This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cummings, Mullins, Story, Justice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xd.2ADE/1501.2 Message Board Post: My grandfather, Jeff D. Cummings, was the warden/jailer at the Muscogee Co. Sheriff's Office from 1938 - 1960. His name is listed on this site: http://www.columbusga.org/sheriff/History.htm

Muscogee County GaArchives News.....Enquirer-Sun News, April 16 to June 4, 1886 April 16 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 14, 2004, 7:44 pm The Marion County Patriot The Marion County Patriot, No. 16 Friday, April 16, 1886 Page One Among Our Neighbors Pithy Paragraphs Penned and Scissored from Our Exchanges Muscogee County Enquirer-Sun It is said that Columbus is soon to have another wholesale grocery establishment. Several members of the family of Mr. Denson at Nance’s, are quite sick with what is supposed to be meningitis. Measles are prevalent in Nance’s district. Several members of Mr. James Passmore’s family are sick with this disease. Mr. J.F. Moore, aged 47 years, died at his home in Browneville at 1:15 pm yesterday of congestion of the lungs. He leaves a wife. At the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. E.H. Rees, in this county on Sunday, Mr. J.W. Edwards of Talbot County and Miss Mattie Rees were united in marriage. The Marion County Patriot, No. 17 Friday, April 23, 1886 Page One Among Our Neighbors Pithy Paragraphs Penned and Scissored from Our Exchanges Muscogee County Enquirer-Sun The oat crop is reported in good condition. It is said that the late frosts have not damaged the peach crop, as we feared. Pea soup is now one of the delicacies enjoyed by housekeepers. Farmers complain that the late freshet left the ground so hard that is almost impossible to plow it. Corn is beginning to look better since the warm weather set in. The farmers are now busy planting cotton and but a few of them are seen on our streets. Foxes are reported as quite numerous in the northern part of this county. Rev. James Rees is quite ill at his residence in this county. He is eighty-six years old. The Marion County Patriot, No. 18 Friday, April 30, 1886 Page One Among Our Neighbors Pithy Paragraphs Penned and Scissored from Our Exchanges Muscogee Enquirer- Sun Forty-one cases have been returned to the May term of Muscogee Superior Court. With the Georgia Midland and Columbus and Western railroad extension Columbus will be on a big boom, and business will soon increase two or three hundred fold. Columbus is one of the prettiest as well as cleanest and well kept cities in the south and just now she is looking her best. The commercial tourists say it is truly refreshing to reach Columbus, with its beautiful streets and pleasant walks. We see that the projectors of the Savannah Dublin and Western railroad say that they will have trains running into Columbus within a year. On Sunday morning Mr. Thomas L. Ingram left this city on his bicycle and rode to Geneva, via Ellerslie and Talbotton, a distance of 43 miles, in five hours and a few minutes. Two little colored boys went in bathing Friday and came out and ate a quantity of blue grass. Both of them died Sunday with convulsions. The Marion County Patriot, No. 20 Friday, May 14, 1886 Page One Among Our Neighbors Pithy Paragraphs Penned and Scissored from Our Exchanges Muscogee Enquirer- Sun The county commissioners have awarded the contract for placing the iron steps at the front entrance of the courthouse to the Columbus Iron Works company for $775. Viola Estelle, the little daughter of Mrs. Emma Martin, died at her home about thirteen miles north of the city on Sunday. She was not quite two years old, but her death is a sad blow to the loving mother. This morning at 10:30 o’clock in the Episcopal church at Clayton, Ala., Mr. Wiley Williams, of this city, and Miss Victoria V. Clayton, of Clayton, will be united in the holy bonds of wedlock, Rev. Dr. E.W. Spalding, rector of the church at Eufaula, officiating. Judge Willis convened Muscogee Superior Court yesterday morning, and after granting two or three orders to foreclose mortgages, adjourned the court to the fifth Monday in May. Judge Willis expects to leave for Indian Springs today where he will spend a short time for the benefit of his health. The Marion County Patriot, No. 23 Friday, June 4, 1886 Page One Among Our Neighbors Pithy Paragraphs Penned and Scissored from Our Exchanges Muscogee Enquirer- Sun Little Minnie V., the eighteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Millirons, died at their home in the Northern Liberties at 12:30 yesterday afternoon after an illness of two weeks of meningitis. The party of bicyclist from New Orleans which passed through the city about a month since enroute to Boston reached there on the night of the 24th inst. They made the trip in twenty-nine days. Mr. Ed Rankin yesterday, when near Mr. Dorch’s place above the city, saw a heavy cloud of rain coming up. He stopped in his buggy under a large oak in front of the house, but a moment afterwards changed his mind and took shelter in the lot. A few minutes after leaving the oak lightning struck it and tore it all to pieces. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/newspapers/nw1517enquirer.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb

Do you have any pictures that you could share with the artist? kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: roelslager@cfl.rr.com My gr grndfather is listed in the 1910 census as Sheriff of Muscogee Co, in 1920 as Marshall of the Courts, Looking at the history of the sheriff's office I don't see his name listed. His name was Cicero Augustus Gibson.He lived at 1312 -18 th St. cause of death was gangrene due to diabetes. Obit >> C.A. Gibson passes here, Former Officer dies 8:00 - 17 May 1932 Tues, Columbus Ga.Well know citizen dies. Born 27 Apr 1859 Greenville Al. buried Riverdale Cemetery. Parents Robert O.Gibson,(died in Civil War)Mary Jane Clarke. Mary Jane Clake was the daug of Benjamine Clark and mother Reese. CA Gibson was married to Virginia Lanora Rodgers( daug of James McCurdy Rodgers and Caroline Amelia Poole) their children were Gussie Olive Gibson (Reese) Lester Gibson, Walter Gibson,Jim Gibson, and Gertha Gibson (Fred Huff) Gussie Olive Gibson Reese was my grandmother. Pat

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/1501.1 Message Board Post: My gr grndfather is listed in the 1910 census as Sheriff of Muscogee Co, in 1920 as Marshall of the Courts, Looking at the history of the sheriff's office I don't see his name listed. His name was Cicero Augustus Gibson.He lived at 1312 -18 th St. cause of death was gangrene due to diabetes. Obit >> C.A. Gibson passes here, Former Officer dies 8:00 - 17 May 1932 Tues, Columbus Ga.Well know citizen dies. Born 27 Apr 1859 Greenville Al. buried Riverdale Cemetery. Parents Robert O.Gibson,(died in Civil War)Mary Jane Clarke. Mary Jane Clake was the daug of Benjamine Clark and mother Reese. CA Gibson was married to Virginia Lanora Rodgers( daug of James McCurdy Rodgers and Caroline Amelia Poole) their children were Gussie Olive Gibson (Reese) Lester Gibson, Walter Gibson,Jim Gibson, and Gertha Gibson (Fred Huff) Gussie Olive Gibson Reese was my grandmother. Pat

Harris-Muscogee County GaArchives Marriages.....Shutze, Neida - Pursell, W.F. September 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 13, 2004, 3:22 am The Marion County Patriot, October 1, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 40 Friday, October 1, 1886 Page One Harris County Journal Mr. W.F. Pursell of Chipley, and Miss Neida Shutze, of Columbus, were married in the parsonage at West Point yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/harris/vitals/marriages/mr1556shutze.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Muscogee-Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Kemp, Martha August 29 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 12, 2004, 3:32 am The Marion County Patriot, September 3, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 36 Friday, September 3, 1886 Page Five Died Mrs. Martha Kemp, whom we made mention some time ago as being sick, died last Sunday morning about 1 o’clock at the home of Mr. Mathew Melton in this county. She was afflicted with that dreaded disease, consumption, and was forty-five years of age. She was a resident of Columbus, and was on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Melton, in the hope that the change might prove beneficial. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/k/ob5405kemp.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Muscogee-Clay County GaArchives Marriages.....Hood, Ida - Simpson, J.R. July 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 11, 2004, 8:38 pm The Marion County Patriot, July 23, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 30 Friday, July 23, 1886 Page One Muscogee County Enquirer-Sun At the residence of Colonel A.P. Mooty, in this city yesterday morning at 7 o’clock, Mr. J.R. Simpson, of Fort Gaines, and Miss Ida Hood were united in marriage. Rev. J.H. Corley, of Fort Gaines performed the ceremony, immediately after which the bridal party left for he home of the groom, via the steamboat Nalad. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/vitals/marriages/mr1554hood.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Irvin, Homer July 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 11, 2004, 8:36 pm The Marion County Patriot, July 23, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 30 Friday, July 23, 1886 Page One Muscogee County Enquirer-Sun Homer, the one-year-old son of Mr. John Y. Irvin, died at his home on Rose Hill Sunday and was buried at the Double Churches Monday. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/i/ob5381irvin.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Stewart-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lipsey, Jackson C. January 16 1925 ************************************************ 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: Joan B. Hill vjbhill@alltel.net September 11, 2004, 12:41 am Stewart Webster Journal, January 23, 1925, Friday MR. JACK LIPSEY DIES Mr. Jack Lipsey, a well known citizen of the Red Hill and Brooklyn communities died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Applewhite, last Friday night. Funeral services were conducted at Red Hill Cemetery Sunday afternoon by Rev. G. N. Rainy of Richland. Mr. Lipsey has resided around Red Hill and Brooklyn practically all his life and was well known throughout Stewart and Webster. He has been in ill health for a number of years and lived among his several children. He had a number of friends, who will regret to learn of his death. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/stewart/obits/l/nob232lipsey.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hurdle, A.N. July 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 9, 2004, 7:08 pm The Marion County Patriot, July 30, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 31 Friday, July 30, 1886 Page Eight Georgia News Captain A.N. Hurdle was killed by a fragment of a rock from a blast on the Georgia Midland railroad, about twelve miles from Columbus Saturday morning. The rock struck him on the back of his neck breaking it. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/h/ob5362hurdle.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Check out the Sheriff Departments web site. It maybe able to answer some questions. If not there's an email address for more directions. http://www.columbusga.org/sheriff/History.htm kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: anartlesson@aol.com Im looking for history and photos of past sheriff's of muscogee co. georgia. like arthur poole , jesse beard, christopher layfield etc. also deputies

I am searching for info or family connections to MARTIN MELLOWN and son MORGAN MELLOWN that have lived in this area. Martin is believed was born in Ireland and settled in Jones County Georgia abt 1780 or after. Morgan was born abt 1789 either South CArolina or Georga. Morgan left Muskogee Co. bef 1830 and settled in Tuscaloosa Co and Pickens County, Alabama Area... Morgan had a son Alexander Smith Mellown (my gg-grandfather)..... I am looking for other siblings of Alexander and of Morgan. Kim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: beard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1501 Message Board Post: Im looking for history and photos of past sheriff's of muscogee co. georgia. like arthur poole , jesse beard, christopher layfield etc. also deputies

Muscogee-Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....McCall, Emily June 1 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 8, 2004, 3:34 am The Marion County Patriot, June 4, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 23 Friday, June 4, 1886 Page One Brantley Bits Emily McCall (col.) died very strangely at Nathan Short’s the first inst. She had a sunstroke last fall. She had been under the treatment of some physician in Columbus until recently, and was about well until she moved to this settlement a few weeks ago, and was put under the treatment of Dr. Posy (so called) of Pine Knot, and death was the result almost immediately. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/m/ob5331mccall.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Millirons, Minnie V. 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 8, 2004, 3:32 am The Marion County Patriot, June 4, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 23 Friday, June 4, 1886 Page One Muscogee Enquirer- Sun Little Minnie V., the eighteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Millirons, died at their home in the Northern Liberties at 12:30 yesterday afternoon after an illness of two weeks of meningitis. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/m/ob5330milliron.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Muscogee-Habersham County GaArchives Obituaries.....Clayton, Nancy May 1886 ************************************************ 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 September 8, 2004, 3:07 am The Marion County Patriot, May 28, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 22 Friday, May 28, 1886 Page One Muscogee County Enquirer-Sun Nancy, the little two-year-old daughter of Mr. G.W. Clayton, of Clarksville, Ga., died at the residence of Mr. Henry Fortson, a few miles north of the city Sunday night. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/c/ob5322clayton.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Louise Goodlett March 8 1944 ************************************************ 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: Joan B. Hill vjbhill@alltel.net September 6, 2004, 9:51 pm Columbus Enquirer, March 10, 1944, Friday MRS. ROBERTS RITES ARE SET FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD SATURDAY AT 11:00 A. M. Mrs. Louise Goodlett Roberts wife of Firm Roberts died at City Hospital at midnight Wednesday after an illness of four weeks. She was fifty-six years old. Mrs. Roberts was born at Apalachicola, Fl but had lived practically all of her life in Columbus. She was associated with her husbands business for twenty- six years, making a host of friends. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Oak Lawn Chapel with Dr. J. Calvin Reid officiating. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery. Pallbearers will be active: Lt. Col George Riley, Lt. William Riley, C. Ed. Cooper, Harold Brannon, R. L. Cauley and Frank Richelson. Honorary pallbeares will be Gen. George H. Weams, J. B. Key, Sr, Dr. Will Mayhu, Eugene Brennen, Dr. O. C. Brennen, T. K. Peabody, W. W. Moye and Joe Blackmon. Mrs. Roberts leaves her husband, Firm Roberts, two brothers, R. W. and Hiram Goodlett of Al, a daughter, Mrs. Allen Thayer, two sons, Firm, Jr and Cullen, three grandsons, Allen, David and John Thayer and several nieces and nephews. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/r/gob1802roberts.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Goodlett, Hiram E. August 13 1924 ************************************************ 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: Joan B. Hill vjbhill@alltel.net September 6, 2004, 9:40 pm Columbus Enquirer-Sun, August 14, 1924, Thursday H. E. GOODLETT H. E. Goodlett, 76, died Wednesday evening at 10:30 o'clock after a short illness at the City Hospital. Mr. Goodlett has been in declinig health for almost a year, having been confined to his bed the past two weeks. Mr. Goodlett was born in Apalachicola, Fl and has been connected with the boats plying the Chattahoochee River for the past thirty-seven years. And, the latter part of his service he was Chief engineer, until his retirement a few years ago. Mr. Goodlett is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. N. Jordan of Savannah, Ga and Mrs. Firm Roberts of Columbus. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. The funeral service will be held this afternoon at four o'clock at the Torbett Funeral Home. Interment will be in Riverdale Cemetery. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/g/gob1801goodlett.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roberts, Sr, Firm T. Lafette December 13 1956 ************************************************ 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: Joan B. Hill vjbhill@alltel.net September 6, 2004, 9:33 pm Columbus Enquirer, December 14, 1956, Friday Morning F. ROBERTS DIES; RITES TOMORROW Firm T. Lafette Roberts, SR, 74, retired Columbus restaurant owner, died at 7:20 a.m. yesterday at St. Francis Hospital after an illness of several months. Mr. Roberts resided at 3646 Cusseta Rd. and had lived here since 1908. He was a member of the Memorial Presbyterian Church. He was born in Champaign, Tenn., Feb. 24, 1882, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts. Mr. Roberts is well-known to Columbusities for the 14-room "castle" he build around a silo on Cusseta Road, for his collection of photographs tracing the growth of Columbus from a muddy-street town to a bustling metropolitan area. He also instigated a drive in 1947 to erect a monument at Benning and Cusseta roads honoring the nation's prisoners of war who died in World War II. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Allen Thayer, two sons, Firm T. La. Roberts, Jr, and James Cullen Roberts all of Columbus; a brother, C. S. Roberts, Rock Island, Tenn, four grandchildren, Allen R. Thayer, David C. Thayer and John P. Thayer and Miss Angie Louise Roberts, all of Columbus; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Striffler-Hamby Chapel, with the Rev. L. W. Warren, Jr., pastor, Memorial Presbyterian Church in charge. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/muscogee/obits/r/gob1800robertss.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb

I am searching any info or family connections to the surnames MELLOWN {MALONE} with the orignal spelling of Mellown.... My gggg-grandfather MARTIN MELLOWN was born in South Carolina, but his father name unknown was born in Ireland. Martin was married twice ....first to Rebecca Ramsey who I believe was Morgan Mellown's mother and then he married to a Elizabeth Mcgehee in Jones Co. Georgia.... Morgan married uknown wife (possibly a Mary?? Smith??), his son ALEXANDER SMITH MELLOWN and Morgan settled in Pickens Co. Alabama.... Alexander then married Jane Dowdle in Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama.... Any info or famly connections to the name MELLOWN.... KIm