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Muscogee County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Samuel Cooper Rev. War January ************************************************ 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: Christine Grimes Thacker CGT714@aol.com January 8, 2004, 1:45 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/tombstones/ph510samuelco.jpg Image file size: 108.8 Kb Born in Maryland, Cooper servered in the SC militia , in battles of Brandywine, Germantown, & Stony Point. After the war he moved to Putnam Co., Ga. & Later to Muscogee Co.Ga. He drew 202 1/2 acres in the 1827 lottery, He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he is buried with his family in a cemetery which was located in front and south of his home. The grave was discovered sometime in the 1980's and was reclaimed and restored in May 1989. Additional Comments: Buried on each side Samuel Cooper , Is a Son James Cooper died April 10, 1883, and a Dau. Mary Cooper no birth or death dates. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....DAR Marker ************************************************ 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: Christine Grimes Thacker CGT714@Aol.com January 8, 2004, 6:16 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/tombstones/gph34darmarke.jpg Image file size: 98.9 Kb Historical Marker for Samuel Cooper This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Samuel Cooper , James & Mary Cooper ************************************************ 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: Christine Grimes Thacker CGT714@Aol.com January 8, 2004, 6:11 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/tombstones/gph33samuelco.jpg Image file size: 93.9 Kb Long view of the 3 graves. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Mary Cooper ************************************************ 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: Christine Grimes Thacker CGT714@Aol.com January 8, 2004, 6:09 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/tombstones/gph32marycoop.jpg Image file size: 123.1 Kb Mary Cooper, Dau. of Rev. Soldier Samuel Cooper, no dates This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....James Cooper ************************************************ 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: Christine Grimes Thacker CGT714@aol.com January 8, 2004, 6:06 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/tombstones/gph31jamescoo.jpg Image file size: 121.5 Kb James S/o Rev. Soldier Samuel Cooper, Died April 10, 1883 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.7 Kb

FYI Happy Family Hunting, Kemis Massey CC - Muscogee and Chattahoochee Counties, GA Researching: DUKE, EVANS, HICKEY, MAYS, ROSAMOND, SONGER, and CAMP for me Researching: BROOKS, CHAMBERS, MASSEY, FOUNTAIN, and SMITH for my hubbie and CLAPP Factory Cemetery in Columbus, GA for preservation purposes -----------------forwarded message------------------- Firwarded from what I received. The original author is unknown, however, permission was, apparently, freely given to distribute the same. -----------------forwarded message------------------- One of the top stories in 2003 in this newsletter was the arrest of Elias Abodeely, a 23-year-old in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who ran a string of pseudo genealogy sites. His arrest didn't seem to deter him: 2004 has started off with a rash of the same advertising. For those who missed it, let's briefly recap this scam. The sites involved included GenSeeker.com, GenSeekers.com, genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, genealogyfinders.net, genlocator.com, genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Abodeely would send out spam mail from one site, then collect money until the complaints mounted, and his site eventually would be shut down by the hosting service. A week or two later he would appear with a new name and a new site on a different hosting service conducting essentially the same business. To access his sites, the hapless buyer paid $40 to $60 (the exact amount varied from time to time). None of these sites contained any genealogy information; they simply had pointers to free sites where information could be found. In other words, the buyer paid $40 to $60 to access something that was already available free of charge. Abodeely eventually ran into lots of legal difficulties. On August 1, 2003, he was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on felony charges of first-degree theft, money laundering, and ongoing criminal activity. He was released later that day, and a court appearance on those charges still has not yet been scheduled. You can read about Abodeely's arrest in a genealogy newsletter at: http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0331.htm, and in the Des Moines register at http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/21905604.html and at http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF 8&q=elias+abodeely+arrested&btnG=Google+Search. His arrest did not slow Abodeely very much. A month later he appeared selling "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks under the name GenealogyTechs.com. That site actually was registered to Andrew Abodeely. I obtained one of these "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks and wrote about it in detail in the September 29, 2003 Plus Edition of this newsletter. GenealogyTechs.com was shut down the day after my article was published. Things have been quiet for the past three months, but on January 2, 2004, a number of newsletter readers reported receiving some fishy-looking spam mail messages. In fact, the messages appear to be word-for-word the same as the old ads for "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks sent earlier from GenealogyTechs.com - except that the new ads are coming from GenealogyTechs.net. That's right: the only difference is the previously shut down dot-COM is now replaced by a newly-registered dot-NET. A quick check of the WHOIS information shows that Genealogytechs.net is registered to the same address as GenealogyTechs.com: 1013 Agate Street, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92109, the business address of Andrew Abodeely. That is also the same address that ships the worthless "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks. In short, the Abodeelys seem to have reappeared after a three-month hiatus. Elias Abodeely's earlier arrest for felonies doesn't seem to have fazed either of the Abodeelys at all. At the time these words are being written, http://www.genealogytechs.net is up and running and looks almost identical to the previously shut down http://www.genealogytechs.com. It is also interesting to note that the new site is like the old one in several respects, especially in that it cannot handle credit cards. Instead, the buyer is suckered into paying by an "e-check" that extracts money directly from the buyer's checking account with no credit card involved. Beware! This is one method by which the earlier sites allegedly extracted money time and again from a buyer's checking accounts! Several buyers thought they paid once but, after examining their end-of-month checking account statements, found that they had been charged time and again without permission. That is one of the actions that led to Elias Abodeely's arrest. Why would a company not offer payment by credit card? That is extremely rare in the online world. The answer is simple: the owner's credit rating is so poor that he cannot obtain the merchant account required to be able to accept credit cards. In this case, he cannot even obtain a PayPal account, which is easy for mostpeople to obtain. No credit card service will give a merchant account to someone awaiting trial on charges of money laundering by using credit cards! Without access to a credit card merchant account, the Web site owner is forced to resort to online checks, a risky method for any buyer considering an online purchase. Remember that purchases made online with VISA, MasterCard or American Express are fully insured against fraud by the credit card companies. If you get "ripped off" by a shady merchant when using a credit card, the credit card companies will immediately refund all of your money and then will pursue resolution with the merchant. PayPal transactions are also fully insured in the same manner. However, if you pay by check, you have no such protection. That is true both for paper checks as well as for "e-checks." You receive only whatever insurance your local bank provides. Sadly, most banks provide no protection at all against fraudulent purchases made with a check or with a debit card. Send a check to a con artist? You lose. Any time you see a Web site offering something for sale and not accepting credit cards, ask yourself, "Why does this merchant not accept credit cards? Not even via PayPal?" Most of the time, it is because that merchant has severe financial problems. Then ask yourself if you really want to do business with such a merchant. If you receive a spam mail from GenealogyTechs.net or any similar-sounding scam, please forward it to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at k.washburn@cedar-rapids.org. I suspect they have an interest in the "business activities" of this person, who is awaiting a court appearance after being arrested by that department. Please feel free to also enclose a copy of this article. You can read more about the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/financial_crimes.asp. Please feel free to also forward this article to other genealogists, newsgroups, mailing lists, and anywhere else you feel is appropriate.

Miller-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....John Franklin Beard February 25 1964 ************************************************ 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: Brenda King McNair Mcnair1978@msn.com January 7, 2004, 1:28 pm The Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, GA Page 2, Wednesday Morning, February 26, 1964. John F. Beard John Franklin Beard, 75, 312-K Peabody Apts., died at 3:30 P. M. Tuesday after a short illness. He was born July 20, 1880 in Miller County, son of the late Jim and Lucy Tipton Beard. He had resided here 14 years and was a retired farmer. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mattie Lou Beard; three daughters, Mrs. J. P. Crumbliss, Madeira Beach, Fla., Mrs LeRoy Thierolf, Germany, and Mrs. Susan McClain, Columbus; two sons, SFC Jim F. Beard, Columbus, and SFC B. D. Beard, Honolulu; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Williams, Colquitt, and 11 grandchildren. For full details of funeral arrangements please see Funeral Notice Column on Page 17. Source: Page 2 - The Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, GA. Wednesday Morning, February 26, 1964. Additional Comments: John Franklin Beard born 20 July 1888 and died 25 February 1964, son of James "Jim" Beard, Sr. and Lucy Tipton. He married Mattie Lou Barbree on 10 February 1914 in Miller Co., GA Book F, Page 5. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Blanch Morgan Cloud July 17 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: Brenda King McNair Mcnair1978@msn.com January 7, 2004, 1:23 pm The Columbus Georgia Ledger, Page 2, Tuesday, July 17, 1956 Mrs. Blanch M. Cloud Mrs. Blanch Myrtice Cloud, 36, 1918 Spring Circle, died early today at City Hospital following an illness of several months. Born in Columbus, March 26, 1920, a daughter of the late Newman and Nona Ford Morgan, she was a life-long resident of the city. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Surviving are the husband, Jim C. Cloud: two daughters, Janie and Thelma Cloud: a son, Bryon Cloud: two brothers, Lawrence and James Morgan, all of Columbus. Funeral will be held at 4 p. m. tomorrow at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Chapel. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery. Source: Page 2, The Columbus, GA Ledger, Tuesday, July 17, 1956. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

Decatur-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....James Carey "Jim" Cloud October 3 1981 ************************************************ 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: Brenda King McNair Mcnair1978@msn.com January 7, 2004, 1:21 pm The Sunday - Ledger Enquirer, Page D-6, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA October 4, 1981 Jim Cloud Jim Cary Cloud, 70, 1918 Spring Circle, Columbus, died Saturday at the Medical Center. Graveside service will be at 2 P. M. today in Parkhill cemetery, according to Striffler-Hamby , Macon Road Chapel. Born, March 27, 1911, in Bainbridge, GA, he lived in Columbus most of his life. He was a retired METRA bus driver. Survivors include his wife, Lucinda; one daughter, Thelma Midgett, Columbus; one son, James B. Cloud, Columbus; two stepdaughters, Mary Yates, Columbus, and Mrs. Geater Newman, Lawrence, Kans., 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. Source: Page D - 6 The Sunday - Ledger - Enquirer, Columbus, GA October 4, 1981. Additional Comments: James Carey "Jim" Cloud was a son of Charles Henry Cloud and Julia H. King. He was married first to Blanche Morgan (1920-1956. He married second Lucinda. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Janie Louise Cloud November 7 1957 ************************************************ 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: Brenda King McNair Mcnair1978@msn.com January 7, 2004, 1:16 pm The Columbus Georgia Ledger, Page 2, Friday, November 8, 1957 Autopsy Shows Teen-Ager Died Of Kidney III An autopsy revealed today that an acute kidney infection caused the death of a 19-year old girl who was dead on arrival at The Medical Center at 3:30 P.M. yesterday. Coroner C. F. Davis ordered the autopsy on Miss Janie Louise Cloud, 1918 Spring Circle, following her sudden death. He said she had been treated for a cold, but her condition was not regarded as serious. Miss Cloud was born in Columbus Sept. 9, 1938, daughter of J. C. Cloud and the late Blanch Morgan Cloud. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Survivors besides her father include a sister, Thelma Cloud, and a brother Bryon Cloud, both of Columbus; and several aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews. Funeral will be held at 2 P.M. Sunday with the Rev. Byram Glaze, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, in charge. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery. Source: Page 2, The Columbus, GA Ledger, Friday, November 8, 1957. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb

Decatur-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Trudie C. Cloud Faircloth January 24 1978 ************************************************ 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: Brenda King McNair Mcnair1978@msn.com January 7, 2004, 12:20 pm The Columbus, GA Ledger, Page D-2, Thursday, January 25, 1978 Trudie Faircloth Mrs. Trudie C. Faircloth, 70, of 1825 Spring Circle, Columbus, died Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital. The funeral and burial will be 3 P. M. Saturday at Calvary Assembly of God in Bainbridge, GA, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel. Mrs. Faircloth was born July 17, 1907, in Decatur County, Ga., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie H. Cloud. She had lived in Columbus most of her life and was a member of the Grace Baptist Church. She was retired from Swift Manufacturing Company. Survivors include her husband, George L.; a daughter, Mrs. Juliette Waller, Manchester; a son, David Faircloth, New Orleans, La.; a sister, Mrs. Della Thurman, Thomaston; two brothers, J. C. Cloud of Columbus and Lindsey Cloud of Donalsonville; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Source: Page D-2, The Columbus, GA Ledger, Thursday, January 25, 1978. Additional Comments: Trudie C. Cloud was born 17 July 1907 in Decatur Co., GA and died 24 January 1978 in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA, daughter of Charles Henry Cloud and Julia H. King. She married George L. Faircloth. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

1883 Ann C. Crossman purchased 1 1/2 acres from R. M. Smith in Stewart Co. Deed Book, Vol. 1, page ? I haven't found a Stewart Co. list or volunteer so I am asking for assistance from this great list. Does anyone have access to this book? Would there be more information than what is listed above? I have an Angy/Anzy Mercer Crossman & an Annie R. Crossman in my line from Lumpkin, Stewart Co. Thank you. Gold

Thank you very much to each one who so quickly answered my request for the Columbus, GA newpapers. This is a great big help. Karen Smith

The Ledger's web address is: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/enquirer/ kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: KAREN D SMITH To: GAMUSCOG-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: [GAMUSCOGEE] NEWSPAPER Hi, Wuill someone please tell me if the Columbus, GA newspapers are online? I would like to read what may have been written about Jake Hess. Thanks ever so much. Karen Smith ==== GAMUSCOG Mailing List ==== Be sure to post http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.muscogee Select the category(obit, cemetery) when you post! There are lots more categories than before

Hi, Wuill someone please tell me if the Columbus, GA newspapers are online? I would like to read what may have been written about Jake Hess. Thanks ever so much. Karen Smith

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Samuel Didby April 27 1911 ************************************************ 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 January 5, 2004, 11:07 am The Butler Herald, May 2, 1911 The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 2, 1911 Page Four State News Items Samuel Didby, 60 years old, stepped from a fast going streetcar in Columbus Thursday night, falling on his head. He died at midnight from the effects of the injuries. His home was in Girard, Ala. The deceased leaves a wife and seven children. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....L.A. Camp April 1911 ************************************************ 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 January 4, 2004, 11:09 pm The Butler Herald, April 18, 1911 The Butler Herald Tuesday, April 18, 1911 Page Four State News Items Columbus Ledger: Columbus loses one of its enterprising and most active public spirited citizens in the sudden death of Mr. L.A. Camp. News of the passing of this well known gentleman has caused universal sorrow and regret throughout the city, where the deceased had resided for the past thirty years. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Howard W. Key March 13 1911 ************************************************ 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 January 4, 2004, 10:27 pm The Butler Herald, March 14, 1911 The Butler Herald Tuesday, March 14, 1911 Page Three Local Paragraphs Dr. Howard W. Key, formerly a prominent member of the Methodist ministry and well known throughout the state, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon and his wife perhaps fatally injured by being thrown from a buggy while out driving at Columbus, their home. Dr. Key was formerly President of Andrew Female College at Cuthbert, Ga. He was a son of Bishop Joseph S. Key, of the Methodist Church, South. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whatley, Jay, Willis, Payne, Cook, Greek, Catrett, McDonald, Smith, Bryd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1388 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Green Whatley (Madison Green Whatley) b: March 10, 1859 Georgia and d: October 20, 1937,Stockton and Deans, Baldwin, Alabama, burried Latham Cemetery, Latham, Baldwin County, Alabama. I am looking for Green Whatley's birth place, parents, siblings and ancestry. Green Whatley was married First to unknown, they had three children and lived in Columbus, Muscogee County Gerorgia. Their children were Timothy G. Whatley b:1891, Hattie M. Whatley b: 1901 who married Roy M. Willis, and Rosa L. Whatley b: 1904. Green Whatley was married second to: Mary Alice Jay b:September 20, 1877 Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama and d:February 1971 Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Alabama. Mary Alice Jay is the daughter of Thomas E. Jay b:1843 Latham, Baldwin, Alabama d:January 01, 1945 Stockton, Baldwin County, Alabama and Mary Elisabeth ( Liza) McDonald b:1858 Clarke Count, Alabama and d:January 28, 1948 in Bay Minette, Baldwin County Alabama. Green and Mary Alice Jay-Whatley had six children that they raised in Stockton, Baldwin County, Alabama. Lucy Whatley b:1909 Arthur Whatley b:February 17, 1910 Jimmie Lee Whatley b:May 05, 1922 *My Father Lindsey Whatley b:September 27, 1912 Irene V. Whatley b: December 23, 1925 Sadie Whatley b:April 12, 1928 Green and Mary Alice Jay-Whatley appear in both the 1920 and 1930 Stockton, Baldwin County, Alabama Census with their family. Your Assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Janet