In following this info passing back and forth, it makes me want to make the trip to Pike Co. just to look for the answers. To bad one can not snap ones fingers and make it so. I wish one and all the answer to their puzzle. I will keep logged on to learn the out come. Valerie, you are so helpful, enjoy your input so very much . Billie. -----Original Message----- From: VCJFreeman@aol.com [mailto:VCJFreeman@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:50 PM To: GAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAPIKE] Beeks, GA/Horton Cemetery - a wonderful of how it was "found" again! Lynn (and anyone else that is interested) -- Thank you for taking the time to give me a mental picture of the area. I can to the area along I-85 b/t Atlanta & Auburn (War Eagle!) fairly well. Get me off that space and I am lost. This is my husband's line, not mine. I am a Southern California native :-) I realize now, I should have asked the relationship b/t Beeks and Williamson, not Beeks and Hollonville. But your "picture" was wonderful! Now, a little more about the Horton Cemetery > Just before you turn on Beeks Road off Hollonville Road, there is a cemetery on > the map that is not named - this may be the Horton Cemetery. Horton Cemetery is "lost." It was on property that belonged to Peyton Flournoy Horton. It has either been concreted over, had a building built over it, or just plain lost to overgrown growth. To make a long story short, in the summer or fall of 2001, I was contacted by Mary J. (Horton) Hall and her sister, Sandra (Horton) Hall. The had seen my work on the Hortons and were looking to see if there was a connection b/t their line and the Hortons of Pike Co. Yes, there was! They are descendants of Pike Co pioneers, William B. & Mary Horton, through their son, Peyton Flournoy Horton and 2nd (of 3) wife, Susan Fitts. Sandra had recently relocated from the Powder Springs area to Williamson, GA. The ironic thing is, Sandra knew NOTHING of her Horton connections to Pike Co.! She had never heard of Williamson until she went looking for a new location for her dog kennel business!! And she ended up moving to land that was just within a mile or two of where her Horton ancestors had settled in the 1820s!! The final Peyton F. Horton place was at this location, per Joe Cannafax: "The Old Peyton F. Horton - Garfield Hutchison Homeplace is on Hutchinson Rd -- it runs off Hwy 362 just below Williamson going toward Hollonville, the home place is on the right. It's an old farm house and someone is living in it today." Sandra actually made a visit to the folks and could find only a few graves. She then went on a mission! She went to the courthouse and obtained a list of all the land Peyton had owned! In the end, the location of where we believe the family cemetery was is NOT at the location graciously given to us by Joe C. (Keep in mind the Hortons are not a direct line -- I just got deeply involved to help out them out cause I enjoy a hunt and they do tie to Bob's Coggins & Nixons!) Sandra was able to make the location. I believe it was near Williamson near the Spalding Co line. I would have to go back through all the e-mails we traded around over a several month time frame. The amazing conclusion to this is that Mary & Sandra's ancestors were more or less buried on property that is adjacent to the property Sandra now lives on! Talk about serendipity. I hope Mary (Horton) Hall will jump in with the parts of the story/location I am missing, as I know she is sub'd to this list. Valerie (Johnson) Freeman Tustin, California "Remember your history. To forget is to not belong." ~~ Charlotte A. Black Elk ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, I've been "lurking" in the background here for several weeks, trying to get the "flavor" of Pike County. I may or may not have had relatives/ancestors there, but I have a strong hunch they may have been there for a short time. Also, I've been watching all the discourse on Hollonville, which is where my sister lives --- right at the intersection of Hollonville Rd. and 362. It's about 25 minutes from my home near Sharpsburg in Coweta County. I don't want to make any promises I can't keep, but we have talked about checking out that Hollonville Cemetery --- she is not "into" genealogy --- yet. But I'm working on her. Let me see what we can do. I would love to survey it and make it available on the Pike County site. Now ... for family. My Robert Boyd left Newberry Dist., SC in 1822 and headed for Georgia, according to a message on the Rootsweb family trees. His sons were witnesses to the sale of his land, so I'm pretty sure the transaction exists somewhere in the Newberry Courthouse. The next record I have of Robert is his will recorded in 1847 in Meriwether County, in which he leaves land to his children in "formerly Troup, now Meriwether County ..." I found the land on the map and drove down there and was shocked when I found it was almost in Pike County. It is on Sullivan Road near Mt. Carmel church and just a land lot and a half away from the Flint River and Pike County. (Land lot 269 in the upper ninth dist. of Meriwether). I drove four more miles and was sitting in my sister's living room with my mouth hanging open at the coincidence of the proximity. She was a little surprised too. Well, if Robert left Newberry in 1822, neither Troup nor Meriwether existed then. So, we thought ... where would he go? Then the light came on and we said ... Pike. A quick check of the Pike County history book in the Fayetteville library gave me the encouraging information that a William Boyd was among the fortunate drawers in Pike, drawing land in the first district, I believe it was land lot 142. Anyway, it is right there in western Pike, near the Flint River. This William's land was probably a stone's throw from Robert's land in Meriwether. The book has a wonderful map of Pike showing land lots and districts. Robert had a son named William and I'm wondering if this could be the same William Boyd and maybe that was the reason his father moved to Georgia. Robert was an old man of 60 or so when he moved to Georgia and I can't imagine pulling up stakes and moving at that age, unless there was a reason. Most of his children ended up in Meriwether by 1840 (including William) and moved to Carroll between 1850 and 1860, after Robert died. My ancestor is Hugh Boyd, William's brother. I haven't had time to do much Pike county research, but I just wanted to introduce myself and let everybody know why I am signed on to this list. The newspaper excerpts are wonderful and I'm saving all the ones that refer to Hollonville to give to my sister. She and her husband bought an older home that was owned by two brothers, supposedly Hollonville natives. I can't remember their names. They have remodeled it and in the spring it is a botanical showplace. Will lurk some more until I get my bearings or can do some serious research on this William Boyd. Just wanted to say hello to all ... especially Valerie. :-) Our paths have crossed many times. Judy Fowler Kilgore Newnan

I think this might be it: http://www.confederatemuseum.com/ Billie Ford wrote: > Lynn, I am just curious as to whether this Battle Abby was ever brought to > completion? Interesting!!!! Billie.

In every Pike County newspaper article of this time period (1890's) that refers to Confederate veterans you will see the name of General John B. Gordon. Gen Gordon also served a Senator and as governor of Georgia. The following URLs are some links that will shed some light on this man who was thought of so highly by Confederate veterans and who, by the way, was born in Upson County: http://www.alltel.net/~ehallman/jbg.htm http://www.wtj.com/archives/gordon/ http://www.swcivilwar.com/gordon.html http://www.civilwarhome.com/gordonchancellorsville.htm

Also Lynn, this memorial was dedicated 1891 and the memorial fund by Charles was not started until 1896. Billie. -----Original Message----- From: Lynn B. Cunningham [mailto:lcunnin1@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:40 AM To: GAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GAPIKE] 1896 Memorial Festival Day I think this might be it: http://www.confederatemuseum.com/ Billie Ford wrote: > Lynn, I am just curious as to whether this Battle Abby was ever brought to > completion? Interesting!!!! Billie. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Lynn, I think there must be a discrepancy here on whether this is it or not. This memorial was dedicated as being in memory of Frank Howard!!! Would it not have been made mention that Charles Broadway Rouss donated the first $100.000 ? Any way the site you mentioned is quiet interesting. Billie. -----Original Message----- From: Lynn B. Cunningham [mailto:lcunnin1@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:40 AM To: GAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GAPIKE] 1896 Memorial Festival Day I think this might be it: http://www.confederatemuseum.com/ Billie Ford wrote: > Lynn, I am just curious as to whether this Battle Abby was ever brought to > completion? Interesting!!!! Billie. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Jan. 10, 1896 Gen. J.B. Gordon, commanding the Union Confederate Veterans Association, has designated Friday, May 1 as Memorial Festival Day. The day is set apart for the use of the woman of the south for raising funds for the battle abbey, towards the construction of which Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss has contributed $100,000. Mr. Rouse contributed the amount with the proviso that an additional $100,000 be raised by the Confederate Veterans Association. This amount, General Gordon thinks can be raised by the ladies. In the general order issued by him designating the day to be observed, Gen. Gordon says: The committee suggests that the most feasible manner of reaching the desired object is to set apart a “Memorial Festival Day,” and they ask that the general commanding will designate the date, and issue a general order. The general commanding, therefore, in compliance with the request of the committee, designates Friday May 1, 1896 as the most suitable for the “Memorial Day Festival,” to be set apart for the use of the women of the south in raising funds for this great Memorial hall. All the details and exercises of this “Memorial Festival Day” are to be planned, conducted and carried entirely under orders, control, ideas and management of the women of the south in their respective localities. The general commanding appeals to and urges these heroic women, survivors of an heroic age, and all the daughters of the south who take pride in the history of such worthy and glorious ancestors, to immediately, upon the receipt of this order, organize societies and elect presidents, secretaries, treasurers, and other officers in every city, town, hamlet and neighborhood in the south, and to notify Colonel R.C. Wood, general manager of the Confederate Memorial Association, No. 44 Perdido Street, New Orleans, La., so that he can at once supply them with subscription books and full instructions and respectfully request that they will commence without delay the collection of funds for the erection of this depository of the records of the valor of southern manhood and the heroism of southern womanhood, and continue their efforts systematically, making the “Memorial Festival Day,” May 1, 1896 the culmination of their efforts. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham)

An interesting article for the times: The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Nov. 29, 1895 The Fleming Bill The Georgia House of Representatives passed the bill introduced by Fleming, of Richmond, to make the personal earnings of a married woman her separate property and not liable for the debts of her husband. In passing this the legislature did a good thing. It gives the women of Georgia a protection they have long needed. There is no justice in forcing a hard working, industrious woman to support and pay the debts of a lazy trifling husband. If he is the right kind of a man and is simply unfortunate she will help him all she can anyway, but if she does not want to do this there should be not law to force her to. We are surprised that the bill met with such a determined opposition in the House. As Mr. Fleming eloquently said, “the chivalry which will cause a man to lift his hat to a woman and then cause him to vote against her interest is of very little account.” It was argued against the bill that it would give the same right to the negro women as to the white. This is no argument at all. There is no sense or justice in making the personal earnings of a thrifty, industrious colored woman the property of her good for nothing husband who will not work or save. It was also argued against it that the woman had ample protection now. The very fact that there was no such law upon the statute books shows that this was not the case. The legislature did a wise thing in passing this bill. It was but right and just that they should. Let us give to the women of the state every right that they should have and which is just and surely this measure comes under both heads. - LaGrange Graphic. (Transcribed 11/16/02 Lynn Cunningham)

Lynn, I am just curious as to whether this Battle Abby was ever brought to completion? Interesting!!!! Billie. -----Original Message----- From: Lynn B. Cunningham [mailto:lcunnin1@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:02 AM To: GAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAPIKE] 1896 Memorial Festival Day The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Jan. 10, 1896 Gen. J.B. Gordon, commanding the Union Confederate Veterans Association, has designated Friday, May 1 as Memorial Festival Day. The day is set apart for the use of the woman of the south for raising funds for the battle abbey, towards the construction of which Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss has contributed $100,000. Mr. Rouse contributed the amount with the proviso that an additional $100,000 be raised by the Confederate Veterans Association. This amount, General Gordon thinks can be raised by the ladies. In the general order issued by him designating the day to be observed, Gen. Gordon says: The committee suggests that the most feasible manner of reaching the desired object is to set apart a “Memorial Festival Day,” and they ask that the general commanding will designate the date, and issue a general order. The general commanding, therefore, in compliance with the request of the committee, designates Friday May 1, 1896 as the most suitable for the “Memorial Day Festival,” to be set apart for the use of the women of the south in raising funds for this great Memorial hall. All the details and exercises of this “Memorial Festival Day” are to be planned, conducted and carried entirely under orders, control, ideas and management of the women of the south in their respective localities. The general commanding appeals to and urges these heroic women, survivors of an heroic age, and all the daughters of the south who take pride in the history of such worthy and glorious ancestors, to immediately, upon the receipt of this order, organize societies and elect presidents, secretaries, treasurers, and other officers in every city, town, hamlet and neighborhood in the south, and to notify Colonel R.C. Wood, general manager of the Confederate Memorial Association, No. 44 Perdido Street, New Orleans, La., so that he can at once supply them with subscription books and full instructions and respectfully request that they will commence without delay the collection of funds for the erection of this depository of the records of the valor of southern manhood and the heroism of southern womanhood, and continue their efforts systematically, making the “Memorial Festival Day,” May 1, 1896 the culmination of their efforts. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham) ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Valerie, Hollonville is in the upper northwest corner of Pike County. It is about an equal distance from Hollonville to both Meriwether (east) and Spalding (north) county lines. Beeks appears to be about 2 1/2 miles due east of Hollonville on Highway 362. From Hollonville going west on 362, it is about 2 1/2 miles to Meriwether county. Another road leading out of Hollonville and going southeast is called the Hollonville Road. About 3 miles from Hollonville on the Hollonville Road, you can turn left on Beeks Road and go to Beeks which is on Highway 362. (The three roads, Hollonville Road, Hwy 362 and Beeks Road, form a triangle laying on it's side with Hollonville as it's apex.) Hollonville Cemetery is about 1/4 mile from Hollonville on Hollonville Road. The Coggin Cemetery is off Beeks Road, just about midway between Hwy 362 and Hollonville Road. Just before you turn on Beeks Road off Hollonville Road, there is a cemetery on the map that is not named - this may be the Horton Cemetery. Williamson is about 6 miles east from Hollonville on Highway 362. From Williamson, which is close to the Spalding County line, 362 goes to Griffin. Pike County is surrounded by Meriwether on the east, Upson on the south, Lamar on the west and Spalding on the north. I hope this is not confusing and you are able to create a mental picture of the Hollonville area. VCJFreeman@aol.com wrote: > Where is/was Beeks? Is it near Williamson & the Spalding County line? I am > venturing to guess that the "Horton premises" is that of Peyton Flournoy Horton. > Valerie (Johnson) Freeman Tustin, California

I thought someone in researching the Scott family might be interested in this item. You just never know what you will find on E-bay! The description states: "Here is a great old original photo of the interior of Mallory's Drug Store in Concord, Pike County, Georgia. The man in photo is identified on back as Fred Scott. This was made in the late teens or early 1920's." You can view this item at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=734993578 I hope it finds a good home! Valerie (Johnson) Freeman Tustin, California "Remember your history. To forget is to not belong." ~~ Charlotte A. Black Elk

My email server broke down yesterday and I have been unable to receive any emails for over 24 hours if anyone has sent anything to be included in the archives, please resend it as all the emails to me bounced but I appear to be back in normal operations again. Thanks Debra Crosby Clay Co. GaArchives Pike Co. GaArchives Coffee Co. GaArchives

Note: At Hollonville, Georgia Cemetery, Pike County: Bricy M. Owen, b. 9 Sept 1843, d. 30 Jan 1909 Ida E. Owen, Second Consort of B.M. Owen, Born in Coweta Co., Ga., 3 Mar 1858. Died at her home in Hollonville, Ga, 11 Dec 1902. "Coweta Co., Georgia Marriages 1827 -1979, Vol. I" shows: pg. 128 Powell, T. S. m. Whatley, Ida on 15 Dec 1892 pg. 120 Owen, B. M. - Powell, Ida E. (Mrs) on 4 Dec 1895 Valerie

Where is/was Beeks? Is it near Williamson & the Spalding County line? I am venturing to guess that the "Horton premises" is that of Peyton Flournoy Horton. Valerie (Johnson) Freeman Tustin, California "Remember your history. To forget is to not belong." ~~ Charlotte A. Black Elk

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Jan. 10, 1896 He’s a Dollyvarden! Delk Is Into It Again, For Highway Robbery. Last Saturday night Bob and Henry Connally, two very old bachelor brothers who lived together, near Warnerville, Meriwether county, were assaulted and beaten up badly by two men who, no doubt, intended to rob the old men of some money they were supposed to have. The men were thwarted in their purpose by Mr. Clark Sullivan, who chanced to be passing the home and heard the old men crying for aid. The would-be robbers escaped. A few days after, on strong suspicion, Taylor Delk, a notorious character who makes his headquarters at Concord and operates throughout the adjacent country, was arrested and given a committal trial. He was placed under a $500 bond, which he was unable to make there and asked to be carried to Senoia, where he said he had friends. The officers in charge started with him to that place, but on the way Delk picked his chance and made good his escape. The officers are eager to recapture him, as he is a bad character. One of the old men is badly hurt and there is but little hope of his recovery. The people are very much incensed at such an outrage. Sometime ago, Delk was accused of robbing an old man by the name of Harris in this county. Later on he was arrested in Griffin for cow stealing. He is from Atlanta, and could not live there on account of pesky police who are always putting their noses in other people’s business. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham)

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Jan. 6, 1896 Pensions Ordinary Blasingame has been notified that the pensions for Confederate soldiers would be paid about the 10th inst. Really each pensioner under the indigent act ought to have received $60 for the year 1895, but there was not sufficient money appropriated to pay all the indigent pensioners in the state. The legislature in 1894 passed a bill to pay a pension of $60 per annum to each Confederate soldier who by reason of poverty or blindness or other similar causes is unable to make a living for himself. The legislature appropriated $30,00 for each of the years 1895 and 1896 to pay the indigent pensioners, but the number of approved applicants was so large it was soon ascertained that $30,000 would [be] not more than $15 to each pensioner instead of $60. It is estimated there would be only 500 indigent pensioners in the state, but the number will reach 2,000. The governor therefore directed that the $30,000 for 1895 be kept in the treasury and not prorated until the legislature met in October, 1895. This legislature agreed to appropriate $120,000 to pay the pensions for both years. This $120,000 will give to each indigent pensioner $60, and the money will be paid to the pensioners early in January. At the session of the legislature just closed, an amendment to the widows’ pension act was pass[ed] which will prove of great benefit to the widows of Confederate soldiers. Under the act of December 23, 1890, all widows of Confederate soldiers who could show that they were wives during the War and that their husbands died during the War or afterward from the effects of wounds or injuries received in service or disease contracted there, were entitled to draw a pension of $60 a year. Under this act, the widows of ex-Confederates who died up to 1890 from the effects of injuries received or contracted during the War were entitled to draw pensions, but the widows of those who died after 1890 from the same causes were entitled to draw no pension. At the session of the legislature just closed an amendment to this act was passed pensioning the widows of those who have died since 1890 from the same causes as set out in the original act. In both cases the women must show that she has never married again, for if she marries, she is dropped from the pension roll. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham)

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Jan. 6, 1896 Since our last issue death has claimed one of our best-hearted citizens - Matthew Bernard. He had been quite ill before his death and dissolution, while sad, was not unexpected. The remains were laid to rest on the Horton premises near Beeks with Masonic honors. In Mr. Bernard, Pike loses one of her best citizens. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham)

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Jan. 6, 1896 The announcement of the death of Mr. “Pete” McDowell, which occurred in Barnesville this week was sad intelligence to many of our people. Mr. McDowell was an excellent young man, and a son of the lamented Dr. McDowell. His death was a result of chronic diarrhoea. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham) Note: At Zebulon Road Cemetery, Lamar (formerly Pike) County: McDowell, W.H. (Pete), b. 22 July 1871, d. 29 Dec 1895

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, December 6, 1895 Mrs. Nelms Dead The friendless lost a friend and the inconsolably afflicted a comforter when Mrs. Amanda M. Nelms passed peacefully away to her everlasting reward at 10 o’clock on Friday night. The end of this long and useful life was such as anyone might desire. She had been unusually well for some time past, and on Friday had driven out to Luella with no apparent fatigue. At 9 o’clock she had retired after taking a dose of some medicine. A little later she called in her daughter, Mrs. Smith, asked for a stimulant as she was not feeling well. Mrs. Smith was alarmed by her appearance and sent for a doctor, but her mother was dying as the doctor came. The cause of the death was heart failure from which she had suffered for several years past. - Griffin News (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham) Note: At Oak Hill Cemetery, Old Section, Spalding County, Georgia: Nelms, Amanda M., b. 30 June 1820, d. 29 Nov 1895

The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, December 6, 1895 Dr. Owen Weds Hollonville, Ga., Dec. 4, 1895 - Today at 12 o’clock, the popular townsman and physician, Dr. B.M. Owen left for Harralson where he goes to wed one of Coweta county’s fairest daughters, Mrs. T.S. Powell. The ceremony will take place at Harralson this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev E.W. Hammond of Griffin will officiate. The marriage will be a quite affair, and at the same [time] quite a surprise to the friends of both parties. After the ceremony and the congratulations of their well wishing friends, Dr. Owen will return to Hollonville with his beautiful bride where a royal reception will be given them at the Dr.’s elegant home. These two people are too well known for [many] comments to be necessary. The bride is well known for her beauty and many other personal charms that have made her so popular among her associates. While the groom is a very prominent physician of this county and also one of the counties most popular and influential citizens. May they both live long and enjoy life’s richest blessings. (Transcribed 11/15/02 Lynn Cunningham) Note: At Hollonville, Georgia Cemetery, Pike County: Bricy M. Owen, b. 9 Sept 1843, d. 30 Jan 1909 Ida E. Owen, Second Consort of B.M. Owen, Born in Coweta Co., Ga., 3 Mar 1858. Died at her home in Hollonville, Ga, 11 Dec 1902.