Muscogee County GaArchives Photo place.....Columbus Industrial School ? ************************************************ 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: Tillie Bryant tkiddl@gte.net February 15, 2004, 10:38 am Source: Postcard Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph726columbus.jpg Image file size: 87.1 Kb In 1906 Secondary Industrial School was founded as an experiment becoming the first school in the nation to combine vocational and academic courses in a public school system. Mr. G. Gunby Jordan, president of the board of trustees of the Columbus public schools, donated the original tract of land and 10 thousand dollars. This was followed by donations from every board member as well as from many local citizens. Shortly after its opening the school became known as Columbus Industrial High School. Columbus Industrial High School it remained until March 12, 1937. On March 12, 1937, the student body which exceeded 1,000 marched from the school on 29th Street to the present location at 3200 Howard Avenue. It was renamed Jordan Vocational School in honor of G. Gunby Jordan. Additional Comments: http://www.jordanhs.com/info/history.html This site provides the history of the school as well as current school information. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

For those of you who may be interested in DNA testing, here's a link to a site that tells you about it and give a list of surnames who are currently working on being tested. http://www.familytreedna.com/surname.asp kemis

>From another email list: Blank GALILEO has just published an addition to their web site entitled "Vanishing Georgia". This is a collection of approximately 18,000 photographs of Georgia places and people, searchable by County, subject, etc. I'm sure most of you have links to GALILEO but just in case the home page is: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi You may enter the "public databases" without a password but must secure a password for others. Click the "Arts and Humanities" tab at the top: Click #8, Georgia Department of Archives and History; Click "Search the Vanishing Georgia Collection". Click "Search the Vanishing Georgia collection" (again); Click 'continue" to leave state web site. Then you will be on search page for the Vanishing Collection". Enter the county name you wish to search in the search box and select "county" or whatever subject you wish to search. (If you find an easier way to get there from here please let me know).

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....George Radcliff April 19 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 14, 2004, 11:20 pm The Butler Herald, April 22, 1913 The Butler Herald Tuesday, April 22, 1913 Page One Columbus Merchant Shot By His Wife Columbus, April 20 – George Radcliff, a merchant, is at the city hospital wounded, it is believed, fatally, and his wife, May Radcliff, is in the county jail charged with assault and intent to murder. If her husband dies, which the police believe will be the case, the charge against her will be changed to murder. Radcliff was shot last night at his store, corner Nineteenth Street and Second Avenue, and when found by the police shortly afterward had a pistol bullet in his spine and was paralyzed from his waist down. A pistol was found in the house in a cupboard inside a bowl and two of the shells in it were empty. Radcliff would not talk of the affair. He afterwards lapsed into unconsciousness and was in that state all day. Mrs. Radcliff says that her husband has been away from home and was shot when he returned, and she had to assist him into the house. She denies any implication in the affair. Another charge, that of shooting at a man named Martin, has been pending against Mrs. Radcliff, the police say. The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 27, 1913 Page One Mrs. Radcliff Insane Woman Charged With Husband’s Murder At Columbus Columbus, May 22 – Mrs. Jennie May Radcliff, who is held on a charge of murdering her husband, George Radcliff, on the night of April 19, was today adjudged to be insane and will be sent to the insane asylum at Milledgeville for treatment. Examination as to her sanity was made by Superintendent L.M. Jones, of the state asylum, attorneys agreeing that his opinion should be accepted by both. Dr. Jones gave it as his opinion that the woman was in a serious condition and that she had become so since the night of the shooting. Under the arrangement if she recovers her mind, she will be brought back to Columbus and tried for murder. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mrs. A.A. Carson February 18 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 14, 2004, 10:22 pm The Butler Herald, February 18, 1913 The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 18, 1913 Page Four Mrs. A.A. Carson, of Columbus Died This Morning Just as we go to press we are in receipt of a telegram bearing the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. A.A. Carson, of Columbus, which sad event occurred this morning at 4:30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.F. Pomeroy, Eufaula, Ala. Interment in Columbus tomorrow at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Carson has hosts of friends here and over the state who will be pained to learn of her death. The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 25, 1913 Page Six Local Paragraphs The funeral service over the remains of Mrs. A.A. Carson, who died suddenly Tuesday morning last at Eufaula, Ala., held at Columbus Wednesday was attended by Mrs. C.E. Benns, a devoted and life-long friend of the deceased and her family. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Hi, As an on-going task, I am always working on the web pages. Please wander through the different pages. Maybe you have history of the county you would like to share with others, please share. Found another web site that you found helpful, please share. Do you see a pattern? Didn't your mom tell you to share? All of Rootsweb sites are done by volunteers. We do this because of our love for genealogy. You research your family history because of your love for your genealogy. Take the time to share your findings with others. Let me take a moment to tell all, please back your important files up. It makes a difference if you have a computer problem. I had a corrupt windows file that required a re-installation of windows. So far, I've lost all of my email addresses and all my files in outlook express. Which includes major clues to help with my personal genealogy, CLAPP Factory Cemetery Preservation league, and info to be added to both Muscogee and Chattahoochee County sites. Almost everything else has been recovered now. Backup and make copies or so you will not lose a single file. Happy Family Hunting, kemis massey CC: Muscogee and Chattahoochee Counties researching: SONGER, EVANS, CAMP, ROSAMOND for me MASSEY, FOUNTAIN, BROOKS, SMITH for hubbie CLAPP Factory Cemetery in Columbus, Muscogee County, GA for preservation purposes

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/1400.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There are some "in between year" Georgia State Census -- but very few. http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/gsc.htm This State Archives page gives all the details.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carroll Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1400.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: they only had censuses for ten year intervals 1800,1810,1820,1830 and so on.

>From another list: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Home.jsp New Resource -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Welch/McNeill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xd.2ADE/660.2 Message Board Post: Mary: I am researching George W. Welch and Nancy McNeill from their son John A. Welch. I have found them in Mobil, Al. in 1860, 1870, 1880. Would like to trade information about this family with you.

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/1400.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Where can a researcher find the 1835 census?

Muscogee County GaArchives News.....Tornado Does Great Damage To Columbus - March 1913 March 18 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 11, 2004, 11:03 pm The Butler Herald The Butler Herald Tuesday, March 18, 1913 Page One Tornado Does Great Damage To Columbus Columbus, March 14 – Damages estimated at more than half a million dollars was inflicted by a tornado which swept across the central part of Columbus from west to east at 4 o’clock this morning. No one was injured. The storm came into Columbus from the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee River, after wrecking twenty residences on the west bank in Girard, Ala. The first damage on the Georgia side was to the plant of the Eagle & Phenix Mills, its mill No. 3 being partially demolished. A wholesale grocery warehouse was party destroyed. Stores on both sides of Broad Street, the principal thoroughfare, were unroofed and otherwise damaged. On First Avenue, two livery stables were almost demolished. Striking across the residence section, the storm unroofed and otherwise injured residences and left the city on the eastern border at the plant of the Swift Manufacturing Company, which was heavily damaged. The path of the storm was not as wide as a block at any place, and at some points was not more than 100 feet wide. Electric power and light wires were damaged badly, and it was not until 1 o’clock this afternoon that it was possible to operate electric cars. Among the heaviest losers by the storm are: Eagle & Phenix Mills, Swift Manufacturing Company, Sol Loeb, wholesale grocers, Bowden & Co., livery stable, Herring & Knight, undertakers, D. Rothchild’s Drug Store, and the Columbus Power Company. Many fine trees were uprooted and broken in the city. No street electric lights are burning tonight but all residences having electric lighting equipment are being served. Reports of wide damage in Russell County, Alabama, and in the northeastern portion of Muscogee County, Georgia, are being received, it being stated that much livestock has been killed and country homes wrecked. As yet the details are lacking. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wiley Williams March 24 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 11, 2004, 11:00 pm The Butler Herald, March 25, 1913 The Butler Herald Tuesday, March 25, 1913 Page Five Wiley Williams Dead Columbus, Ga., March 24 – Capt. Wiley Williams, member of the Georgia Prison Commission, died at his home near here today, aged 55. He was at one time Editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun and for many years was a Chief of Police of Columbus. Capt. Williams is survived by his wife and several children. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

1827 land lottery interpretation 5 2 180 Springfield's, Aaron orps Greene County Robinsons Carroll County When these orphans of Aaron Springfield drew in the land lottery (around 1827) (and there is a book to give the precise day)... They were RECORDED as living in Capt Robinson's Militia District of Greene County. (This could be an error -- although Butts County might be a logical move westward from Greene Co) (But Jackson County where you say he died, is about the same distance from Butts -- so ?? ) I believe they would have been just as eligible to draw living in Greene as Jackson Co, i.e all people in all counties in GA were eligible as far as I know. The land they drew as to be in ORIGINAL county Carroll....(not the same thing as present day Carroll Co) These ORIGINAL counties were then broken down into smaller counties at various date. Being listed on the Carroll County list -- just means the land was in this Original County -- nothing more. Land District 2 Land Lot 180 is what they drew... which would be in Douglas County today... Douglas was formed in 1870 from Carroll and Campbell...so you'd need to have someone actually look up the land lot maps to be for sure. But I DOUBT they ever moved there. More than likely the orphans sold the land...and they may have had to wait until they came of age -- or they may have an agent who did it for them. The deed for the sale would be recorded in the Deeds in the County where the land actually was AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. So if they didn't sell the land until after 1870 then you don't need to bother with the earlier counties -- it would be in Douglas. (But I would guess it would have been sold earlier!) Hope this helps -- and if you're not clear on something -- just ask me again. I've worked on the 1827 lottery a good deal...and glad to share what I've learned! Virginia At 11:34 AM 2/11/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Hey, Would you answer a question for me? I do not understand about the land >lottery. >Why would my ancestor, Aaron Springfield a Rev soldier, who died after the >1820 Jackson County, GA census, and his children as orphans drew in Greene >County, GA, they are on the Carroll County, GA list as drawing in Greene. >Why would that be? To my knowledge the Springfield family never lived in >Carroll County, GA > HIs widow and children were in Butts County, GA 1830. >Thank you. >Karen Smith

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/1400.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply Virginia Im trying to connect this Owen Carroll to my family. My Owen Carroll was born 1755-65 his wife was named Mary they settled in Bladen County, North Carolina in 1797 when their son Owen Carroll jr. was born. Owen Carroll Sr. cannot be found by the 1820 census for North Carolina. By 1812 Owen Carroll jr. is inlisted and fighting with Major Lilliston detachment. Owen Carroll sr. cannot be found. All these Carrolls with the exception of Owen Carroll sr. and his wife Mary are buried in a cemetary in Bladen County. I think maybe Owen went to Georgia because thats where he fought in the Revolution got his land lottery and died there.

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/1400.1 Message Board Post: 2 11 55 Carroll, Owin R.S. Laurens County Powers Muscogee County Many who drew the land did not actually move and live on it but sold it. He may have stayed in Laurens County. In this case, Land District 11 is actually in Marion County which was created almost immediately after the lottery - 1827. The deed transaction for Carroll would be in Marion County Courthouse... and I do wish we had more deeds on-line or deed indexes. The land Lottery alphabetical listing is on-line http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/galand.htm Being a Rev Soldier, you may also find him listed on the 1835 Census (which did note Rev service).... and many graves have been marked through the work of the DAR. Anything you find out about him -- be sure to post on-line so everyone will benefit!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carroll Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1400 Message Board Post: Im Looking for any information on this man in 1827 he was part of the land lottery. He was a rev soldier. Hoping someone might know of a tombstone bearing his name.

Muscogee County GaArchives News.....Columbus Visited By Million Dollar Fire - February 1913 February 25 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 10, 2004, 11:11 pm The Butler Herald The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 25, 1913 Page One Columbus Visited By Million Dollar Fire Believed To Have Been Of Incendiary Origin Columbus was swept by the most destructive fire, possibly in her history Sunday morning, when all of those sections between Eleventh and Thirteenth Streets between Eighth and Ninth Avenues were devastated, the flames destroying property estimated to be worth more than one million dollars. The fire department was first called out at 9:30 o’clock, when a few bales of cotton at the Atlantic Compress were found to be on fire and these were soon put out, and the department returned to its quarters. Only a short time had elapsed when another alarm was turned in. This time it was seen that a disastrous fire was eminent, and a general alarm was turned in calling out all of the companies. The second time the department was called out it was seen that Columbus was again to be swept by a disastrous fire, and apparently an incendiary conflagration, as practically the entire compress had caught within a few minutes, the fire spreading with great rapidity. There was a fairly stiff breeze from the northwest, which fanned the flames and caused them to spread so rapidly that the blaze could not be checked. Eleven thousand bales of cotton were stored in the compress, and it was soon seen that this large amount of cotton was doomed. The compress building burned like tissue paper, and it was only a comparatively short time after the blaze started until a great conflagration was on and a fire worse than the one which swept part of three residence blocks last April, was eminent. There has never been a more spectacular fire seen in the city than that of Sunday night, the old Iron Works conflagration not accepted. The lurid flames lit the heavens up for miles around, making the streets of Columbus almost as light as day. People who had retired for the night were aroused from their slumbers and many were badly frightened because of the awe-inspiring spectacle presented. Fortunately, for the residence section of the city, the fire started east of the railroads and was confined almost wholly to the compress section. Thousands of people flocked to the scene in buggies, hacks, automobiles, carriages, on foot, and, in fact, every way possible for them to travel. It would be safe to say that there were easily ten thousand people who gathered around the fire on the various points where it could be viewed. – Columbus Ledger This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb

Taylor-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Julia T. Davis February 17 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 10, 2004, 11:04 pm The Butler Herald, February 18, 1913 The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 18, 1913 Page Four Mrs. J.T. Davis Dies In Columbus The friends of Mrs. J.T. Davis, of Prattsburg, who ten days ago was stricken with paralysis while visiting at the home of her son at Columbus, will regret to learn that her condition remains critical, and physicians and relatives have but little hope of her recovery. Some days ago it was believed that she would be able to be removed home, but the change now seems impossible. -------------------------- Since writing the above Judge A.H. Riley received a telegram that Mrs. Davis died at the home of her son Mr. A.W. Davis of Columbus, Ga., Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, and that the remains would reach Howard today at 3 p.m. The interment will take place at Prattsburg this afternoon. This is sad intelligence to the many friends of Mrs. Davis, who was highly esteemed as a Christian lady by all who knew her. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church and had been for 40 years and during this long period of time she exemplified by a Godly life and circumspect walk that her life was hid with Christ in God. Mrs. Davis was 56 years of age and up to the time she was first stricken with paralysis she enjoyed good health and participated in an active life. Besides her husband, Mr. Tom Davis, she leaves three daughters, namely: Mrs. A.H. Riley, Mrs. Clyde Boggs and Mrs. Ruth Jarrell and five sons: Mr. C.J. Davis, of Harrolson, Mr. A.W. Davis of Columbus, and Messrs. C.E., John and Arthur Davis of Prattsburg to mourn their loss. The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 25, 1913 Page Six Death of Mrs. J.T. Davis Again death’s angel has visited out county and has taken from among us a most worthy and Christian woman, Aunt Julia Davis, which occurred while visiting her son, Mr. A.W. Davis, at Columbus. She was in the 56th year of her age and had spent a lifetime of usefulness, as a wife, mother and neighbor. For many years she had been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Antioch, and during that period of her life she had manifested great faith in the blessings of her Saviour. Aunt Julia had been in feeble health for more than a year, but even until the last moments of her life, was she ever heard to murmur or complain at the will of the Lord. While in feeble health for so long a time her death which came almost unexpected was a severe shock to her relatives and friends. As a mother she was kind and gentle, as a wife she was affectionate and true, and as a neighbor she couldn’t be surpassed in deeds of kindness and charity. She leaves an affectionate husband, eight children, besides many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Her remains were interred in the family cemetery at Prattsburg following an impressive funeral service at the Methodist church conducted by her pastor, Rev. M.T. Gaultney Mary E. Haywood This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....W.B. Jones January 25 1913 ************************************************ 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 cmhistory@mchsi.com February 10, 2004, 4:06 pm The Butler Herald, January 28, 1913 The Butler Herald Tuesday, January 28, 1913 Page Four W.B. Jones Died at Fortson, Ga. The sympathy of his scores of friends in this community is extended to our worthy and clever depot agent, Mr. Walter B. Jones, on account of the recent death of his father, Mr. W.T. Jones*, who died at the age of 63 years at his home at Fortson, Ga. last Saturday afternoon about two o’clock. The deceased was a devout member of the Methodist church and had a large number of friends in and around Fortson. Besides his wife the deceased is survived by six children, Mrs. W.J. Vardeman, of near Columbus, Mr. W.P. Jones, of Birmingham, Ala., W.B. Jones, of Butler, Ga., Mrs. J.A. Ingram, of Troy, Ala., A.R. Jones of Fortson, Ga. and Mrs. J.L. Burns of Columbus, all of whom were at the bedside of their father at the time of his demise; three sisters, Mrs. William Armstrong, of Cataula, Ga., Mrs. Wesley Phillips and Mrs. Jeff Phillips, all of whom have the deepest sympathy of their many friends. *Note - this article lists the deceased's name two different ways - first as W.B. Jones and secondly as W.T. Jones. I'm not a researcher of this family and don't know which initials are the correct ones. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb