The Georgia Archives has now opened death certificates for the year 1935. You can view 1931 - 1935 at the archives. These years are not online.   1919 - 1930 are online at:   http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php   and   http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/nondeath.php

This information is from Ken Thomas' genealogy column:   The 1940 census is schedules to be released next year on April 2, 2012.   The census will only be available in digital form (no microfilm).   It will be available at National Archives research centers and on commercial websites.   It does not have a name index, but work will begin on an index after its release.   Searching can be done by enumeration district for the city or town where the person lived   See www.archives.gov and go to "research" and then "census," where you will find more on the 1940 census.  

Pike County GaArchives News.....Young Boy Writes Letter Of Appreciation April 16, 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 April 10, 2011, 10:36 pm The Pike County Journal April 16, 1926 Below is a letter from a young boy who turned up in Zebulon a few days ago after walking all the way from Jacksonville, Fla. When he arrived here he told Marshall Tom Wright that he had had only three meals in a week - the time he had been walking from Jacksonville. He told Mr. Wright how he had run away from school and his home in Mississippi and had gone to Florida. There he got out of money and a job and decided to get back home. When he arrived here he was sick and foot-sore. Mr. Wright and others took an interest in him and paid for his lodging and food and Brother Milford, the Baptist pastor, gave him a suit of clothes. Mr. Wright telegraphed his father who sent money to pay his railway fare home. After his safe arrival at home and under the tender care of his father and mother again, he wrote the following letter: Slate Springs, Miss. April 10, 1926 Dear Mr. Wright and Zebulon, I got home alright and sure was glad of it. I never felt better in all my life. I sure do thank Zebulon and especially Mr. Wright and the Baptist preacher, Mr. Milford. If it was not for the kindness of Mr. Wright I would have been working on the chain gang. The people of Zebulon don’t know how I do appreciate them. I have been told that Florida was a good state, but where did they get it? Not in Lakeland nor in Tampa. Zebulon is the best of all and the people of Zebulon and Pike County. Mr. Slade sure was good to me, he don’t know just how much I do thank him for what he did for me. My father and mother thanks you too. God will reward you all of Zebulon for your care of His boy. May God help them and take care of them all. Now all bow their heads while I pray: - Our Father who art in heaven, bless Zebulon and its people for what they done for me. I never will get a blessing more sincerely than from Thy name. May God go with me through Thy heart and have mercy on me. Now God go with them and go with me. When the devil gets in my heart and wants me to do wrong won’t you drive him out? God knows he will do it. Now may God protect us all. Amen I can’t hardly pray but I do my mightiest to. Mr. Wright I will never forget your town. Many thanks to all, may God help you all. >From your truly, Carbon Pittman Slate Springs, Miss. Additional Comments: On the 1930 census, 18 year old Carbon Pittman is living with his parents in Slate Springs, so he would have been about 14 years old at the time of his adventure. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/youngboy441nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dalton1177 Surnames: dalton strickland -curtis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.pike/71.134.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi laura leah needyour email address. have most everything you ask for you can email me at engineman1177@yahoo.com joseph curtis dalton Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I thought some of you might find this of interest, as I am sure a lot of your kin may have ties to Coweta Co., too. _http://www.times-herald.com/local/Coweta-Genealogical-society-feeling- the-financial-pinch_ (http://www.times-herald.com/local/Coweta-Genealogical-society-feeling-the-financial-pinch) Valerie (Johnson) Freeman FindAGrave Contributor ID #46892856 Tustin, California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LauraLeahs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.pike/71.134.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would love to share infomation with you. George Wyllis Strickland is my gg grandfather as well. I was also wondering about your sign on name Dalton 1177? I found this alittle weird as my maiden name was Dalton. I do have a few photos and other documents. I think it is amazing to hear from you have my original post was so long ago. Hope to hear from you. Laura Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dalton1177 Surnames: strickland curtis dalton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.pike/71.134/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i have all the information your looking for.george wyllis strickland is my gg grandfather, isaac II was george's cousin. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I thought some of you might find this of interest, as I am sure a lot of your kin may have ties to Coweta Co., too. _http://www.times-herald.com/local/Coweta-Genealogical-society-feeling-the-f inancial-pinch_ (http://www.times-herald.com/local/Coweta-Genealogical-society-feeling-the-financial-pinch) Valerie (Johnson) Freeman FindAGrave Contributor ID #46892856 Tustin, California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KathleenStewart82 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.pike/824.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: could you give me the six slaves that belonged to david neal Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Pike County GaArchives News.....Sheriff Marsh Prevents Jail Delivery May 23, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 31, 2011, 6:01 pm The Pike County Journal May 23, 1924 Sheriff Marsh prevented a jail delivery Thursday morning. He had suspicioned that saws had been smuggled into the jail and had for some time been on watch, so Thursday he found seventeen hack saws in the jail. He thinks he knows the parties who put them in the hands of the prisoners and expects to have them behind bars within a few hours. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/sheriffm440nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Pike County GaArchives News.....Fire Completely Destroys Concord School November 28, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 31, 2011, 5:59 pm The Pike County Journal November 28, 1924 The Concord High School was completely destroyed by fire Thursday night of last week. The fire was discovered about 2 o’clock in the morning and was under such headway that nothing could save the building from total destruction. For a while it seemed that the dormitory would also be burned but, as good luck would have it, the wind was not directly toward it and it was saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is said that several pupils and teachers had been in the auditorium up til about 9:30 preparing for an entertainment but when they left there was no fire in the stove in the auditorium, where the fire was first seen. The building was a most creditable school house and was probably easily worth, with its equipment, from twelve to fifteen thousand dollars. Besides the building and equipment, several hundreds dollars worth of books belonging to the children, were destroyed. School was re-opened Monday in temporary quarters. Definite plans for a new building have not yet been formulated but it is safe to say that the Concord pupils will have an even a better building than the old one as soon as it can reasonably be built. If there is any one thing more than another [it is] that the Concord people take pride in their school. They do not hesitate to exert their strongest efforts in making their school the very best possible. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/firecomp439nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb

Pike County GaArchives News.....A Wonderful Hen For Egg Production March 7, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 31, 2011, 5:50 pm The Pike County Journal March 7, 1924 Mr. J.J. Lee of the Weaver community tells us of a wonderful hen which he bought the first of last April for forty cents. She is a top-knot Buff Orpington. She was laying when he bought her and laid for some twenty days when she sat and raised a large gang of chickens. When she weaned them she began laying immediately again and then raised another gang of chickens and then went to laying again and laid until about two weeks before Christmas. She then took a holiday until Christmas Day when she went to laying again and has been laying everyday since and the Lord only knows when she will stop. We have many wonderful hens in Pike county but it will be hard for any of them to get ahead of this old sister. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/awonderf438nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb

Pike County GaArchives News.....Colored Folks To Have Big Singing May 1, 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 31, 2011, 5:47 pm The Pike County Journal May 1, 1925 The colored folks will have their annual singing at the colored Methodist church in Zebulon next Sunday. This singing has been held each year for the past forty or forty-five years. There are usually several thousand people here as everybody who ever lived in this community wants to come back for the singing. There is always a large delegation from Atlanta and other large towns in Georgia. This singing is held under the auspices of Class No. 1 of the New East Singing Convention. G.T. McDowell is president and Ed Caldwell is secretary of the convention. Will Stanley is the leader of Class No. 1 and Laura Evans is secretary. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/coloredf437nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Pike County GaArchives News.....Fincher Church Is A Live One January 30, 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 31, 2011, 5:45 pm The Pike County Journal January 30, 1925 The Fincher Methodist Church near Meansville is one of the livest [sp] churches in Georgia. The pastor was greeted with a filled church last Sunday at both morning and evening services. The people are attentive and appreciative and such interest on the part of the people is certainly inspiring to the pastor. Fincher church is expecting a great year and it certainly looks as if they will have it, judging from the beginning they have made. They organized an Epworth League last Sunday night, details of which will be published in this paper next week. Keep your eye on Fincher’s for they are a live bunch. Singing? My! its worth going miles to hear that bunch sing and they are always delighted to have you come. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/fincherc436nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb

Pike County GaArchives News.....Traffic And Speed Laws Must Be Obeyed, Declares Mayor May 8, 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 31, 2011, 5:40 pm The Pike County Journal May 8, 1925 Mayor J.J. Slade of Zebulon has tightened down on the speeders through this city and says that the traffic and speed law must be obeyed a bit better in the future than it has in the past, and he is going to enforce this law and all speeders will be dealt with and fined. Now, Mr. Speeder, it will save you considerable time and money to take this as a warning and not exceed the limit when you are out riding. The mayor has also ordered that the marshal stop all speeders and make cases against them and to see that there are no cars making over 15 miles an hour. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/newspapers/traffica435nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobbibuffington Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.pike/1522.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Ross's are related to me, as well as Many of the people who are buried at New Hope Baptist Church. If you have found their graves, and if there is a death date on either of them, You can check Vital Records in Atlanta for deaths after 1920, and the CourtHouse in Pike County, will have a record of their deaths. There is still one Ross lady living in the New Hope area. BJ Buffington, Bridges Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

HB 78 contains cuts to the Georgia State Archives's budget that will likely result in its having to close its doors to the public! The bill has already passed the state House of Representatives and is currently in the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. The GA Archives is already only open 3 days a week due to previous budget cuts. Please contact your state senator IMMEDIATELY (preferably by phone or snail mail, as emails tend not to have as much impact, but are of course better than nothing!) to ask him/her to please spare the Archives by restoring at least $300,000 to the Archives budget for 2011-2012. Please Friends of Georgia Archives & History website for more information. http://www.fogah.org/ Even if you are not a Georgia resident, please let your voice be heard, especially if you use the Georgia Archives or hire someone to research there for you. Some additional state senators who are on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that it would be helpful to contact include: Senator Judson Hill (R), Dist. 33 (Cobb Co.). He chairs the Senate Sub-Committee for the Office of Secretary of State. Email: judson@judsonhill.com Senate office phone: 404-656-0150; Cobb Co. phone: 770-565-0024 Senator Steve Thompson (D), Dist. 33 (Cobb Co.) Email: steve.thompson@senate.ga.gov Senate office phone: 404-656-0083; Cobb Co. phone: 770-943-6600 Senator Valencia Seay (D), Dist. 34 (Clayton Co.; the Archives is in her district) Email: valencia.seay@senate.ga.gov Senate office phone: 404-656-5095 Senator George Hooks, Dist. 14 (Americus, GA); He is considered the in-house historian in the Senate Email: george.hooks@senate.ga.gov Senate office phone: 404-656-0065 District office phone: 229-924-2924

WOW Mike, thank you for your e-mail. Essie was the daughter of Josephus Coggin and Nancy Rebecca Jackson. She was born in Pike Co., Georgia. Josephus was the son of Silas Coggin and his 2nd wife, Mrs. Frances (Travers/Harris) Pace. They were married Oct 25, 1838 in Pike Co., Georgia. There is a ton of info available on the Pike Co Coggins. I have cc'd two people on this e-mail, Wilber Nixon and Lynn (Ballard) Cunningham, as well as the Pike Co., Georgia mailing list. Wilbur lives in Fayetteville, Georgia and is also a descendant of Josephus & Nancy through their daughter, Beulah Belle Coggin who married William Rufus Algerman "Al" Hardy. They were his Grandparents. Wilbur's e-mail is _nixon_wg@bellsouth.net_ (mailto:nixon_wg@bellsouth.net) Lynn is the "Goddess" of all things Pike County. Her knowledge of the families is amazing and she is blessed to live in the area. Please let me know what else we can share with you. And yes, we would love to see a picture of her grave and anything else you would like to share. Valerie (Johnson) Freeman FindAGrave Contributor ID #46892856 Tustin, California In a message dated 3/18/2011 4:28:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mikeyarb@sbcglobal.net writes: Valerie, I saw the post on genrecords.net and was researching Essie Coggin. She is my Great grandmother and is buried in South Bend, Indiana. Married to James Albert Yarbrough. Essie was born 09-06-1885 and died in 1975. I actually met someone a few years ago whom was baby-sat by Essie. I only have one memory of her when my dad took me to see her, I was probably 7-8 years old, now I am 42. i can send a pic of the grave marker if you desire and such that I have. Any info you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike Yarbrough.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KathleenStewart82 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.pike/1526/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for the obit of James Caldwell - died July 28, 1965 and his wife Ola Mae Caldwell - died Dec 23, 1975. Thanks for your help. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Scott, Annis E 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 March 14, 2011, 3:58 pm Source: The Pike County Journal, February 9, 1923 Written: 1923 Citation Georgia, Pike County Re: Will of Annis E. Scott To: Willard Jackson, W.S. Jackson and W.L. Jackson heirs at law: E.H. Scott having applied, as executor, for probate in solemn form of the last will and testament of Annis E. Scott of said county, you as heirs at law of the deceased being non-residents of this state are required to be and appear at the Court of Ordinary for said county on the first Monday in March 1923, when said application for probate will be heard, and show cause, if any you have or can, why prayer of petitioner should not be allowed. This February 5th, 1923 J.F. Howard, Ordinary File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/wills/scott95nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb