I am a descendant of John Pryor of Georgia, entered the DAR under his service in the Revolutionary War, and have information on his parents, Edward and Mary Pryor. Dottie Tinsley Midlothian, Virginia

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Jones, Thomas Z. June 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: William Russell [email protected] September 7, 2006, 2:49 pm Source: Pike County Probate Court Written: June 1911 Recorded: July 26, 1913 State of Georgia Pike County Know all men by these present that I Thomas Z. Jones being of Sound mind does by these present make and write this my last Will and Testament I will that after my death all of my perishable property be sold, consisting of mules, horses, cows, hogs, Wagons buggys and farming implements be sold and all my debts paid also all corn fodder and other forage except as otherwise provided fo. That all my real estate where I now live be sold, and after all my debts are paid then the remainder be equally divided between my Wife Mrs. Saphronia Jones and the heirs of my body, to wit: Arthur C. Jones, Minnie L. Chapman, A. B. Jones, Briana[?] Lifsey, Eunice E. Chambers, Ewell C. Jones and Myrtle Williamson I bequeath my wife Sophronia my Meansville property consisting of 4 acres of Land more or less, and all improvements , during her natural life or widowhood. At her death or marriage then it is my will that the house known as the Sims house and one acre of land be set apart for a home for my daughter, Minnie L. Chapman during her single life if she should marry, then it shall be sold and the proceeds divided among my heirs. At my wifes death or marriage the remainder of said place to be sold and proceeds divided. I will that my wife Sophronia shall have all household goods or such a part as she may elect, also one cow & calf and a sufficiency of food for the same for 12 months also a sufficient supply of Provisions for 12 months support. I give my Gold headed cane to my son Ewell C. Jones, my son Arthur C. Jones I give my shotgun, to A. R. Jones I give my Winchester Rifle also my Fathers pruning[?] knife with the request that it be handed down as a family souvenir [?], it was bought about the year 1850 or 51 or 2. To my daughter Minnie I give my pistol My daughter Briana I give my organ, my daughter Eunice I give my watch, my daughter Myrtle I give my parlor rifle also all of my Confederate souvenirs such as button badges ect. I appoint my son A. C. Jones and my son in law Aldine Chambers my Executors with the will annexed and they receive no fee for their service. I will that my real estate be sold public or private as the majority of my sons and sons in law direct if they can’t agree, then my Executors shall proceed to administer and sell according to law and receive such compensation as the law provides. It is my will that my wife Sophronia keep the piano as other furniture and after her death or marriage that it be sold with all other goods and chattels and the proceeds equally divided among the heirs of my body. Amen Witness my hand and seal this June 1911 Thomas Z. Jones Signed in the presence of E. M. Slade W. A. Geiger W. W. Maddox State of Georgia County of Pike Before me personally came E. M. Slade named as a witness to the within writing purporting to be Thos. Z. Jones last will and being duly sworn saith that he with W. A. Geiger and W. W. Maddox at the request of Thomas Z. Jones and in his presence and in the presence of each other did attest as witnesses the within writing as his will that the same was signed and published by Thos. Z. Jones in their presence as his last will that he was at the time of said attestation and signing by him of sound and disposing mind and memory; that he executed the within paper voluntarily E. M. Slade This 26 day of July 1913 J. W. Means Ordinary Georgia Pike County We do solemnly swear that this writing contains the last will of the within named T. Z. Jones deceased so far as we know or believe and that we will well and truly execute the same in accordance with the laws of this State so help us God A. C. Jones Aldine Chambers J. W. Means Ordinary File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/jones645wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb

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At Magnolia Cemetery in Concord, Pike County, Georgia: Mary A. Philips, b. 18 Feb 1834, d. 27 Aug 1912 1910 Census Info: Name: Mary A Philips Age in 1910: 72 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Birth Place: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Georgia Mother's Birth Place: Georgia Home in 1910: Concord, Pike, Georgia Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Female Household Members: Mary A Philips age 72 Sullie D Braswell age 50 Willie P Braswell age 50 Cannie L Braswell age 19 Susie A Braswell age 21 Jeff Strickland, named in her will, was a black man Name: Jeff Strickland Age in 1910: 37 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873 Birth Place: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Georgia Mother's Birth Place: Georgia Spouses's Name: Laura Home in 1910: Concord, Pike, Georgia Marital Status: Married Race: Black Gender: Male Household Members: Jeff Strickland age 37 Laura Strickland age 38 Robert Strickland age 14 Ruth Strickland age 12 Virginia Strickland age 11 Lilian Strickland age 8 Cecil Strickland age 6 Lonie M Strickland age 3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "GAGenWeb Archives" <[email protected]> To: "GAPIKE" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:39 PM Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Phillips) Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Phillips, Mrs. M. A. July 9, 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: William Russell [email protected] September 7, 2006, 4:39 pm Source: Probate Court Pike County Ga Written: July 9, 1913 Recorded: February 9, 1914 Georgia Pike County The last Will of Mrs. M. A. Phillips of Concord Ga I M. A. Phillips of said state & county being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament Item 1st I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like manner suitable to my circumstances and condition in life. Item 2nd I desire and direct that all my debts be paid without unnecessary delay, by my Executor herein after named and appointed. Item 3rd I give to my Niece Mollie Moreland my Iron bedstead, feather bed, mattress, and one small folding table and Two Hundred dollars in cash. Item 4th I give to my Sister Mrs. S. F. McLendon one Hundred Dollaars in cash. Item 5th I give to my niece Mrs. Alura Scott Two Hundred Dollars in cash. Item 6th I give to my Nephew J. C. (Robert) Williams Two Hundred Dollars in Cash Item 7th I give to my Nephew W. G. Moreland One Hundred Dollars in cash Item 8th I give to Mrs. Mary McLendon Two Hundred Dollars in cash Item 9th I give to Jeff Strickland a house and lot in the town of Concord Pike County Ga with all the rights members and appurtenances to the same appertaining or belonging to said Lot containing ¼ of an acre more or less, bounded on the North by lands of J. C. Irwin, East by land of Blake & Maddox, South and West by Blacksmith Shop lot. Said Lot to be measured off by my Executor and given to the said Jeff Strickland free from all charges and limitation whatsoever. Item 10 I give to my Nephew W. P. Braswell, my house and Lot and all improvements thereon in the town of Concord Ga Pike County the same being the family residence. I also give to my Nephew the said W. P. Braswell my storehouse shop Woodshop and shoe shop and lot located in the town of Concord Ga Pike County with all rights members and appurtenances with said lots of land in anywise appertaining or belonging free from all charges and limitations whatsoever. I also give my Nephew the said W. P. Braswell, the residue of my household and kitchen furniture of every kind whatsoever not here before willed & described. I also give to my said Nephew, the said W. P. Braswell Two Hundred Dollars in cash and four shares of stock in the Concord Gin and Warehouse Co. Item 11 I hereby constitute and appoint my friend G. E. Strickland as the sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I expressly confer upon him power as such to administer my Estate relieving him from giving any bond or making any returns to the Ordinary, and I expressly confer upon him full power and authority to sell any part of my Estate not herein before specially devised at public or private sale, with or without Order from the Court of Ordinary as may seem best to him making good and sufficient Titles in fee simple to the purchasers and whatsoever he may receive from property not herein devised, I want my said Executor to pay to my Nephew the said W. P. Braswell in addition to legacies herein before given to the said W. P. Braswell Item 12 If I should not have on hand at the time of my death Money sufficient to pay my Executor, his legal commissions and expenses and other costs of administering my Estate as herein provided, Then in this event, I want my said Executor to pay these out of any money I may have on hand at the time, and take what ever may be necessary for this purpose from the special cash legacies given in Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 10, and this to be in proportion to the amount of said legacy, that is each legacy paying its [ _ ] of said expenses M. A. Phillips her mark This July the 9th 1913 Signed declared and published by Mrs. M. A. Phillips as her last Will and Testament, she signing the same in our presence and we the undersigned at her special instance and request signing said Will as attending witnesses in her presence and in the presence of each other This July the 2nd[?] 1913 D. W. Story H. H. Brandenburg R. H. Strickland Recorded Feby 9th 1914 J. W. Means Ordinary Oath of Witnesses Georgia Pike County Before me personally come D. W. Story H. H. Brandenburg and R. H. Strickland named as witnesses to the within and foregoing Writing purporting to be the last Will of Mrs. M. A. Philips deceased who being duly sworn depose and say that they did on The 9th day of July Attest as witnesses the within and foregoing writing in the presence of Mrs. M. A. Phillips and in the presence of each other and that Mrs. M. A. Phillips signed and published the same freely and voluntarily in their presence her last Will and Testament and that Mrs. M. A. Phillips was at the time of said attestation and signing of sound and disposing mind and memory D. W. Story H. H. Brandenburg R. H. Strickland Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 2nd day of February 1914 J. W. Means Ordinary of Pike County File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/phillips646wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.6 Kb ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John Pryor, Sr was born abt 1760 in Wilkes County, Georgia. I have some sketchy information about him. Descendants of John Pryor, Sr. 1 John Pryor, Sr. b: Abt. 1760 in Wilkes County, Georgia d: Abt. 1848 in Pike County, Georgia .. +Lydia B. ? d: 02 September 1847 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 Elizabeth Pryor b: in Georgia d: Bef. 1828 ....... +Josiah Miles m: 27 March 1816 ... 2 Nancy Pryor b: in Georgia d: Bef. 1830 ....... +Isaac Weldon m: 28 February 1815 ... 2 Lydia Pryor b: in Georgia d: Bef. 1840 ....... +John Coats m: 11 August 1825 ... 2 William Pryor b: 10 March 1798 in Georgia d: 10 May 1871 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Lucy Cross b: Abt. 1805 in Georgia d: Bef. 07 December 1885 in Pike County, Georgia m: 21 May 1822 in Jasper County, Georgia ......... 3 John C. Pryor b: Abt. 1824 in Georgia d: Abt. 1846 in Mexico ......... 3 [1] Elizabeth Pryor b: Abt. 1828 d: Aft. 1920 ............. +Edmund Crawford b: Abt. 1818 d: Abt. 1850 m: 21 December 1843 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 John Clarke Crawford b: Abt. 1848 in Pike County, Georgia d: Abt. 1927 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Sarah Ann Dunn b: Abt. 1850 in Georgia d: Aft. 1885 in Pike County, Georgia m: 04 October 1866 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Edmund Cobb Crawford b: Abt. 1849 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Sallie E. Scott m: 1869 in Pike County, Georgia ......... *2nd Husband of [1] Elizabeth Pryor: ............. +James G. Holmes m: 22 February 1852 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Andrew Jackson Pryor b: 04 February 1830 in Pike County, Georgia d: 06 December 1910 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Mary Ann Baker b: 30 April 1830 in Pike County, Georgia d: 17 June 1917 in Pike County, Georgia m: 05 March 1848 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Jonathan Pryor b: Abt. 1851 ............... 4 George Washington Pryor b: 03 March 1854 in Pike County, Georgia d: 05 January 1930 ................... +Mary Pierson ............... 4 Thomas J. Pryor b: Abt. 1855 ............... 4 Harris L. Pryor b: Abt. 1857 ............... 4 Ida Lucy Pryor b: 27 January 1859 in Georgia d: 10 October 1932 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Monroe M. Irvin b: 21 August 1851 in Georgia d: 08 May 1931 in Pike County, Georgia m: 21 December 1876 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Thomas Jefferson Pryor b: Abt. 1832 in Pike County, Georgia d: Abt. 1880 ............. +Sara Jane Cochran b: in Georgia m: 04 December 1868 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Matthew Madison Pryor b: 10 February 1840 in Pike County, Georgia d: 12 December 1925 ............. +Cynthia Elizabeth Driver b: Abt. 1845 in Pike County, Georgia m: 25 February 1864 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Mattie Lee Pryor b: 29 March 1865 in Pike County, Georgia d: 02 April 1940 in Spalding County, Georgia ................... +Annie Laurie Coggin b: 04 July 1871 in Pike County, Georgia d: 25 January 1963 in Spalding County, Georgia m: 15 May 1887 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 William Pryor b: Abt. 1867 ............... 4 Viola Pryor b: Abt. 1869 ............... 4 Lucy Pryor b: 14 February 1872 in Pike County, Georgia d: 15 August 1960 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +John Riley Turner b: 09 July 1869 in Pike County, Georgia d: 04 August 1955 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Charles Pryor b: Abt. 1875 ............... 4 Mary Pryor b: Abt. 1878 ......... 3 Richard Pleasant Cross Pryor b: 11 May 1842 in Pike County, Georgia d: 25 January 1862 in Civil War ... 2 Martha Pryor b: 02 October 1806 in Georgia d: 12 April 1863 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Mathew Coggin b: 21 February 1806 in Georgia m: 18 March 1832 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Fetnie Anne H. Coggin b: 20 August 1834 in Pike County, Georgia d: 10 June 1898 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +George Croghan Gregg b: Abt. 1832 in Florence County, South Carolina d: 17 April 1865 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Civil War) m: Bef. 1853 ............... 4 Joseph Matthew Gregg b: 23 October 1853 in Pike County, Georgia d: 22 July 1914 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Ella Harriett Gregg b: 20 July 1856 in Pike County, Georgia d: 08 September 1903 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +[4] John Calhoun Beauchamp b: 23 October 1851 in Troup County, Georgia d: 04 April 1927 m: November 1871 ............... 4 Martha Victoria Gregg b: Abt. 1859 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +W.R. Wright m: 29 December 1881 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 James E. Gregg b: Abt. 1861 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 George Virginia Gregg b: 04 August 1862 in Pike County, Georgia d: 19 December 1928 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +John J. Banks b: Abt. 1850 in Georgia d: Abt. 1886 in Pike County, Georgia m: 19 December 1878 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 William Jasper Coggin b: 02 April 1836 in Pike County, Georgia d: 09 June 1906 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Palestine Lavania Carson b: 14 August 1845 in Georgia d: 02 September 1930 in Pike County, Georgia m: 31 December 1868 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Cleveland Coggin b: in Pike County, Georgia d: 1913 in Texas ............... 4 Clyde Martha Coggin b: 12 March 1870 in Pike County, Georgia d: 27 October 1943 in Upson County, Georgia ................... +William M. Digby b: 04 August 1864 in Pike County, Georgia d: 30 December 1940 in Pike County, Georgia m: 17 January 1894 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Mary Coggin b: 1871 in Pike County, Georgia d: 07 April 1954 in Henry County, Georgia ................... +Andrew David Williams b: 1867 in Georgia d: 27 December 1932 in Pike County, Georgia m: 30 October 1887 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Emmett Coggin b: Abt. 1873 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Addie McElhaney ............... 4 Ada Coggin b: 30 June 1874 in Pike County, Georgia d: 07 June 1960 in Butts County, Georgia ................... +Matthew Franklin Anderson b: 04 February 1863 in Pike County, Georgia d: 21 June 1932 in Pike County, Georgia m: 04 February 1891 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Charles Wilbur Coggin b: 25 December 1875 in Pike County, Georgia d: 13 July 1951 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Mary Bessie Digby b: 21 April 1878 in Pike County, Georgia d: 18 August 1912 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Nettie Coggin b: 21 January 1879 in Pike County, Georgia d: 28 January 1958 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Ambrose Clifford McGahee b: 27 December 1880 in Georgia d: 01 January 1967 in Monroe County, Georgia ............... 4 Collie Eldora Coggin b: 01 May 1880 in Pike County, Georgia d: 03 October 1892 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 [2] William Edgar Coggin b: 18 September 1882 in Pike County, Georgia d: 26 October 1957 ................... +Rossie Peugh b: 28 July 1889 in Georgia d: 17 April 1929 ............... *2nd Wife of [2] William Edgar Coggin: ................... +Odessa Thomas ......... 3 Candis S.J. Coggin b: 05 November 1838 in Pike County, Georgia d: 23 May 1911 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +John Davis Gregg b: 12 July 1836 in Georgia d: 10 February 1898 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Adrinne Amanda Gregg b: 05 December 1860 in Pike County, Georgia d: 04 October 1932 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Jesse Criton Williams b: 02 February 1854 in Pike County, Georgia d: 16 January 1929 in Pike County, Georgia m: 19 November 1880 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 [3] Virginia Jackie Gregg b: 01 November 1862 in Pike County, Georgia d: 27 December 1950 ................... +Claude Graves Kenney b: 15 May 1862 in Kentucky d: 15 September 1890 in Fulton County, Georgia m: 05 December 1888 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... *2nd Husband of [3] Virginia Jackie Gregg: ................... +[4] John Calhoun Beauchamp b: 23 October 1851 in Troup County, Georgia d: 04 April 1927 m: 28 November 1905 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Anna Gregg b: Abt. 1866 ................... +J.W. Middlebrooks m: 12 April 1894 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 William Joseph Gregg b: 11 July 1868 in Pike County, Georgia d: 03 February 1903 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Lucy Mae Key m: 13 July 1899 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Charlie D.P. Gregg b: 07 August 1870 in Pike County, Georgia d: 25 August 1883 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 John H. Pryor b: Abt. 1809 in Georgia ....... +Ellender Coggin b: Abt. 1810 in Georgia m: 15 April 1832 in Pike County, Georgia src: US Marriage Index 1691-1850 (Heritage Quest) ......... 3 Martha Pryor ......... 3 James Pryor ... 2 Susan Pryor b: Abt. 1810 in Georgia d: 25 January 1894 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Wilson Coats d: 05 January 1895 in Pike County, Georgia m: 17 December 1830 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 Mary Pryor b: Abt. 1811 in Georgia d: February 1864 ....... +Robert Scott m: 03 December 1829 in Pike County, Georgia ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Pryor) > > Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Pryor, John September 20, 1840 > ************************************************ > 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: > William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:50 pm > > Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court > Written: September 20, 1840 > Recorded: December 4, 1848 > > Georgia > Pike County > > September the 20th 1840 In the name of God Amen I John Pryor Sr. being at > this > time in perfect mind and memory but far advanced in age and knowing that I > must die do make and Constitute this my last will and Testament. > > First I resign my body to the grave and my Spirit to God > > 2nd It is my will that there shall be a sale of all my perishable > property such as stock house hold and kitchen furniture which sale I wish > attended by my Executor herein after named and sold as he may think best > and > after all my just debts are paid out of the proceeds of said sale it is my > will that the residue of money derived therefrom shall be equally divided > as > follows there being two children & the heirs of my daughter Elizabeth > Miles, > it is my will that that they shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the > above > named sale. It is further my will that the children of my daughter Nancy > Wildon [?] shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the sale above named to > be > equally divided among them. It is further my will that my son William > shall > have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the sale above named. It > is > my will that my son in Law John Coats shall have one sixth of the proceeds > arising from my sale as above named, it is further my will that my Son in > Law > Matthew Coggin shall have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the > sale > above named It is further my will that my Son John shall have one sixth of > the > proceeds arising from the sale above named. It is further my will that as > my > son in Law Wilson Coats and his wife who is my daughter Susan Coats have > taken > upon themselves to stay with and take care of myself and my wife in our > declining years that he my son in Law Wilson Coats shall have my largest > chest and largest pot and largest oven the residue of my house hold and > kitchen furniture sold and disposed of as above named. It is also my will > that > my Son in Law Wilson Coats as aforesaid shall have all my lands together > with > the appurtenance thereunto belonging to use and dispose of ass he may > think > best after my death and the death of my wife. > It is further my will that Thom. C. Trice should be Executor to this my > last > will and Testament > In witness to all of the aforesaid will and Testament I John Pryor > hereunto > set my hand and affix my seal in [ _ ] the day and year above written > John Pryor his mark > > H. T. Embry > Enoch Embry > R. W. Embry > > Georgia > Pike County > > I Enoch Embry do solemnly swear that I saw John Pryor [ _ ] (by making his > mark) sign seal publish and declare this writing to be and contain his > will > and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that > he > did it freely and without compulsion to the best of my knowledge and that > I > saw H. T. Embry and R. W. Embry sign the same as witness. > Enoch Embry > > Attest in open court this 4th day of December 1848 > Wiley E. Mangham CCO > > Georgia > Pike County > > I Thomas C. Trice do solemnly [ swear ] that this writing contains the > last > true will and Testament of John Pryor Sr. deceased so far as I know or > believe > and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts > & > then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels > with > thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and > perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God > Thomas C. Trice > > Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 4th December 1848 > Wiley C. Mangham CCO

Thomas Zachariah Jones was born 3 May 1847 in Pike County and was a son of Isaac Willingham Jones and Mary Emeline Wadsworth. He was married to Malinda Sophronia McKinley. He is buried in Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery in Pike County. Descendants of Thomas Zachariah Jones Generation No. 1 1. THOMAS ZACHARIAH3 JONES (ISAAC WILLINGHAM2, ISAAC AARON1) was born 03 May 1847 in Pike County, Georgia (Source: 1850 Census Record, pg 163b.), and died 24 June 1913 in Pike County, Georgia. He married MALINDA SOPHRONIA MCKINLEY 08 November 1866 in Pike County, Georgia (Source: FTM Marriage Index: Georgia 1851-1900, "CD-ROM."), daughter of MIDAS MCKINLEY and MARY PARKS. She was born 10 November 1845 in Pike County, Georgia (Source: 1850 Census Record, pg 161a.), and died 05 September 1926 in Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 22469-H.). Notes for THOMAS ZACHARIAH JONES: Company G, 27th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, C. S. A., Pike and Spalding Counties, Georgia. County Line Guards. Private 1864. Surrendered; Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. 1880 Census Place: District 551, Pike, Georgia Source: FHL Film 1254161 National Archives Film T9-0161 Page 48B Thomas Z. JONES, Self, M, M, W, 32, GA, Occ: Farmer, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Melissa S. JONES, Wife, F, M, W, 34, GA, Occ: Keeps House, Fa: NC, Mo: GA Auther T. JONES, Son, M, S, W, 12, GA, Occ: Laborer, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Minnie L. JONES, Dau, F, S, W, 10, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Allie R. JONES, Son, M, S, W, 8, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Adam I. JONES, Son, M, S, W, 5, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Mary V. JONES, Dau, F, S, W, 2, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA May JONES, Dau, F, S, W, 1M, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA More About THOMAS ZACHARIAH JONES: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About MALINDA SOPHRONIA MCKINLEY: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About THOMAS JONES and MALINDA MCKINLEY: Marriage: 08 November 1866, Pike County, Georgia (Source: FTM Marriage Index: Georgia 1851-1900, "CD-ROM.") Children of THOMAS JONES and MALINDA MCKINLEY are: i. ARTHUR C.4 JONES, b. 18 February 1868, Pike County, Georgia; d. 11 December 1926, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 31054-H.); m. ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, 01 December 1889, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.); b. 20 April 1871, Georgia; d. 18 December 1941, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 30392.). More About ARTHUR C. JONES: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About ELIZABETH CHAPMAN: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About ARTHUR JONES and ELIZABETH CHAPMAN: Marriage: 01 December 1889, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.) ii. MINNIE LEE JONES, b. 23 February 1870, Pike County, Georgia; d. 01 February 1940, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 7828.); m. WILLIAM ABNER CHAPMAN, 11 November 1885, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia, Book A, pg 107.); b. 06 April 1868; d. 07 July 1930, Pike County, Georgia. More About MINNIE LEE JONES: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About WILLIAM ABNER CHAPMAN: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About WILLIAM CHAPMAN and MINNIE JONES: Marriage: 11 November 1885, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia, Book A, pg 107.) iii. RICHARD ALLEN JONES, b. 17 January 1872, Pike County, Georgia; d. 17 September 1943; m. SUSIE EMILY BISHOP; b. 11 July 1876; d. 18 March 1957, Pulaski County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 06818.). iv. ADAM ISAAC JONES, b. 31 August 1874, Pike County, Georgia; d. 31 March 1904, Pike County, Georgia. More About ADAM ISAAC JONES: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia v. MARY VIANA JONES, b. 07 March 1878, Pike County, Georgia; d. 05 May 1948, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 11109.); m. BENJAMIN NATHAN LIFSEY, 12 December 1899, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.); b. 15 May 1874, Pike County, Georgia; d. 07 March 1950, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998.). More About MARY VIANA JONES: Burial: Fincher's Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About BENJAMIN NATHAN LIFSEY: Burial: Fincher Methodist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About BENJAMIN LIFSEY and MARY JONES: Marriage: 12 December 1899, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.) 2. vi. EUNICE ETHEL JONES, b. 22 May 1880, Pike County, Georgia; d. 27 July 1911, Pike County, Georgia. vii. EUELL C. JONES, b. 30 November 1882, Pike County, Georgia; d. 28 February 1944, Muscogee County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 3750.); m. LAURA MAE WIDDON; b. 17 March 1887; d. 27 August 1965, Baldwin County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 022379.). More About LAURA MAE WIDDON: Residence: Bibb County, Georgia viii. MYRTLE JONES, b. 24 March 1888, Pike County, Georgia; d. 03 October 1963, Bibb County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 25904.); m. CLIFFORD TENNYSON WILLIAMSON; b. 29 December 1875; d. 02 March 1957, Bibb County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 04909.). Generation No. 2 2. EUNICE ETHEL4 JONES (THOMAS ZACHARIAH3, ISAAC WILLINGHAM2, ISAAC AARON1) was born 22 May 1880 in Pike County, Georgia, and died 27 July 1911 in Pike County, Georgia. She married JAMES FRANCES ALDINE CHAMBERS 02 August 1905 in Pike County, Georgia. He was born 08 March 1876, and died 08 September 1928. More About EUNICE ETHEL JONES: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About JAMES FRANCES ALDINE CHAMBERS: Burial: Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Marriage Notes for EUNICE JONES and JAMES CHAMBERS: Pike County Times-Journal Zebulon, Ga., Friday, August 4, 1905 (Transcribed by Lynn Ballard Cunningham 9/7/02) Jones - Chambers On Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 2nd at 5 o'clock, at her home near Meansville, Miss Eunice Ethel Jones was married to Mr. Aldine Chambers. Miss Jones is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.Z. Jones, and possesses many lovable traits. Mr. Chambers is a rising young lawyer of Atlanta and has hosts of friends. The ceremony was impressively performed by Rev. J.H. Johnston of Atlanta. The home was beautifully decorated and the happy couple received many handsome and valuable presents. There was a large concourse of friends present to witness the happy event. The following were the attendants: Mr. Smith of Atlanta with Miss Williamson of Forsyth; Mr. Gilleland of Atlanta with Miss Taylor of Barnesville; Mr. Chambers of Atlanta with Miss Parks of Meansville. We extend our hearty congratulations to the young couple and wish for them a life of perfect happiness. They will make Atlanta their future home. More About JAMES CHAMBERS and EUNICE JONES: Marriage: 02 August 1905, Pike County, Georgia Children of EUNICE JONES and JAMES CHAMBERS are: i. JOHN THOMAS5 CHAMBERS, b. 21 April. ii. FRANCES ETHEL CHAMBERS, b. 04 June 1906. ----- Original Message ----- From: "GAGenWeb Archives" <[email protected]> To: "GAPIKE" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 3:49 PM Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Jones) Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Jones, Thomas Z. June 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: William Russell [email protected] September 7, 2006, 2:49 pm Source: Pike County Probate Court Written: June 1911 Recorded: July 26, 1913 State of Georgia Pike County Know all men by these present that I Thomas Z. Jones being of Sound mind does by these present make and write this my last Will and Testament I will that after my death all of my perishable property be sold, consisting of mules, horses, cows, hogs, Wagons buggys and farming implements be sold and all my debts paid also all corn fodder and other forage except as otherwise provided fo. That all my real estate where I now live be sold, and after all my debts are paid then the remainder be equally divided between my Wife Mrs. Saphronia Jones and the heirs of my body, to wit: Arthur C. Jones, Minnie L. Chapman, A. B. Jones, Briana[?] Lifsey, Eunice E. Chambers, Ewell C. Jones and Myrtle Williamson I bequeath my wife Sophronia my Meansville property consisting of 4 acres of Land more or less, and all improvements , during her natural life or widowhood. At her death or marriage then it is my will that the house known as the Sims house and one acre of land be set apart for a home for my daughter, Minnie L. Chapman during her single life if she should marry, then it shall be sold and the proceeds divided among my heirs. At my wifes death or marriage the remainder of said place to be sold and proceeds divided. I will that my wife Sophronia shall have all household goods or such a part as she may elect, also one cow & calf and a sufficiency of food for the same for 12 months also a sufficient supply of Provisions for 12 months support. I give my Gold headed cane to my son Ewell C. Jones, my son Arthur C. Jones I give my shotgun, to A. R. Jones I give my Winchester Rifle also my Fathers pruning[?] knife with the request that it be handed down as a family souvenir [?], it was bought about the year 1850 or 51 or 2. To my daughter Minnie I give my pistol My daughter Briana I give my organ, my daughter Eunice I give my watch, my daughter Myrtle I give my parlor rifle also all of my Confederate souvenirs such as button badges ect. I appoint my son A. C. Jones and my son in law Aldine Chambers my Executors with the will annexed and they receive no fee for their service. I will that my real estate be sold public or private as the majority of my sons and sons in law direct if they can't agree, then my Executors shall proceed to administer and sell according to law and receive such compensation as the law provides. It is my will that my wife Sophronia keep the piano as other furniture and after her death or marriage that it be sold with all other goods and chattels and the proceeds equally divided among the heirs of my body. Amen Witness my hand and seal this June 1911 Thomas Z. Jones Signed in the presence of E. M. Slade W. A. Geiger W. W. Maddox State of Georgia County of Pike Before me personally came E. M. Slade named as a witness to the within writing purporting to be Thos. Z. Jones last will and being duly sworn saith that he with W. A. Geiger and W. W. Maddox at the request of Thomas Z. Jones and in his presence and in the presence of each other did attest as witnesses the within writing as his will that the same was signed and published by Thos. Z. Jones in their presence as his last will that he was at the time of said attestation and signing by him of sound and disposing mind and memory; that he executed the within paper voluntarily E. M. Slade This 26 day of July 1913 J. W. Means Ordinary Georgia Pike County We do solemnly swear that this writing contains the last will of the within named T. Z. Jones deceased so far as we know or believe and that we will well and truly execute the same in accordance with the laws of this State so help us God A. C. Jones Aldine Chambers J. W. Means Ordinary File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/jones645wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Spalding-Pike County GaArchives Biographies.....Doe, Benjamin Winslow July 18, 1815 - April 25, 1881 ************************************************ 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 Horsley [email protected] September 7, 2006, 2:07 pm Author: Joan Horsley BENJAMIN (B. W.) and RHODA H. DOE Pioneer Settlers of Griffin, GA Benjamin Winslow Doe was born July 18, 1815, in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, the son of Stephen and Ruth Winslow Doe. His ancestor Nicholas Doe came about 1662 from Devonshire, England, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, moving soon after to become one of the early settlers of Oyster River (now Durham), NH. Benjamin's mother, Ruth Winslow, a fourth-generation Quaker, was descended from Kenelm Winslow, brother of Edward Winslow of the Mayflower Compact and early governor of Plymouth Colony. It was Ruth's ancestor Kenelm who brought the remaining members of the "Pilgrim Church" from Leiden, Holland, to Plymouth about 1629. At age 27, Benjamin married Rhoda (Lydia) H. Durgin, age 29, on August 21, 1842, in Paris, Oxford County, Maine. Rhoda's fathers' ancestors also first settled in Oyster River about the same time as Benjamin's. In fact, some records show Benjamin's and Rhoda's mothers are both descended from the same father (but different wives) in the early Plymouth Colony. As was common with old New England families connected through many generations, it is probable that Rhoda's and Benjamin's immediate families had been well-acquainted, even though Benjamin was born in Maine and Rhoda in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Shortly after their marriage, the couple moved from Paris, Maine, to Griffin, Georgia, where Benjamin and Rhoda became pioneer settlers of the town. Griffin, incorporated as a town December 28, 1843, was first in Pike County. After December 1851, Griffin was in the new county of Spalding. The only ones of their families to leave New England, Benjamin and Rhoda possibly were drawn by the opportunities opening up in this sparsely populated area made newly accessible and commercially strategic by a railroad. With the new railroad connection from Griffin to Macon in 1842, Griffin became a center for the buying, selling, storing and shipping of cotton and other goods. Benjamin was known locally as Capt. B. W. Doe. It is not yet known how he obtained the rank of Captain. Possibly he was in a Maine militia. But also Benjamin could have been involved in the Indian Wars in Georgia, as he appears to have been in the Griffin area even prior to his 1842 marriage to Rhoda back in Maine. Researcher Bob Ellis has found that Benjamin was one of the original buyers of the property for the new town of Griffin which was sold at auction by General L. L. Griffin on June 8, 1840. Benjamin was originally a tanner by trade, but soon branched out into other business endeavors as well. In Griffin, Benjamin owned and operated both a tan yard and a large storehouse for the public storage of cotton. Griffin town historian J. P. Jennings says that Benjamin's home, tannery, and cotton storehouse were located on a large parcel of land on Solomon Street. Benjamin had particularly wanted that location for the stream that ran across it, as water was needed both for tanning and for operating the hydraulic press which compacted stored cotton for easier and more efficient loading and transport. Today St. George's Episcopal Church stands on a part of the old Doe property. Benjamin bought and sold numerous properties in Griffin through the years. The index of his deed transactions runs several pages long. He also appears to have been involved in the purchasing, storing, and selling of other merchandise besides cotton, as indicated by several letters still existing. These letters regarding Benjamin Doe are in the possession of Dave Barnes, a descendant of Quintas Price*. Mr. Price operated a general mercantile business and distillery in what is now Brooks, GA, about 10 miles west of Griffin. According to Mr. Barnes, evidently Quintas Price would buy merchandise, have it shipped via rail to Griffin, and stored at Benjamin's warehouse until either Mr. Price could pick it up or Benjamin sold it in bulk on behalf of Mr. Price. The transactions could also work conversely, where Mr. Price would sell merchandise, deliver it to Benjamin for storage and eventual rail shipment to the purchaser. A letter to Mr. Price from Henry F. Jackson indicates the distances and range of goods that could be involved in such transactions. The letter was dated March 17, 1858, from Butler County, Alabama, located in south-central Alabama, south of Montgomery, and reads in part: " ....I want you to see Mr. Doe for me and tell him I have a note on A. B. Tramel for $854 dollars I wish to trade for buggies and ask him to see what he can do for me. The note is perfectly good but I can sell buggies here for a profit if he can a trade. I would be much ablige to him...." One business associate of Benjamin, Jack Adams, wrote from McKinley, AL, about 80 miles west of Montgomery. Another, M. P. Suber, lived in Andersonville, GA. The only surviving letter from Benjamin Doe to Quintas Price is marked Griffin, August 1, 1856. This letter is a personal one, giving news of family and friends, illnesses, a death, and the weather. The paper is deteriorated and the script difficult to read, but some of the names mentioned appear as Mr. Will and Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Bloodworth, Mr. Landers, Jack Adams, Nan or Wm. Nunley (Nunnally), Dr. Williams, and Dr. Nisrath. It also says that Mr. Winslow (apparently referring to one of Benjamin's mother's family) went back to New York, possibly with his family, after a visit to Griffin. This is particularly interesting in that it indicates Griffin's connection, probably by rail, with major cities to the north, and the relative ease of travel that allowed for personal visits. Benjamin was elected an Alderman of Griffin in 1858. By 1860, he was appointed City Sexton of Griffin, with responsibility over the City Cemetery (later called Oak Hill Cemetery), a position he held until his death 22 years later. His eldest son, Benjamin Franklin Doe, became Assistant City Sexton under his father, then held the position of Sexton after his father's death. And at least by 1880, Benjamin was also serving as Spalding County Coroner. In the 1860 census, the family of Benjamin and Rhoda Doe lived two houses from the family of Bryant and Catherine Skipper. Catherine was the daughter of Abraham Mathews of Meriwether County, GA. Several of her siblings also lived in or around Griffin, including A. B. Mathews, a Griffin alderman 1858-1860; Rebecca Carlton Mathews, married to John Reddy Jones; Eliza Mathews, married to John P. Garner and mother of Rev. Geo. W. Garner; A. J. Mathews; and William Mathews, who died of disease while a soldier in the Civil War. Catherine's husband Bryant Skipper, also an alderman and a deacon at First Baptist Church, was a cotton broker by profession, and likely a business associate of Benjamin. The Doe and Skipper families later became in-laws as well. In 1880, the youngest Doe son, Ed, married the eldest Skipper daughter, Nora, and became the writer's maternal great-grandparents. By the time the Civil War began, Benjamin had been a respected community leader, businessman and local government official for all 21 years of Griffin's existence. Elmer Doe, author of "Descendants of NIcholas Doe 1631- 1918" (pub. 1917), gives us the following glimpse into that time in Griffin: "The following is a copy of a letter received by Benj. W. Doe with reference to his attitude toward the South. This communication was found among his personal papers and marked 'To be preserved to show to my grandchildren': 'Captain Benjamin Doe: The Undersigned Acting under Authority from citizens of this City respectfully invite you to an interview with us a Four O'clock on the subject of your relations to the Confederate States of America, and your avowed sentiments with reference thereto. At which meeting we will present to you more fully our reason for requesting this interview.' //s// Respectfully Your Friends- P. Eason, E.P. Daniels, E.J. Green, A.K. Moore, J. H. Campbell Dated Griffin, Ga., Saturday, March 16, 1861." This is an intriguing item which Benjamin obviously thought important. Unfortunately he did not leave any further information about his "sentiments," the complaints, his response or the outcome. It could be that Benjamin was not in favor of the war and wanted that fact to be remembered by his descendants. It could be he felt that as war passions became inflamed his integrity was being unjustly called into question, possibly because of his links to his birthplace and family in the North. In any case, it appears from Benjamin's later history and the way he was remembered after his death that all questions were laid to rest. The two youngest sons of Benjamin and Rhoda, Charles Rice Doe and Edward Winslow Doe, were too young to have joined the army, but the third and eldest son, Benjamin Franklin Doe, did fight in the Confederate Army. And, indeed, scores of Benjamin's Northern relatives also fought, and some died, as soldiers on the opposite side. Through it all, Benjamin, in his capacity of City Sexton, spent the War of Brother Against Brother burying over 1,300 of the war's dead. Griffin historian Mr. Jennings says that, in fact, several Civil War soldiers were buried on Benjamin's property. And Benjamin's granddaughter Mildred Doe Scogin wrote that a Civil War soldier named H. H. Smith was buried in the back yard of the neighboring Bryant Skipper house. According to Mr. Jennings, a woman living several houses away from the Doe's home had turned her house into a hospital during the war. Although no Civil War battle was fought in Griffin, the town was a major troop mobilization point and a hospital town. Trainloads of sick and wounded soldiers overflowed the hospitals, so soldiers were nursed in private residences as well as in the Courthouse, stores, colleges and other public buildings. It is uncertain whether Benjamin's cotton warehouse and merchandising business survived after the war. The South in general was financially devastated. Griffin was hit particularly hard, because the railroad that had made it a market and shipping center had been destroyed in the war. Even as late as 1870, over one-third of Spalding County was formally counted as destitute, and bankruptcies after the war were numerous. Although never a wealthy man, Benjamin did not seem to suffer as harshly as many others, perhaps because of his previous property holdings. He continued as City Sexton and, from some point, County Coroner until his death on August 25, 1881. Seven years later in his wife Rhoda's death notice in the Griffin News, Benjamin was still remembered as the one whom "everybody knew as one of the cleverest and most accommodating men Griffin ever had." Benjamin, Rhoda, and their children are buried in Old Section, Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co, GA. Children of Benjamin and Rhoda Durgin Doe: 1. Mary Helen "Mollie" Doe b. 01 Aug 1844, Griffin, Pike Co, GA; d.18 Aug 1917, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA where she had gone from Griffin for medical treatment. She married William Thompson of Illinois on 31 Oct 1867, divorced before 1880. 2, Benjamin Franklin Doe b. 27 Nov 1846, Griffin, Pike Co, GA; d. 10 Dec 1907, Griffin, Spalding Co, GA; married abt 1867 Nannie J. Freeman b. 13 Mar 1846, Griffin, d. 27 Aug 1923, Griffin. 3. Charles Rice Doe: b. 01 Oct 1848, Griffin, Pike Co, GA; d. 24 Mar 1919, Spalding Co, GA; married abt. 1882 Amanda Emiline Freeman b. Aug 1850, Griffin; d. Bet 1920-1930, Griffin. 4. Edward Winslow Doe: b. 21 May 1852, Griffin, Spalding Co, GA; d. 21 Jan 1924, Griffin, Spalding Co, GA; married 08 Feb 1880, Nora Lizzie Skipper b. 29 Nov 1856, Griffin; d. 29 Aug 1937, Sandersville, Washington Co, GA at home of daughter Katie Doe McMichael Davis ---------------- *Dave Barnes has a website on Quintas Price that includes more information, letters and pictures at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wb4kdi/Family%20History/Price/Quintus% 20Samuel.htm He wrote by e-mail: "One more interesting note: Quintus had a son born 1859 and named him Benjamin W. Price. Ben is a Price family name but he could have also been named after his friend and longtime business associate." Additional Comments: Author is a great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin & Rhoda Doe. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/spalding/bios/doe894gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 12.9 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Curtis, Babb, Dorsey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADE/865.3.2 Message Board Post: Thank you for replying. I'd appreciate if you could send me her contact info, if you find it. I think I saw the inventory list the you are referring to and no none of my ancestors are on that list. I will also search for information on his wife and her parents to see what I can find.

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Neal, Scott July 28, 1873 ************************************************ 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: William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:52 pm Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court Written: July 28, 1873 Recorded: September 1, 1873 State of Georgia Pike County In the name of God Amen I Scott Neal of said Country State and County being of advance age but of sound and disposing mind and memory, knowing that I must shortly depart this life deem it right and proper, both as respects my family and myself that I should make a disposition of my property with which a Kind Providence has helped me. I do therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and annulling all others by me heretofore made. 1st I desire that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like manner. 2nd I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid without delay by my Executors herein appointed and named. 3rd I give, bequeath, and devise my beloved wife Lizzie Neal all this tract or parcel of land lying and being in the 8th district of said County, Lot not known containing ten acres more or less to have and to hold during her natural life, and after her death to be equally divided between my two sons Bob and Jacob. I also give to my wife all the money that may be recovered for my mule which was killed by Jacob Caslin, all my household and kitchen furniture, farming tools, and one dun colored Heifer caw, also all the proceeds of the crop now growing, after paying my debts. 4th The residue of my property wherever or whatever it may be including that given to my wife to be equally divided between my sons, Bob Jones and Jacob Neal 5th I hereby constitute and appoint my friends A. C. Whittle and J. W. Means Executors of this my last Will and Testament this July 28th 1873 Scott Neal his mark Signed sealed declared and published by Scott Neal as his last Will and Testament in presence of us the two undersigned who subscribe our names hereto in presence of said Testator at his special instance and request and in presence of each other. William Fincher Charles Cassline Manuel Moreland Alex S. Jackson State of Georgia Pike County We William Fincher, Charles Cassline and Manuel Moreland three of the [ _ _ _ ] witnesses to the within Will do solemnly swear that we saw Scott Neal sign seal and heard him publish and declare this writing to be and contain his will and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory, That he did it freely, without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and belief. William Fincher his mark Charles Cassline his mark Manuel Moreland his mark Georgia Pike County We Jas. W. Means & A. C. Whittle do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last Will and Testament of Scott Neal (Col ed) deceased so far as we believe and that we will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and then the legacies contained in said Will as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charges us, and that we will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help us God. A. C. Whittle J. W. Means Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court September 1st 1873 J. Blasingame Ordinary Recorded Sept 3rd 1873 J. Blasingame File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/neal644wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Pryor, John September 20, 1840 ************************************************ 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: William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:50 pm Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court Written: September 20, 1840 Recorded: December 4, 1848 Georgia Pike County September the 20th 1840 In the name of God Amen I John Pryor Sr. being at this time in perfect mind and memory but far advanced in age and knowing that I must die do make and Constitute this my last will and Testament. First I resign my body to the grave and my Spirit to God 2nd It is my will that there shall be a sale of all my perishable property such as stock house hold and kitchen furniture which sale I wish attended by my Executor herein after named and sold as he may think best and after all my just debts are paid out of the proceeds of said sale it is my will that the residue of money derived therefrom shall be equally divided as follows there being two children & the heirs of my daughter Elizabeth Miles, it is my will that that they shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the above named sale. It is further my will that the children of my daughter Nancy Wildon [?] shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the sale above named to be equally divided among them. It is further my will that my son William shall have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the sale above named. It is my will that my son in Law John Coats shall have one sixth of the proceeds arising from my sale as above named, it is further my will that my Son in Law Matthew Coggin shall have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the sale above named It is further my will that my Son John shall have one sixth of the proceeds arising from the sale above named. It is further my will that as my son in Law Wilson Coats and his wife who is my daughter Susan Coats have taken upon themselves to stay with and take care of myself and my wife in our declining years that he my son in Law Wilson Coats shall have my largest chest and largest pot and largest oven the residue of my house hold and kitchen furniture sold and disposed of as above named. It is also my will that my Son in Law Wilson Coats as aforesaid shall have all my lands together with the appurtenance thereunto belonging to use and dispose of ass he may think best after my death and the death of my wife. It is further my will that Thom. C. Trice should be Executor to this my last will and Testament In witness to all of the aforesaid will and Testament I John Pryor hereunto set my hand and affix my seal in [ _ ] the day and year above written John Pryor his mark H. T. Embry Enoch Embry R. W. Embry Georgia Pike County I Enoch Embry do solemnly swear that I saw John Pryor [ _ ] (by making his mark) sign seal publish and declare this writing to be and contain his will and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely and without compulsion to the best of my knowledge and that I saw H. T. Embry and R. W. Embry sign the same as witness. Enoch Embry Attest in open court this 4th day of December 1848 Wiley E. Mangham CCO Georgia Pike County I Thomas C. Trice do solemnly [ swear ] that this writing contains the last true will and Testament of John Pryor Sr. deceased so far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts & then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels with thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God Thomas C. Trice Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 4th December 1848 Wiley C. Mangham CCO File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/pryor643wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb

Does anyone know anything more about this Scott Neal? I'm trying to track down the parents of my great grandfather James Neal (1825) who was listed in the 1880 census as a Mulatto. I have some info on Scott Neal from a Pike Co. History book that I found in the Pike Co. Libray some years back. It reads in part: "In 1868 David Riley deeded 180 acres to three freed slaves, Charles Castlin, Nathaniel "Ned" Kendrick, and Scott Neal (James Neal's acknowledged son)." I do know that in the 1870 census, my greatgrandfather James Neal, was shown living a few doors down from the white James Neal, age 86, who lived next door to two other black families of Neals. I always figured that all of these black neals were once owned by James Neal. Now I know that Scott Neal was freed but I don't know the year. Any Help would be appreciated. Dorothy Grigsby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Cunningham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Neal) > >From the 1870 Pike County census: > Name: Scott Neal > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796 > Race: Colored > Gender: Male > Age in 1870: 74 > Occupation: Farm Laborer > Birth Place: Virginia > Home in 1870: Not Stated, Pike, Georgia > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Neal) > > >> Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Neal, Scott July 28, 1873 >> ************************************************ >> File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: >> William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:52 pm >> >> Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court >> Written: July 28, 1873 >> Recorded: September 1, 1873 >> >> State of Georgia >> Pike County >> >> In the name of God Amen >> I Scott Neal of said Country State and County being of advance age but of >> sound and disposing mind and memory, knowing that I must shortly depart >> this >> life deem it right and proper, both as respects my family and myself that >> I >> should make a disposition of my property with which a Kind Providence has >> helped me. I do therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby >> revoking >> and annulling all others by me heretofore made. >> >> 1st I desire that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like >> manner. >> >> 2nd I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid without delay >> by >> my >> Executors herein appointed and named. >> >> 3rd I give, bequeath, and devise my beloved wife Lizzie Neal all this >> tract >> or parcel of land lying and being in the 8th district of said County, Lot >> not >> known containing ten acres more or less to have and to hold during her >> natural >> life, and after her death to be equally divided between my two sons Bob >> and >> Jacob. I also give to my wife all the money that may be recovered for my >> mule >> which was killed by Jacob Caslin, all my household and kitchen furniture, >> farming tools, and one dun colored Heifer caw, also all the proceeds of >> the >> crop now growing, after paying my debts. >> >> 4th The residue of my property wherever or whatever it may be >> including >> that given to my wife to be equally divided between my sons, Bob Jones >> and >> Jacob Neal >> >> 5th I hereby constitute and appoint my friends A. C. Whittle and J. W. >> Means Executors of this my last Will and Testament this July 28th 1873 >> >> Scott Neal his mark >> >> Signed sealed declared and published by Scott Neal as his last Will and >> Testament in presence of us the two undersigned who subscribe our names >> hereto >> in presence of said Testator at his special instance and request and in >> presence of each other. >> >> William Fincher >> Charles Cassline >> Manuel Moreland >> Alex S. Jackson >> >> >> State of Georgia >> Pike County >> >> We William Fincher, Charles Cassline and Manuel Moreland three of the [ _ >> _ >> _ ] witnesses to the within Will do solemnly swear that we saw Scott Neal >> sign >> seal and heard him publish and declare this writing to be and contain his >> will >> and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory, That >> he >> did >> it freely, without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and belief. >> >> William Fincher his mark >> Charles Cassline his mark >> Manuel Moreland his mark >> >> >> Georgia >> Pike County >> >> We Jas. W. Means & A. C. Whittle do solemnly swear that this writing >> contains >> the true last Will and Testament of Scott Neal (Col ed) deceased so far >> as >> we >> believe and that we will well and truly execute the same by paying first >> the >> debts and then the legacies contained in said Will as far as his goods >> and >> chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charges us, and that we will >> make a >> true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help us God. >> >> A. C. Whittle >> J. W. Means >> >> Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court September 1st 1873 >> J. Blasingame Ordinary >> >> Recorded Sept 3rd 1873 >> J. Blasingame > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

This obit is for George Washington Head. The obit mentions his sisters, Mrs. R[obert] F[leming] Strickland (Emily Eugenia) and Hattie Head (Harriet Henrietta). Descendants of George Washington Head Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON4 HEAD (JAMES DANIEL3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 18 December 1847 in Monroe County, Georgia, and died 09 September 1897 in Monroe County, Georgia. He married CARRIE E. PHINAZEE 14 March 1875 in Monroe County, Georgia, daughter of JAMES PHINAZEE and ELIZABETH STEWART. She was born 19 August 1853 in Monroe County, Georgia, and died 15 August 1905 in Monroe County, Georgia. Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON HEAD: 1880 Census Place: Towalagga, Butts, Georgia Source: FHL Film 1254136 National Archives Film T9-0136 Page 326C George W. HEAD, Self, M, M, W, 31, GA, Occ: Farming, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Carrie HEAD, Wife, F, M, W, 26, GA, Fa: ---, Mo: GA Lucey HEAD, Dau, F, S, W, 4, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Hattie HEAD, Dau, F, S, W, 2, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA James HEAD, Son, M, S, W, 1, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA More About GEORGE WASHINGTON HEAD: Burial: Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia Medical Information: In later years was afflicted with rheumatism and had to use an invalid wheelchair. More About CARRIE E. PHINAZEE: Burial: Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia More About GEORGE HEAD and CARRIE PHINAZEE: Marriage: 14 March 1875, Monroe County, Georgia Children of GEORGE HEAD and CARRIE PHINAZEE are: i. LUCY5 HEAD, b. 24 February 1876, Butts County, Georgia; d. 09 February 1954, DeKalb County, Georgia. ii. HATTIE EMILY HEAD, b. 13 December 1877, Butts County, Georgia; d. 04 August 1929, DeKalb County, Georgia. iii. JAMES PHINAZEE HEAD, b. 21 March 1879, Butts County, Georgia; d. 31 August 1957, Monroe County, Georgia. More About JAMES PHINAZEE HEAD: Burial: Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia iv. ROBERT THOMAS HEAD, b. 05 March 1882, Monroe County, Georgia; d. 19 December 1932, Monroe County, Georgia. More About ROBERT THOMAS HEAD: Burial: Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia v. NANCY ELIZABETH HEAD, b. 21 August 1884, Monroe County, Georgia; d. 17 December 1955, Monroe County, Georgia. More About NANCY ELIZABETH HEAD: Burial: Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia vi. GEORGE DANIEL HEAD, b. 26 May 1886, Monroe County, Georgia; d. 22 January 1967, Butts County, Georgia. vii. CATHERINE HEAD, b. 23 August 1888, Monroe County, Georgia; d. 14 December 1960, Spalding County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 34076.); m. ROGER HEAD STRICKLAND, 14 February 1911, Monroe County, Georgia; b. 12 February 1887, Pike County, Georgia; d. 24 July 1970, Spalding County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 024030.). More About CATHERINE HEAD: Burial: Hebron Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Residence: Pike County, Georgia More About ROGER HEAD STRICKLAND: Burial: Hebron Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Residence: Pike County, Georgia More About ROGER STRICKLAND and CATHERINE HEAD: Marriage: 14 February 1911, Monroe County, Georgia viii. PHILLIP FRANCIS HEAD, b. 09 June 1890, Monroe County, Georgia; d. 16 January 1961, Florida. ix. WILLIAM BENJAMIN HEAD, b. 30 June 1892, Monroe County, Georgia; d. 26 July 1946, Fulton County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 17076.). More About WILLIAM BENJAMIN HEAD: Burial: Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Georgia Residence: Spalding County, Georgia ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GASPALDI] Ga-Butts-Spalding Co. Obituary (Head) Butts-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Head, George September 1897 ************************************************ 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: Don Bankston [email protected] September 4, 2006, 3:35 pm Jackson Argus - Week of September 17,1897 George Head - Death of an Old Citizen George Head, an old and prominent citizen of High Falls, this county, died Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Head had been afflicted with paralysis for several years past, and while his death was expected at any time, it was a great shock to his family and his many friends. He was a brother of Mrs. R. F. Strickland and Miss Hattie Head of Griffin. The funeral took place Saturday afternoon at High Falls.

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Williams, Richard W. October 29, 1869 ************************************************ 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: William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 4:23 pm Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court Written: October 29, 1869 Recorded: December 6, 1869 Georgia Pike County I Richard W. Williams of Said County and State being weak of body but of sound and perfect mind and memory make this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit - revoking all others made by me heretofore Item 1st My wish and desire is that all my just debts be paid [ by ] my Executor herein after named Item 2nd My desire is for the west half of Lot of Land on which I now Live to belong to my three eldest children Eliza J. Williams Maryann Cook & James M. Williams to remain a joint property until the youngest becomes of age then for them to depose of the Land as they may think proper Item 3rd My wish and desire is for the other half to belong to my wife Amanda and her five children during her natural life or widowhood, but at her death or marriage to be equally divided among the five children last named and as each child becomes of age to be entitled to draw out their part of said land Item 4th My wish and desire is for all the balance of my property both real and personal to be sold and equally divided between my wife and all my children each sharing alike Item 5th I constitute and appoint my friend John W. Reid to be my lawful Executor this October 29th 1869 R. W. Williams Witnesses Giles Driver W. M. Harris J. D. Yarborough William B. Horten Pike County Georgia November 26th 1869 before me came on the 26th Nov 1869 at chamber for the purpose of proving the last will and testament of Richard W. Williams the witnesses to said will viz Giles Driver W. M. Harris J. D. Yarborough & W. B. Horten and the will having been brought before me for probate by the Executor John W. Reid who has filed a petition for probate of the same they the said witnesses depose of the same that they saw said R. W. Williams sign and publish the same as his last will on the day and year then stated as executed by him that they witnessed the same at his request in his presence & in presence of each other that the same was voluntarily executed by him while he was of sound and disposing mind & memory Giles Driver W. M. Harris J. D. Yarborough William R. Horten Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th November 1869 J. J. Harper Ordy Pike Court of Ordinary Dec. Term 1869 I do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last will of the within named R. W. Williams decd. So far as I know or believe and that I will [well] and truly execute the same in accordance with the Laws of this State So help me God J. W. Reid Sworn to before me Dec 6th 1869 J. J. Harper Ordy File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/williams642wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....McClendon, William H. June 16, 1877 ************************************************ 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: William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 4:15 pm Source: Will Book Pike County Probate Court Written: June 16, 1877 Recorded: August 7, 1877 State of Georgia Pike County In the name of God Amen I William H. McClendon of said County and State, being of advanced age, but of sound and disposing mind and memory; knowing that I must shortly depart this life, deem it right and proper both as respects my family and myself, that I should make a disposition of the property with which a kind Providence has blessed me: I do therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and annulling all others, by me heretofore made. 1st I desire and direct that all my just debts, if any, be paid without delay by my Executor hereinafter named and appointed. 2nd I give bequeath and devise to my beloved daughter Sarah M. Maples and Annis M. McClendon for their sole separate use as [ _ ] [ _ ]bodily heirs, not subject to the control or debts of any present or future husband all my property both real and personal of every description and kind whatsoever. Said property to be kept together it now stands and used for the mutual benefit of my two said daughters, unless Annis M. McClendon should marry: then and in that event all of said property to be sold by my Executor whether privately or publicly as may be deemed best by him without the expense of an order from the court and equally divided between my two beloved daughters above named, share and share alike, And should either of my beloved daughters die without child or children then that part of my [ _ ] belonging to the one thus departing this life to revert back to my [ _ ] and become the property of the one surviving and her children 3rd I desire and direct that if at any time after my death it should become necessary or thought advisable to sell any portion of the personal property of my Estate, that my Executor be allowed and [ _ ] to do so either privately or publicly as may be deemed best upon consultation with my daughters and that said sale be had without any order from the Court for that purpose. 4th I thereby constitute and appoint my beloved son in law W. H. Maples [ ? ] Executor of this my last Will and Testament this June 16th 1877 Wm. H. McClendon Signed sealed declared and published by Wm H. McClendon as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the undersigned who subscribed our name hereto in the presence of said Testor at his special instance and request and in the presence of each other. This June 16th 1877 W. H. Redding C. F. Redding J. J. Harper Pike Court of Ordinary August Term 1877 Personally appeared in open court J. J. Harper and C. F. Redding two of the describing witnesses, who being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Wm. H. McClendon sign & seal and heard him publish and declare the within & foregoing instrument of writing to be and contain his last Will and Testament on the day and year the same [ _ ] and that he was of sound and disposing mind & memory at the time. That he signed the same freely and voluntarily in the presence of the subscribing witnesses: to wit C. F. Redding, W. H. Redding and J. J. Harper, That they signed the same as witnesses, at his request in his presence and in presence of each other on the day and year it purports to have been executed. C. F. Redding J. J. Harper Sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court This August 6th 1877 J. Blasingame Ordinary Georgia Pike County I W. H. Maples do solemnly swear that the foregoing instrument of writing contains the last Will and Testament of Wm. H McClendon deceased as far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and then the Legacies contained in said Will as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God. W. H. Maples Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court this August 7th 1877 J. Blasingame Ordinary File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/mcclendo641wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb

>From the 1870 Pike County census: Name: Scott Neal Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796 Race: Colored Gender: Male Age in 1870: 74 Occupation: Farm Laborer Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1870: Not Stated, Pike, Georgia ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Neal) > Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Neal, Scott July 28, 1873 > ************************************************ > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:52 pm > > Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court > Written: July 28, 1873 > Recorded: September 1, 1873 > > State of Georgia > Pike County > > In the name of God Amen > I Scott Neal of said Country State and County being of advance age but of > sound and disposing mind and memory, knowing that I must shortly depart > this > life deem it right and proper, both as respects my family and myself that > I > should make a disposition of my property with which a Kind Providence has > helped me. I do therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby > revoking > and annulling all others by me heretofore made. > > 1st I desire that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like > manner. > > 2nd I desire and direct that all my just debts be paid without delay by > my > Executors herein appointed and named. > > 3rd I give, bequeath, and devise my beloved wife Lizzie Neal all this > tract > or parcel of land lying and being in the 8th district of said County, Lot > not > known containing ten acres more or less to have and to hold during her > natural > life, and after her death to be equally divided between my two sons Bob > and > Jacob. I also give to my wife all the money that may be recovered for my > mule > which was killed by Jacob Caslin, all my household and kitchen furniture, > farming tools, and one dun colored Heifer caw, also all the proceeds of > the > crop now growing, after paying my debts. > > 4th The residue of my property wherever or whatever it may be including > that given to my wife to be equally divided between my sons, Bob Jones and > Jacob Neal > > 5th I hereby constitute and appoint my friends A. C. Whittle and J. W. > Means Executors of this my last Will and Testament this July 28th 1873 > > Scott Neal his mark > > Signed sealed declared and published by Scott Neal as his last Will and > Testament in presence of us the two undersigned who subscribe our names > hereto > in presence of said Testator at his special instance and request and in > presence of each other. > > William Fincher > Charles Cassline > Manuel Moreland > Alex S. Jackson > > > State of Georgia > Pike County > > We William Fincher, Charles Cassline and Manuel Moreland three of the [ _ > _ > _ ] witnesses to the within Will do solemnly swear that we saw Scott Neal > sign > seal and heard him publish and declare this writing to be and contain his > will > and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory, That he > did > it freely, without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and belief. > > William Fincher his mark > Charles Cassline his mark > Manuel Moreland his mark > > > Georgia > Pike County > > We Jas. W. Means & A. C. Whittle do solemnly swear that this writing > contains > the true last Will and Testament of Scott Neal (Col ed) deceased so far as > we > believe and that we will well and truly execute the same by paying first > the > debts and then the legacies contained in said Will as far as his goods and > chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charges us, and that we will > make a > true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help us God. > > A. C. Whittle > J. W. Means > > Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court September 1st 1873 > J. Blasingame Ordinary > > Recorded Sept 3rd 1873 > J. Blasingame

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Banks, John H. April 20, 1846 ************************************************ 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: William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 3:30 pm Source: Will Book C 1846 Pike County Probate Court Written: April 20, 1846 Recorded: August 18, 1846 Georgia Pike County I John H. Banks of the County of Pike and State of Georgia being of sound mind and memory feeling the uncertainty of life and wishing to settle my worldly affairs while my life is spared. I hereby constitute this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills made by me Item 1st I commit my soul and my body to my God who gave it Item 2nd I hereby constitute and appoint David C. Richardson of the County of Monroe and State of Georgia my sole executor to carry out this my last will and testament Item 3rd I wish to transmit all my property both real and personal into the care of my beloved wife Sarah B. Banks during her life or widowhood, to raise our minor children, and to keep all and everything together as at present, during the course of the fiscal year or at any subsequent time; if my wife should wish to remove I hereby authorize my said Executor to sale my present residence, at private or public sale as he may think best in conjunction with my wife, and if they sale to act in concert in the purchase of [ _ ] land which shall be recognized as a portion of my Estate for the benefit of my wife and minor children after the disposition of my crop and the collection of all moneys and assets due me to pay all my just debts in case the latter will not discharge all my debts, then I Hereby authorize my Executor as aforesaid and in consideration with my wife to sell any portion of my property that they think needed to discharge the same. Item 4th That equal justice may be done to all my children and as I have given to each of my children that have married a Negro woman worth say six hundred dollars, a horse saddle & bridle worth say eighty dollars, a good feather bed & furniture one cow & calf the two latter articles worth say sixty dollars. I wish and desire that my Executor out of my Estate shall give the balance of my legal heirs at their marriage or of becoming of legal age the above described property of the equivalent in money. Item 5th In case my beloved wife should marry I hereby authorize my Executor to give her out of my estate an equal portion with my children as above described and to dispose of the residue of my Estate and that an equal distribution shall take place between all my legal heirs my wife considered amongst the children as a legal heir. J. H. Banks Signed & sealed in the presence of us this 20th day of April 1846 J. G. Westmoreland Wm. C. Miles Thos. C. Taylor Georgia Pike County We William C. Miles and Thomas C. Taylor do solemnly swear that we saw John H. Banks sign, seal, publish and declare this writing to be and contain his will that at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and that we saw John G. Westmoreland sign the same as witness this 18th August 1846 Wm. C. Miles Thos. C. Taylor Abst Wiley E. Mangham CCO Georgia Pike County I David C. Richardson do solemnly swear that this writing contains the last will and testament of John H. Banks deceased so far as I know or believe & that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God David C. Richardson Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 18th August 1846 Wiley E. Mangham File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/banks640wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb

This is the information I have for William H. McLendon. Additions/corrections welcomed. Descendants of William H. McLendon Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM H.1 MCLENDON was born 17 October 1818 in Georgia, and died Abt. 1877 in Pike County, Georgia. He married SARAH M. WARD 17 February 1842 in Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Marriages to 1850.). She was born Abt. 1816 in Georgia. More About WILLIAM MCLENDON and SARAH WARD: Marriage: 17 February 1842, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Marriages to 1850.) Children of WILLIAM MCLENDON and SARAH WARD are: 2. i. SARAH2 MCLENDON, b. 18 August 1845, Pike County, Georgia; d. 11 August 1926, Pike County, Georgia. ii. ANNIS M. MCLENDON, b. 18 August 1845, Pike County, Georgia. Generation No. 2 2. SARAH2 MCLENDON (WILLIAM H.1) was born 18 August 1845 in Pike County, Georgia, and died 11 August 1926 in Pike County, Georgia (Source: Georgia Death Index 1919-1998, Certificate 20205-H.). She married WILLIAM HENRY MAPLES 1872 in Pike County, Georgia, son of NATHANIEL MAPLES and ELIZABETH COATS. He was born 03 November 1851 in Pike County, Georgia, and died 20 July 1887 in Pike County, Georgia. More About SARAH MCLENDON: Burial: Zebulon Methodist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Census # 1: 1900 Pike County, Georgia, Zebulon, ED 85, pg 2b Census # 2: 1910 Pike County, Georgia, Zebulon, District 111, pg 143b Census # 3: 1920 Pike County, Georgia, Zebulon, ED 162, pg 4b Notes for WILLIAM HENRY MAPLES: On the 1870 Pike County, Georgia census, Henry was living with William Coats (age 35). Next door was Sarah McLendon, his future wife. 1880 Census Place: Zebulon, Pike, Georgia Source: FHL Film 1254161 National Archives Film T9-0161 Page 138B W. H. MAPLES, Self, M, M, W, 29, GA, Occ: Merchant, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Sallie M. MAPLES, Wife, F, M, W, 31, GA, Occ: Keeping House, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Sallie E. MAPLES, Dau, F, S, W, 5, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA Harry W. MAPLES, Son, M, S, W, 4, GA, Fa: GA, Mo: GA More About WILLIAM HENRY MAPLES: Burial: 21 July 1887, Zebulon Methodist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Census: 1870, Pike County, Georgia, pg 126 More About WILLIAM MAPLES and SARAH MCLENDON: Marriage: 1872, Pike County, Georgia Children of SARAH MCLENDON and WILLIAM MAPLES are: i. SALLIE LIZZIE3 MAPLES, b. 20 October 1873, Pike County, Georgia; d. 05 July 1908, Pike County, Georgia; m. CHARLES H. HARPER, 07 March 1893, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.); b. Abt. 1858, Pike County, Georgia (Source: 1860 Census Record, pg 18.); d. 06 April 1915, Pike County, Georgia. More About SALLIE LIZZIE MAPLES: Burial: 06 July 1908, Zebulon Methodist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia More About CHARLES H. HARPER: Burial: Zebulon Methodist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Census # 2: 1910 Pike County, Georgia, Zebulon, District 111, pg 143b Marriage Notes for SALLIE MAPLES and CHARLES HARPER: The Pike County Journal Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia: March 10, 1893 (Transcribed 9/27/02 Lynn Cunningham) Married Last Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Mr. C.H. Harper and Miss Sallie Lizzie Maples were united in marriage at the home of the bride's mother in Zebulon. Rev. J.W. Beck performed the ceremony in a most beautiful and solemn manner. Quite a number of the friends of the contracting parties were present from Atlanta and elsewhere, and the presents were numerous and elegant. After receiving the congratulations of their friends the bride and groom were driven to Griffin where they took dinner and left in the afternoon on the celebrated Nancy Hanks for Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine and other points in Florida where the honeymoon will be spent. We wish them a world of happiness. More About CHARLES HARPER and SALLIE MAPLES: Marriage: 07 March 1893, Pike County, Georgia (Source: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia.) ii. HARRY WELLS MAPLES, b. 08 November 1875, Pike County, Georgia; d. 05 September 1939, Pike County, Georgia. Notes for HARRY WELLS MAPLES: On 1910 Fulton County census, living on Peachtree Street in a boarding house. More About HARRY WELLS MAPLES: Burial: Zebulon Methodist Church Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia Census # 2: 1910 Fulton County, Georgia, 6 WD, Atlanta, pg 93a ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (McClendon) > > Pike County GaArchives Wills.....McClendon, William H. June 16, 1877 > ************************************************ > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 4:15 pm > > Source: Will Book Pike County Probate Court > Written: June 16, 1877 > Recorded: August 7, 1877 > > State of Georgia > Pike County > > In the name of God Amen > > I William H. McClendon of said County and State, being of advanced age, but of > sound and disposing mind and memory; knowing that I must shortly depart this > life, deem it right and proper both as respects my family and myself, that I > should make a disposition of the property with which a kind Providence has > blessed me: I do therefore make this my last Will and Testament hereby > revoking and annulling all others, by me heretofore made. > > 1st I desire and direct that all my just debts, if any, be paid without delay > by my Executor hereinafter named and appointed. > > 2nd I give bequeath and devise to my beloved daughter Sarah M. Maples and > Annis M. McClendon for their sole separate use as [ _ ] [ _ ]bodily heirs, not > subject to the control or debts of any present or future husband all my > property both real and personal of every description and kind whatsoever. Said > property to be kept together it now stands and used for the mutual benefit of > my two said daughters, unless Annis M. McClendon should marry: then and in > that event all of said property to be sold by my Executor whether privately or > publicly as may be deemed best by him without the expense of an order from > the court and equally divided between my two beloved daughters above named, > share and share alike, And should either of my beloved daughters die without > child or children then that part of my [ _ ] belonging to the one thus > departing this life to revert back to my [ _ ] and become the property of the > one surviving and her children > > 3rd I desire and direct that if at any time after my death it should become > necessary or thought advisable to sell any portion of the personal property of > my Estate, that my Executor be allowed and [ _ ] to do so either privately or > publicly as may be deemed best upon consultation with my daughters and that > said sale be had without any order from the Court for that purpose. > > 4th I thereby constitute and appoint my beloved son in law W. H. Maples > [ ? ] Executor of this my last Will and Testament this June 16th 1877 > > Wm. H. McClendon > > Signed sealed declared and published by Wm H. McClendon as his last Will and > Testament in the presence of us the undersigned who subscribed our name hereto > in the presence of said Testor at his special instance and request and in the > presence of each other. > This June 16th 1877 > > W. H. Redding > C. F. Redding > J. J. Harper > > Pike Court of Ordinary > August Term 1877 > > Personally appeared in open court J. J. Harper and C. F. Redding two of the > describing witnesses, who being duly sworn depose and say that they saw Wm. H. > McClendon sign & seal and heard him publish and declare the within & foregoing > instrument of writing to be and contain his last Will and Testament on the day > and year the same [ _ ] and that he was of sound and disposing mind & memory > at the time. That he signed the same freely and voluntarily in the presence of > the subscribing witnesses: to wit C. F. Redding, W. H. Redding and J. J. > Harper, That they signed the same as witnesses, at his request in his > presence and in presence of each other on the day and year it purports to > have been executed. > > C. F. Redding > J. J. Harper > > Sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court This August 6th 1877 > J. Blasingame Ordinary > > Georgia > Pike County > > I W. H. Maples do solemnly swear that the foregoing instrument of writing > contains the last Will and Testament of Wm. H McClendon deceased as far as I > know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying > first the debts and then the Legacies contained in said Will as far as his > goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I > will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help > me God. > > W. H. Maples > Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court this August 7th 1877 > J. Blasingame Ordinary > > > > > > > > File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/mcclendo641wl.txt > > This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ > > File size: 4.6 Kb > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is the will of John Henderson Banks. He died 14 June 1846. Descendants of John Henderson Banks 1 John Henderson Banks b: Abt. 1799 in Georgia d: 14 June 1846 in Pike County, Georgia .. +Sarah B. Clark b: Abt. 1802 in Georgia d: 06 October 1884 in Georgia m: 04 July 1821 in Georgia ... 2 Mary Banks b: Abt. 1825 in Georgia ... 2 William Clark Banks b: 15 January 1829 in Georgia d: 30 December 1896 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Mary McLendon b: Abt. 1839 in Georgia m: 1851 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Sarah Banks b: Abt. 1864 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Elizabeth Banks b: Abt. 1866 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Martha Renda Banks b: 15 July 1867 in Pike County, Georgia d: 19 August 1951 in Lamar County, Georgia ............. +John Harvey Ballard b: 17 August 1864 in Pike County, Georgia d: 17 December 1948 in Pike County, Georgia m: Abt. 1898 ......... 3 Georgia Eli Banks b: Abt. 1874 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +S.J. Carreker m: 16 November 1892 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Ida Virginia Banks b: 16 August 1878 in Pike County, Georgia d: 20 October 1921 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Charles Wesley Ballard b: 20 February 1879 in Pike County, Georgia d: 29 June 1937 in Lamar County, Georgia m: 30 May 1900 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Annie Pope Banks b: 02 May 1880 in Pike County, Georgia d: 10 May 1944 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Edward Montgomery Crawford b: 21 November 1879 in Pike County, Georgia d: 26 September 1937 in Fulton County, Georgia m: 17 October 1897 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 Lucy B. Banks b: Abt. 1833 in Georgia ....... +Thomas J. Taylor m: 29 December 1850 in Pike County, Georgia src: US Marriage Index 1691-1850 (Heritage Quest) ... 2 Joseph Banks b: Abt. 1839 in Georgia ... 2 Henry H. Banks b: Abt. 1841 in Georgia ... 2 John L. Banks b: Abt. 1844 in Georgia d: 28 November 1897 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Lucretia Ann Strickland b: 31 March 1845 in Georgia d: 05 May 1914 in Pike County, Georgia m: 1863 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Mary Hartsfield Banks b: 27 October 1864 in Pike County, Georgia d: 22 May 1920 in Spalding County, Georgia ............. +Joseph Brown Bell b: 20 March 1859 in Pike County, Georgia d: 05 August 1942 in Spalding County, Georgia m: 27 February 1887 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Sarah Lou Banks b: 07 June 1868 in Pike County, Georgia d: 12 March 1939 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Charles Isaac Banks b: 23 April 1870 in Pike County, Georgia d: 19 January 1927 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Bessie M. Harrison b: 22 March 1877 in Pike County, Georgia d: 31 March 1917 in Pike County, Georgia m: 30 November 1905 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 James Banks b: Abt. 1872 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Robert Judson Banks b: 06 March 1874 in Pike County, Georgia d: 10 December 1952 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Mattie L. Banks b: Abt. 1877 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +James F. Wise m: 13 February 1896 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "GAGenWeb Archives" <[email protected]> To: "GAPIKE" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:30 PM Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Banks) > > Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Banks, John H. April 20, 1846 > ************************************************ > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 3:30 pm > > Source: Will Book C 1846 Pike County Probate Court > Written: April 20, 1846 > Recorded: August 18, 1846 > > Georgia > Pike County > > I John H. Banks of the County of Pike and State of Georgia being of sound > mind > and memory feeling the uncertainty of life and wishing to settle my > worldly > affairs while my life is spared. I hereby constitute this my last will and > testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills made by me > > Item 1st I commit my soul and my body to my God who gave it > > Item 2nd I hereby constitute and appoint David C. Richardson of the > County of > Monroe and State of Georgia my sole executor to carry out this my last > will > and testament > > Item 3rd I wish to transmit all my property both real and personal into > the > care of my beloved wife Sarah B. Banks during her life or widowhood, to > raise > our minor children, and to keep all and everything together as at present, > during the course of the fiscal year or at any subsequent time; if my wife > should wish to remove I hereby authorize my said Executor to sale my > present > residence, at private or public sale as he may think best in conjunction > with > my wife, and if they sale to act in concert in the purchase of [ _ ] land > which shall be recognized as a portion of my Estate for the benefit of my > wife > and minor children after the disposition of my crop and the collection of > all > moneys and assets due me to pay all my just debts in case the latter will > not > discharge all my debts, then I Hereby authorize my Executor as aforesaid > and > in consideration with my wife to sell any portion of my property that they > think needed to discharge the same. > > Item 4th That equal justice may be done to all my children and as I > have > given to each of my children that have married a Negro woman worth say six > hundred dollars, a horse saddle & bridle worth say eighty dollars, a good > feather bed & furniture one cow & calf the two latter articles worth say > sixty > dollars. I wish and desire that my Executor out of my Estate shall give > the > balance of my legal heirs at their marriage or of becoming of legal age > the > above described property of the equivalent in money. > > Item 5th In case my beloved wife should marry I hereby authorize my > Executor to give her out of my estate an equal portion with my children as > above described and to dispose of the residue of my Estate and that an > equal > distribution shall take place between all my legal heirs my wife > considered > amongst the children as a legal heir. > J. H. Banks > > Signed & sealed in the presence of us this 20th day of April 1846 > J. G. Westmoreland > Wm. C. Miles > Thos. C. Taylor > > > Georgia > Pike County > > We William C. Miles and Thomas C. Taylor do solemnly swear that we saw > John H. > Banks sign, seal, publish and declare this writing to be and contain his > will > that at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and > that he > did it freely without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and that we > saw > John G. Westmoreland sign the same as witness this 18th August 1846 > Wm. C. Miles > Thos. C. Taylor > > Abst Wiley E. Mangham CCO > > Georgia > Pike County > > I David C. Richardson do solemnly swear that this writing contains the > last > will and testament of John H. Banks deceased so far as I know or believe & > that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and > then > the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels will > thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and > perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God > David C. Richardson > > Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 18th August 1846 > Wiley E. Mangham > > > > > File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/banks640wl.txt > > This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ > > File size: 4.2 Kb > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 >

I'd like to just say that Lynn does a wonderful job of maintaining these lists. The one real advantage that I see to the new mailing servers is that on the end of every single message posted is the instructions on how to unsubscribe from the list. Debra Crosby -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brenda Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:07 PM To: [email protected]; Pike County; Spalding County; Lamar County Subject: Re: [GASPALDI] Email Filters Just a thought for consideration: Perhaps not everyone wishes to receive duplicate messages from "archives", across these several lists with the same information that can be viewed in the archives, therefore we would NOT want to set our filters to accept mail from that address. I don't know about other folks but I find it extremely annoying to get 5 emails with the same information on 5 different lists, especially when the only reference is that some distant relative lives in that county as is shown in some obits. Brenda Pierce -----Original Message----- >From: Lynn Cunningham <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 3, 2006 9:54 PM >To: Pike County <[email protected]>, Spalding County <[email protected]>, Lamar County <[email protected]> >Subject: [GASPALDI] Email Filters > >With this new Rootsweb mailing system I get email notices when mail does not go through to list subscribers. I have notices that several of you have bounced emails because you do not have your filters set to accept [email protected] emails. Please be sure to set your filters to accept emails from this address. > >Lynn Cunningham >List Admin > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message <BOLD> Brenda </Bold> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Lynn. Maintaining a "listserv" can be a thankless job. Fortunately, you have a huge support group that is very grateful for the countless hours you put in. For me, the information you have screened and provided has proven invaluable. Yes, can be duplicate information, but more often than not, there is something new, something interesting, something explained in a slightly different way. I enjoy the different perspectives in the various lists. If I get tired of any of them, I can do what anyone can do, and unsubscribe. Rosa Lee Kendrick Kelley