.1 Message Board Post: I have submitted complete transcriptions of the 1883 and 1884 lists of farmers in Muscogee County for posting on the Muscogee Co. site at Rootsweb so that everyone may have access to them. The 1884 list is too long to post to the message board. - jml
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1522 Message Board Post: African-Americans among the “Farmers of Muscogee County, Georgia” (1884) [Compiler’s notes: a more accurate title for this list might be “Owners of Agricultural Land in Muscogee County.” It appears that the list is based on the tax rolls, specifically the owners (or agents representing them for legal or tax purposes) of land situated in Muscogee County that was used solely or primarily for agriculture. Not all of the persons on the list were actually engaged in farming, and evidently many farmers in Muscogee County (renters or sharecroppers) do not appear on this list. Below, I have extracted the entries for “Colored” individuals (I will be glad to share a copy of the complete list with anyone who wishes to have it). I have supplemented this list with information I found from the 1880 census of Muscogee County; I was not able to locate all of the persons named on the list. Based on the households I was able to locate, it appears that most, if not all, of these farmers of Color were Black men and women who farmed the land that they owned. I have also included marriage records that may pertain to individuals on the list. These marriages, the 1880 households, and other records may be located on a searchable database at the LDS (Latter-Day Saints) website at: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp The Columbus Post Office served a portion of Muscogee County beyond the city limits of Columbus. The area served by the Bozeman Post Office perhaps corresponded with Georgia Militia District #921 (Bozeman District), which was south of Columbus; the area served by the Edwards Post Office perhaps corresponded with Georgia Militia District #1128 (Edwards District), east of Columbus; and the area served by the Upatoie Post Office perhaps corresponded with Georgia Militia District #675 (Upatoie District) in far northeastern Muscogee County. Other Georgia Militia Districts in Muscogee County include #774 (Steam Mill District), northeast of Columbus, and #772 (Nances District), north of Columbus. Note that, in a couple of cases, an individual was served by one post office in 1884, but appeared in a different district on the 1880 census. I hope this information is of use or interest to someone on the list. - jml] Farmers of Muscogee County, Georgia (1884): (c) indicates “Colored” (non-White) Surname, given name (race), # acres, value in $, Post Office BARRET, Pitts (c), 200 a., $600, Columbus Post Office BRIDGES, Thornton (c), 33 a., $300, Bozeman Post Office BROOKIN, Lizzie (c), 50 a., $500, Upatoie Post Office BROOKIN, Reuben (c), 388 a., $870, Upatoie Post Office CASTILLO, Lee (c), 65 a., $150, Edwards Post Office DAVIS, Anthony (c), 20 a., $75, Bozeman Post Office FINCHER, Charles (c), 50 a., $100, Bozeman Post Office FLUKER, Robert (c), 27 a., $125, Bozeman Post Office FOMBY, Ellis (c), 50 a., $150, Bozeman Post Office FOSTER, Jeff (c), 202 ½ a., $607, Upatoie Post Office FREEMAN, Mary (c), 25 a., $750, Bozeman Post Office GREENLEAF, Anderson (c), 201 a., $600, Bozeman Post Office JACKSON, James (c), 202 ½ a., $150, Columbus Post Office JONES, Lewis (c), 50 a., $150, Columbus Post Office HEARD, Andrew (c), 202 ½ a., $500, Columbus Post Office HICKS, Green (c), 65 a., $150, Edwards Post Office HILL, Squire (c) 22 a., $50, Bozeman Post Office HUFF, Orange (c), 50 a., $100, Bozeman Post Office HUNTER, Trial (c), 40 a., $200, Bozeman Post Office JACKSON, B. M. (c), 50 a., $200, Bozeman Post Office JONES, Mallory (c), 22 ½ a., $65, Bozeman Post Office LOCKHART, Wesley (c), 50 a., $250, Columbus Post Office PARK, William (c), 300 a., $800, Bozeman Post Office PARKER, James (c), 200 a., $400, Bozeman Post Office PEARCE, Henry (c), 30 a., $50, Bozeman Post Office ROGERS, Peter (c), 40 a., $40, Bozeman Post Office RUFF, Fannie (c), 140 a., $500, Bozeman Post Office SMITH, Squire (c), 58 a., $58, Bozeman Post Office STANBOCK, Alfred (c), 400 a., $500, Edwards Post Office WILLIAMS, Washington (c), 100 a., $100, Edwards Post Office WILLIAMS George (c), 150 a., $150, Edwards Post Office [Source of above: city directory for Columbus, Georgia, 1884, pp. 322-31 (partial).] ***1880 Bozeman’s District, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 540B: GREENLEAF, Anderson/self/married/male/Black/30/GA/farming/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Caroline/wife/married/female/Black/40/GA/keep house/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Sallie/dau./single/female/Black/16/GA/farm hand/GA/GA GREENLEAF, John/son/single/male/Black/13/GA/farm hand/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Mary/dau./single/female/Black/11/GA/at home/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Louisa/dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/at home/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Carrie/dau./single/female/Black/------/GA/GA GREENLEAF, Robert/dau./single/male/Black/------/GA/GA Same district, p. 549D: HUFF, Orange/head/married/male/Black/50/GA/laborer/GA/GA HUFF, Tabitha/wife/married/female/Black/42/GA/wash woman/GA/GA HUFF/ Ammon/son/single/male/Black/30/GA/laborer/GA/GA HUFF, Mary/dau./single/female/Black/15/GA/at school/GA/GA Eighth door from HUFF (p. 550A): BRIDGES, Thornton/head/married/male/Mulatto/54/GA/blacksmith/GA/GA BRIDGES, Lucinda/wife/married/female/Black/37/GA/farm hand/GA/GA BRIDGES, Dennis/son/------/male/Black/14/at home/GA/GA Seventh door from BRIDGES: RODGERS, Peter/head/married/male/Black/60/VA/farmer/VA/VA RODGERS, Cintha/wife/married/female/Black/48/GA/farm hand/GA/GA HILL, Major/other/single/male/Black/60/GA/farm hand/GA/GA Next door to RODGERS: JONES, Mallory/head/married/male/Black/44/GA/farmer/GA/GA JONES, Fannie/wife/married/female/Black/42/GA/farm hand/GA/GA JONES, Fannie/dau./single/female/Black/13/GA/farm hand/GA/GA JONES, William/son/single/male/Black/9/GA/------/GA/GA JONES, Laura/dau./single/female/Black/6/------/GA/GA Fourth door from JONES (p. 550B): DAVIS, Antony/head/married/male/Black/39/GA/carpenter/GA/GA DAVIS, Clarra/wife/married/female/Black/30/GA/keep house/GA/GA DAVIS, Margret/dau./single/female/Black/16/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, Harry/son/------/male/Black/14/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, William/son/single/male/Black/13/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, Louis/son/single/male/Black/11/GA/farm hand/GA/GA DAVIS, Jerry/son/single/male/Black/6/GA/------/GA/GA DAVIS, Eliza/dau./single/female/Black/4/GA/------/GA/GA DAVIS, Antony/son/single/male/Black/2/GA/------/GA/GA Next door to DAVIS: PEARCE, Harry/head/married/male/Black/40/GA/farmer/GA/GA PEARCE, Eliza/wife/married/female/Black/36/GA/farm hand/GA/GA PEARCE, Matilda/dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/at home/GA/GA PEARCE, Easter/dau./single/female/Black/8/GA/------/GA/GA PEARCE, Mariah/dau./sinlge/female/Black/7/GA/------/GA/GA PEARCE, Laura/dau./single/female/Balck/4/GA/------/GA/GA PEARCE, Henry/son/single/male/Black/3/GA/-----/GA/GA PEARCE, John/son/single/male/Black/1 month/------/GA/GA THOMAS, Matilda/mother/female/Black/56/GA/at home/GA/GA THOMAS, William/son/male/Black/6/GA/------/GA/GA [Harry PEARCE m. 14 APR 1870 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Eliza THOMAS] Next door to PEARCE: FLUKER, Robert/head/married/male/Black/43/GA/farmer/GA/GA FLUKER, Lizzie/wife/married/female/Black/35/GA/farm hand/GA/GA FLUKER, Julia/dau./single/female/Black/7/GA/------/GA/GA FLUKER, Robert/son/single/male/Black/4/GA/------/GA/GA LIGGAN, Easter/mother/------/female/Black/62/GA/at home/GA/GA Next door to FLUKER: HILE, Squire/head/married/male/Black/55/GA/farmer/GA/GA HILE, Mariah/wife/married/female/Black/40/GA/farm hand/GA/GA Third door down from HILE: FARMBY, Ellis/head/married/male/Black/55/GA/farming/GA/GA FARMBY, Miamie/wife/married/female/Black/49/keep house/GA/GA FARMBY, Elvira/dau./single/female/Black/23/GA/at home/GA/GA FARMBY, Dennis/son/single/male/Black/21/GA/farm hand/GA/GA FARMBY, Lezzie/dau./single/female/Black/18/GA/at home/GA/GA FARMBY, Grigger/son/single/male/Black/16/GA/farm hand/GA/GA FARMBY, Cathrien/dau./single/female/Black/12/GA/at home/GA/GA Next door to FARMBY: SMITH, Squire/head/married/male/White/45/GA/at home/GA/GA SMITH, Matilda/wife/married/female/White/39/GA/at home/GA/GA SMITH, Thomas/son/single/male/White/12/GA/at home/GA/GA [Trial HUNTER m. 22 JUL 1877 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Emma WILLIS – unable to locate on 1880 census.] ***1880 Nances Disrtict, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 498A: RUFF, Green/head/married/male/Mulatto/50/GA/grocer/GA/NC RUFF, Frances/wife/married/female/Black/52/VA/keeping house/GA/GA ***Same district, p. 520A: JONES, Lewis/head/married/male/Black/38/GA/laborer/GA/GA JONES, Caroline/wife/married/female/Black/30/GA/laborer/GA/GA JONES, John/son/single/male/Black/12/GA/laborer/GA/GA JONES, Ida/dau./single/female/Black/8/GA/at home/GA/GA JONES, Emma/dau./single/female/Black/6/GA/at home/GA/GA PACE, Mack/father-in-law/male/Black/65/GA/laborer/GA/GA [Lewis JONES m. 02 NOV 1876 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Caroline PACE.] ***1880 Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 588A: HICKS, Green/head/married/male/Black/65/GA/laborer/GA/GA HICKS, Margaret/wife/married/female/Black/47/GA/washerwoman/GA/GA [Wesley LOCKHART m. 16 JAN 1877 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Sarah A. E. CROFT – unable to locate on 1880 census.] ***1880 Edwards District, Muscogee Co, GA, p. 602A: WILLIAMS, George/head/married/male/Mulatto/30/VA/farmer/VA/VA WILLIAMS, Angeline/wife/married/female/Black/25/GA/keeps house/GA/GA WILLIAMS, Georgia A./dau./single/female/Black/11/GA/works in farm/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Washington/son/single/male/Black/9/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Willis/son/single/male/Black/5/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Frances/dau./single/female/Black/3/GA/------VA/GA WILLIAMS, George/son/single/male/Black/10 months/GA/------/VA/GA Next door to George WILLIAMS: WILLIAMS, Washington/head/married/male/Black/28/VA/farmer/VA/VA WILLIAMS, Elmira/wife/married/female/Black/25/GA/keeps house/GA/GA WILLIAMS, Queen A./dau./single/female/Black/11/GA/works in farm/VA/GA WILLIAMS, King/son/single/male/Black/9/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, George/son/single/male/Black/7/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Lula/dau./single/female/Black/3/GA/------/VA/GA WILLIAMS, Tony/son/single/male/Black/9 months/GA/------/VA/GA [Washington WILLIAMS m. 16 FEB 1879 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Liza HODGE – kin?] Same district, p. 603D: HEARD, Andrew/head/married/male/Black/42/GA/farmer/GA/GA HEARD, Polly/wife/married/female/Black/40/keeps house/GA/GA HEARD, C./dau./single/female/Black/23/GA/works in farm/GA/GA HEARD, L./dau./single/female/Black/17/GA/works in farm/GA/GA HEARD, D./dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/works in farm/GA/GA HEARD, A./son/single/male/Black/8/GA/------/GA/GA HEARD, D./son/single/male/Black/6/GA/------/GA/GA Same district, p. 608A: STANDBACK, Alfred/head/single/male/Black/52/VA/farmer/VA/VA STANDBACK, Tony/son/single/male/Black/17/GA/works in farm/VA/GA STANDBACK, Malissa/dau./single/female/Black/14/GA/works in farm/VA/GA STANDBACK, Virginia/dau./single/female/Black/10/GA/works in farm/VA/GA STANDBACK, Tucker/dau./single/female/Black/8/GA/---------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Kiss/dau./single/female/Black/6/GA/---------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Good/dau./single/female/Black/4/GA/--------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Pete/dau./single/female/Black/3/GA/-------/VA/GA STANDBACK, Soney/son/single/male/Black/4/GA/-------/VA/GA WRAG, Mary/other/-----/female/White/44/GA/house keeper/GA/GA Same district, p. 608B: CASTILLA, Lee/head/married/male/Black/46/MS/farmer/VA/MA CASTILLA, Emily/wife/married/female/Black/36/KY/keeps house/KY/KY CASTILLA, Willie/son/------/male/Black/14/GA/works in farm/MS/KY ***1880 Muscogee County, Georgia (no district named on transcription – evidently Upatoie), p. 611B: FOSTER, Jeff/head/married/male/Black/60/b.GA/farmer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Frances/wife/married/female/Black/50/b.GA/housekeeper/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Emilya/dau./-----/female/Black/30/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Mary/dau./-----/female/Black/24/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Olive/dau./-----/female/Black/21/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Townsley/son/-----/male/Black/19/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Winnie/dau./-----/female/Black/16/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Randle/son/single/male/Black/13/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Davie/son/single/male/Black/10/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA FOSTER, Jim//son/-----/male/Black/14/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Emmy/dau./single/female/Black/4/b.GA/none/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Mary/dau./single/female/Black/3/b.GA/none/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Marionna/dau./single/female/Black/1/b.GA/none/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA JENKINS, Laura/dau./-----/female/Black/21/b.GA/laborer/fa.b.GA/mo.b.GA (Next household: Malinda FOSTER (head, 24, b.GA, Black), Caroline FOSTER (dau., 7, b. GA, Black), Andrew FOSTER (son, 5, b. GA, Black) [Jefferson T. FOSTER m. 04 NOV 1859 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Elizabeth GODWIN; this couple would most likely be either White or Free Persons of Color.] [Jefferson FOSTER m. 22 DEC 1873 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Frances COLLIER] [Laura FOSTER m. 24 DEC 1875 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Green JENKINS] Same district, p. 612C: BROOKEN, Reub/head/married/male/Black/80/b.VA/farmer/fa. b.GA/mo. b.VA BROOKEN, Cherry/wife/married/female/Black/45/b.GA/housekeeper/fa. b.GA/mo. b.GA [Reuben BROOKEN m. 14 MAR 1875 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Cherry WATT]
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FAULK, HOLLIS, LEVY, LONG, SMITH Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1521 Message Board Post: “Sudden Death of a Little Child “Thelma Gertrude FAULK, the 6-weeks-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. FAULK, died at their home No. 870 7th street yesterday. They awoke yesterday morning at four o’clock, their usual time of waking, and found their little one extremely ill. It was removed from the bed by its parents and every thing possible was done for her, but to no avail, as it died before a physician reached the house. The bereaved parents have the heartfelt sympathy of their many friends in the loss of their little one. The funeral took place at their home yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. M. LONG. The remains were tenderly laid to rest in Girard Cemetery. The following little girls were the pall bearers: Misses Florence and Ollie LEVY, Maggie SMITH, and Maud HOLLIS.” [From the "Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun" newspaper, Tuesday, 12 FEB 1907. I am interested in learning of the family connections of this family, particularly on the father's side. - jml]
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COLEMAN, FLOYD Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1520 Message Board Post: [WARNING: be advised that the following news item contains a graphic description of injuries sustained in a railroad mishap. - jml] “John COLEMAN, Jr., Lost His Life by an Accident: Freight Cars Crushed His Foot, Causing Great Loss of Blood. Died After Amputation. “The south bound freight train on the Southern Railway, which arrived in the city yesterday, had on board John COLEMAN, Jr., a negro boy about fourteen years old, a son of John COLEMAN, who is employed by [the] Sexton Board at Linwood Cemetery. When the train was a short distance above the city, COLEMAN [Jr.] attempted to get aboard while the cars were in motion. He fell and the wheels ran over his left foot, crushing it at the instep and mangling it terribly. The train stopped and the crew picked up the wounded boy. He was made as comfortable as possible in the caboose and was brought on to Columbus, where he received the attention of a physician. An examination showed that the boy had lost a great deal of blood and that it would be necessary to amputate the foot. The surgeons prepared for the operation and just after it had been performed the boy passed away. Much sympathy is expressed for the boy’s father, who is an honest and hard working man.�! � [From the "Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun" newspaper, Sunday morning, 10 JUL 1898. This incident may have occurred near Clapp's Factory. I would like to learn where this individual is buried. This is perhaps the COLEMAN family who appear on p. 603C of the Edwards District of Muscogee Co, GA, in 1880. Note that John W. COLEMAN m. 25 NOV 1866 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Louisa Jane FLOYD (per LDS IGI NA). - jml]
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOWARD, JOHNSON, JONES Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1519 Message Board Post: “Chattahoochee Claims Still Another Victim: George JOHNSON Drowned Yesterday in the River by the Overturning of a Boat “About 11:30 o’clock yesterday morning, while George JOHNSON, Bud JONES and Tow HOWARD were fishing out in the river near the boat landing, their boat was overturned, and resulted in the death by drowning of George JOHNSON, who could not swim. It seems that the boys had been fishing a number of fish baskets, which were anchored at different parts of the river, and in some way the boat was overturned while raising a basket from the water into it. All three of the men were thrown into the water. It appears that all of them could swim with the exception of JOHNSON, who went down in a few moments after being thrown into the water. The other two boys managed to get out safely, but JOHNSON sank to rise no more. The alarm was quickly given by the survivors, but assistance arrived too late to save the drowning boy. A dragging crew was shortly organized and an attempt was made to recover the body, but from last accounts their efforts had been fruitless, although! the search was kept up all during the afternoon.” [From the "Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun" newspaper, Sunday morning, 10 JUL 1898. I came across this item while researching an unrelated matter and am not kin. - jml]
Forwarded with permission of poster. Source: [email protected] Subject: "Origin of the Melungeons - 1619, Part 7 "Origin of the Melungeons - 1619, Part 7 by Tim Hashaw all rights reserved. September 30, 2004 Numerous records leave no question that the pirate theft of some 60 Africans from a Portuguese slaver in July 1619 led directly to the arrival of the Pilgrim Mayflower at Plymouth 17 months later, and greatly influenced the direction of America just at the moment of birth. Melungeon ancestors were among those Africans delivered to Virginia in August 1619. This recent research makes some traditional historical scholarship describing the founding of America, highly questionable. The arrival of the Africans of 1619 has never been credited for bringing about the arrival of the Mayflower several months later. Melungeon genealogy is responsible for revealing this important historical connection. A number of outside authors have been in contact these past few months asking for sources and leads and I complied. They will write their books and they will receive acknowledgement for the discovery of a lost chapter of American history. But Melungeon genealogy made the recovery of what really happened possible as the date of these articles will show. I have much more documentation on the story, but I am working on it for a future manuscript. This following is a general view of what followed the events just described. The growing schism among investors of the Virginia Company over the activities of the Treasurer in 1619 would come to a head in the scandal of the Bautista piracy. King James of England launched an investigation following complaints from Gondomar de Acuna, ambassador from Spain, and others. King James (the same who commissioned the King James Version of the Bible) was a ruler who spent lavishly and who was always trying to refill his empty purse. He used the scandal as an excuse to not renew the Company's charter and he made Virginia a Crown colony in 1623. Once started down this path, his heirs did likewise with several other American colonies that had begun as investment ventures organized by private businessmen. Lord Rich quit the Virginia Company after his ship the Treasurer was seized in Bermuda in the autumn of 1619, and because of Edwin Sandys' dogged prosecution of him and Samuel Argall. Months later Rich organized the New England Company with other investors to compete with the Virginia Company. They obtained a charter to start a colony north of Virginia and in December of 1620, their settlers, the Pilgrim Founders arrived in Cape Cod to build Plymouth. Other northern colonies; Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut etc. were also Puritan colonies of refuge that came out of the business ventures started by Lord Rich and other Puritan businessmen. But in time they too were declared Crown colonies. The Puritan-dominated Parliament contended with the royal Stuarts over the issue of "absolute" monarchy: the Stuarts claimed they were divinely chosen monarchs answereable to no one, and Parliament striving to limit the Crown's power. The American colonies, primarily Virginia, were at the center of this debate in the early 17th century. Years later, Parliament became embroiled in a conflict with King Charles, the son of King James, which led to two English Civil Wars. Parliament appointed Lord Rich as admiral of the British Navy and he along with Oliver Cromwell were instrumental in overthrowing King Charles who was afterwards beheaded. In time, English kings returned to power to renew the battle with Parliament over England's relationship to the American colonies. The American Revolution eventually ended the debate giving independence to America. As for the early African ancestors of the Melungeons, documentation shows that the overwhelming number of Africans delivered to Virginia and Maryland between 1619-1650 were brought by English and Dutch pirates and privateers preying on Portuguese slavers sailing to the Americas from Luanda, Angola. Later, slave companies were formed that delivered Africans directly to America, but in the earliest years, they came from Angola and were brought by pirates. These Angolans who came to the Americas called themselves "malungu," as documented in my earlier series. John Geaween who is believed to be the father of Mihill Gowen, the ancestor of the Melungeon Goins, first appeared in America in the service of William Ewens or Evans, who one day in 1619 did accompany John Rolfe to meet the two ships bringing the first Africans to British North America. These pirates had just knocked off a Portuguese slaver out of Luanda, Angola. Through the 1620s and 1630s, the first African Americans labored as servants along side indentured Europeans and American Indians on the plantations of wealthy planters named Robins, Custis, Littleton, Jordan, Pott, Caulfield, Hawley, Charlton, Scarburgh, Shepherd, Evans, Kendall, Vaughn and Andrews. From 1619-1630 they were concentrated in the Virginia counties of Northampton, Surry, York, James City, Charles City and Elizabeth City. After they had served their terms of indenture, free African Americans started buying land in the 1640s near the plantations on which they had toiled. The earliest malungu clans settled on King's Creek. Later, another community appeared on Cherrystone Creek in Northampton County, Virginia before the 1640s. The Angolan-Americans there were surnamed Driggus, Harman, Carter, George, Payne, Sisco, Longo, Cane, Landum, Mongon, and Farnando. At the same time, a third Tidewater malungu community was developing around the Johnson family on Pungoteague Creek. The Angolan-American Emanuel Driggus of King's Creek knew and did business with the Angolan-American Anthony Johnson of the Pungoteague. The Driggers in Accomack County on the Eastern Shore knew the mixed families of Gowen, Cornish and Sweat on the Virginia mainland, all before 1670. Their families adopted each other's children, traded cattle, intermarried and established other malungu villages linked by family ties before 1700. A fourth important malungu community was located in the ancient tribal lands of Delaware's Nanticoke Indians near a hamlet still named "Angola" and a larger region still called "Angola Neck." A fifth malungu community centered around the families of John Geaween and John Pedro in Lancaster County, Virginia. These first African Americans intermarried not only with Northern Europeans immigrants such as the English, Irish, Scottish, German, Dutch, and French, but also with Indians of the Chesapeake Powhatans such as the Pamunkie, Rappahanock, and Chickahominie and later with the Siouan-speaking Saponi and Occaneechee Indians further west. These were the ancestors of the Melungeons; black, white and Indian. Beginning with the early marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas until 1691, mixed marriages were legal (blessed by the Church) in Virginia. Until Loving v Virginia in 1967, that generation of the 17th century had been the single legal mixed generation in America's history. It produced the Melungeons; free born people of color. To repeat, the chronology of arriving families as taken from Heinegg's research shows the Melungeon community developing not at once, but over a period of decades among free blacks (mostly male) and whites and Indians who intermarried. 1620's: Carter, Cornish, Dale/Dial, Driggers, Gowen/Goins, Johnson, Longo, Mongom/Mongon, Payne 1630's: Cane, Davis, George, Hartman, Sisco, Tann, Wansey 1640's: Archer, Kersey, Mozingo, Webb 1650's: Cuttillo, Jacobs, James 1660's: Beckett, Bell, Charity, Cumbo, Evans, Francis, Guy, Harris, Jones, Landum/Landrum, Lovina/Leviner, Moore, Nickens, Powell, Shorter, Tate, Warrick/Warwick 1670's: Anderson, Atkins, Barton, Boarman, Bowser, Brown, Bunch, Buss, Butcher, Butler, Carney, Case, Church, Combess, Combs, Consellor, Day, Farrell/Ferrell, Fountain, Game, Gibson/Gipson, Gregory, Grimes, Grinnage, Hobson, Howell, Jeffries, Lee, Manuel, Morris, Mullakin, Nelson, Osborne, Pendarvis, Quander, Redman, Reed, Rhoads, Rustin, Skipper, Sparrow, Stephens, Stinger, Swann, Waters, Wilson. 1680's: Artis, Booth, Britt, Brooks, Bryant, Burkett, Cambridge, Cassidy, Collins, Copes, Cox, Dogan, Donathan, Forten/Fortune, Gwinn, Hilliard, Hubbard, Impey, Ivey, Jackson, MacDonald, MacGee, Mahoney, Mallory, Okey, Oliver, Penny, Plowman, Press/Priss, Price, Proctor, Robins, Salmons/Sammons, Shoecraft, Walden, Walker, Wiggins, Wilkens, Williams 1690's: Annis, Banneker, Bazmore, Beddo, Bond, Cannedy/Kennedy, Chambers, Conner, Cuffee, Dawson, Durham, Ford, Gannon, Gates, Graham, Hall, Harrison, Hawkins, Heath, Holt, Horner, Knight, Lansford, Lewis, Malavery, Nichols, Norman, Oxendine, Plummer, Pratt, Prichard, Rawlinson, Ray, Ridley, Roberts, Russell, Sample, Savoy, Shaw, Smith, Stewart, Taylor, Thompson, Toney, Turner, Weaver, Welsh, Whistler, Willis, Young More names can be documented allying with these and later clans for decades up until the American Revolution at which time some of these families appeared in Southern Appalachia in large enough numbers to be known to whites as "Melungeons." The early colonial free people of color took divergent roads, often within the same families. One brother married a white woman, another brother married a black woman and another married an Indian woman and their families joined the white world, the black world, and the Indian world. Some families intermarried into free African American clans, others became "white" and entered the mainstream. Others of these families intermarried with Indian groups. Most of the surnames of the chiefs of the Virginia and North Carolina Indian tribes were first borne by 17th century African Americans who intermarried with Indians. Other families however did not assimilate among the larger groups but remained apart and anomalous. Like the Melungeons they also became known elsewhere as Redbones, Lumbees, Brass Ankles, etc. So it is that one family, Goins, for example, may have Goins relatives regarded today as white, black, Melungeon, Lumbee, Cherokee or Saponi. They came from a single source; John Geaween of early Jamestown by way of Angola, Africa. What accounts for Melungeon cohesion over the centuries? At the latter end of the 1600s, shipments of African captives increased dramatically and in some places in the colonies enslaved blacks outnumbered fearful whites. The colonial legislatures began revoking the civil rights of free people of color around 1700. In response, many fpc families moved to the frontier and independence as land became available; from the Tidewater to the Piedmont, into the Carolinas. Then at last, as the guns of the American Revolution were fading, the first mixed families entered Appalachia. Their genealogies and their settlements around the Cumberland Gap immediately after the War for Independence identifies Melungeon ancestors as former British subjects of color who came from the old former colonies back east. The end notes for the previous articles will follow. 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Thank you for your thorough historical posting. I hope you will follow up with additional information for the period of time from the late 1700's to the mid 1800's. My gr gr gr grandmother was born about 1830 and is from Alexandria, Va. She turned up on the 1860 census in Columbus, Ga. I am trying to locate any info I can on how she wound up in Alexandria and then Columbus. Basic historical info gives a lot of incite. Thank you again. Pam
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McRAE, WILLIAMS Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1518 Message Board Post: “Randall Creek Fight Ends Fatally “Mr. Burrell WILLIAMS, a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of this county, died Wednesday evening from the effects of a blow received from Mr. McRAE with a fence rail, while they were engaged in a desperate encounter last Friday. This occurrence is a very sad one, and is deeply regretted by the people of this community.” [From the "Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-Sun" newspaper, Friday, 31 MAR 1876, p. 3. Does anyone know where the Randall Creek community is or was? - jml]