I am seeking information on the family of Ward BRUCE, whose daughter Winifred married Thomas COVINGTON Jr. in 1833 in Barnesville. Jacob L. Bateman III or Le Montgomery, Alabama NetZero Platinum No Banner Ads and Unlimited Access Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://www.netzero.net

Barnesville is located just a few miles south-southeast of Griffin, Georgia. Griffin is south of Atlanta. Barnesville is on US Hwy 41, between Griffin and Forsyth. Barnesville is in Lamar County. Hope that helps. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Daryl Coleman Garland, Texas Homepage: http://www.dkco.com/ Family History Page: http://www.dkco.com/gen/gendex.html Proud Sponsor of RootsWeb! http://www.rootsweb.com/ ICQ UIN # 63679552 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Gendetec@aol.com wrote: > > I want to thank all who have helped me with Egbert Allen and his father > Greenberry Allen. Does anyone know the maiden name of Greenberry's wife? > Also the parents of Greenberry. In 1900 Lula was living in Barnesville. > Where is this located? Does anyone know where Greenberry and this Allen > family would be buried? Don't know if there is an Allen cemetery. Any info > on this family is greatly appreciated. Thanks, > > Linda > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB --

I want to thank all who have helped me with Egbert Allen and his father Greenberry Allen. Does anyone know the maiden name of Greenberry's wife? Also the parents of Greenberry. In 1900 Lula was living in Barnesville. Where is this located? Does anyone know where Greenberry and this Allen family would be buried? Don't know if there is an Allen cemetery. Any info on this family is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Linda

My 2Great Grandmother, Mary Ann Allen of Pike County (married to William Riley Jones) was born in 1824. Does anyone know if she was possibly a sister of Greenberry Allen? The ages suggest at least a possibility. Regards, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Daryl Coleman Garland, Texas Homepage: http://www.dkco.com/ Family History Page: http://www.dkco.com/gen/gendex.html Proud Sponsor of RootsWeb! http://www.rootsweb.com/ ICQ UIN # 63679552 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ "Lynn B. Cunningham" wrote: > > This should be your Egbert. > > 1870 Pike County Census, page 71/72: > > Greenberry Allen, age 50 > Mary Allen, age 37 > Egbert Allen, age 15 > Frederick Allen, age 14 > Green B. Allen, age 12 > John Allen, age 10 > Martha Allen, age 7 > Nancy Allen, age 5 > > All from Georgia. Greenberry is a farmer, Mary is keeping house, all the sons are > listed as farm laborers. > > Lynn Ballard Cunningham > > Gendetec@aol.com wrote: > > > Looking for info on Egbert Allen who was on the 1880 census in Pike Co., with > > his wife Sarah and daughter Lula. Does anyone know who his parents are? > > Thanks > > Linda > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --

Harris County and Pike County, GA researchers: Some of you may have noticed that links to the GenConnect Boards on the Pike and Harris County GenWeb pages have not been working lately. I have corrected the link and they are now functional. I have one button on the main table. There is another below the table with some simple directions. Click on queries, which takes you to the message boards page. You can select wills, bible, obits, etc. from a pull-down menu on the message boards page. You will notice that there are more choices than you had previously. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharris Barbara Smallwood Stock GenWeb Coordinator for Harris and Pike Counties in GA

My second great grandmother, Mary Ann Allen (wife of William Riley Jones, of the Jones family common to Pike County), may have been related to this Allen family. At this point, I do not know who Mary Ann Allen's parents or siblings were, but I do know that she lived from 1824 to December of 1865 and died in Pike County, and is buried at the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, just south of Griffin, GA (it was Pike County at one time, and I think it's now Lamar County). I am descended from Mary Ann Allen and her husband, William Riley Jones, through their daughter, Martha Frances Jones (1850-1927) and her husband, William Taylor Harris (1847-1900), who were my Great Grandparents. If any of you know more about this Mary Ann Allen and any possible relation to this Allen family mentioned below, I would like to know about it. Thanks and Regards, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Daryl Coleman Garland, Texas Homepage: http://www.dkco.com/ Family History Page: http://www.dkco.com/gen/gendex.html Proud Sponsor of RootsWeb! http://www.rootsweb.com/ ICQ UIN # 63679552 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ VCJFreeman@aol.com wrote: > > Linda -- > I would be willing to be you are related to this gang. For more on them, > including source notes, check out my tree at RootsWeb's World Connect. The > URL is: > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=valeriefreeman&id=I > > 2214 > > Lynn Cunningham, who just sent the 1850 census abstract, is the source of > some of this. > > Good Luck, > Valerie Freeman > ---------------------------- > 1 Drewry Allen b: 1 Dec 1749 d: 1 Dec 1828 > + Elizabeth "Betty" Yarborough b: 9 May 1752 > 2 Clement Allen d: 26 Jul 1822 > + Nancy McKissack b: ABT 1785 d: 27 Jun 1855 > 3 Young Stokes Allen b: 4 Apr 1802 > + Frances Allen > 3 Josiah Allen b: 25 Jul 1804 d: 25 Feb 1874 > + Sarah Ann Atkinson b: 6 Jun 1811 d: 27 Jul 1888 > 3 John Cunningham Allen b: 23 Oct 1807 > + Mary Jackson > 3 Elizabeth "Betsy" Judge Allen b: 9 Jan 1809 > + John Horn > 3 Drewry "Doc" Meek Allen b: 14 Apr 1811 d: 19 May 1871 > + Caroline Rogers > 3 Sarah Ann Bird Allen b: 3 Jul 1813 d: Nov 1813 > 3 Lucindas "Lucy" Pierce Allen b: 12 Oct 1814 > + Locke Stewart > 3 Nancy Daniel Allen b: 28 Jan 1817 d: 14 Jul 1889 > + John D. Thurmond b: 6 Jun 1817 d: 17 Dec 1881 > 4 Lucy A. Thurmond b: 2 Jul 1838 d: 19 Feb 1908 > + Joseph Nixon , Jr. b: 17 Aug 1833 d: 27 Jul 1862 > 5 Joseph Drewry Nixon b: Nov 1860 > + Minnie B. Forrester b: Oct 1866 > 6 Herbert L. Nixon b: 13 Nov 1886 d: 19 Jun 1887 > 6 Albert Leon Nixon b: 16 Apr 1889 d: 26 Aug 1946 > + Grace Lou Meadows b: 5 Dec 1897 d: Jun 1987 > 7 Mary "Christine" Nixon b: 1 Apr 1915 d: Jul 1982 > + Robert Neal Entrekin > 8 Charlotte Entrekin d: 4 Oct 1983 > + _________ Reely > 9 Mike Entrekin Reely d: 4 Oct 1983 > 7 Evelyn Nixon b: 1917 > + David D. Thompson b: 12 Aug 1838 d: 18 Oct 1900 > 5 John Robert Thompson b: Sep 1869 > 5 Sara "Miss Sallie" Allen Thompson b: 30 Nov 1878 d: 5 Dec > 1952 > + ~Never Married~ > 5 Laura Virginia Thompson b: 17 Oct 1880 d: 16 Apr 1931 > + Thomas Whidby Cook b: 7 Jul 1874 d: 4 Sep 1937 > 6 Thomas David Cook b: 27 Dec 1909 d: 13 Sep 1970 > 6 John Robert Cook b: 28 Mar 1914 d: 4 Jul 1970 > 4 Eudosia A. Thurmond b: 1842 > 4 John Clem Thurmond b: 1843 d: 1909 > + Sarah A. ___________ b: 1852 d: 1900 > 4 Samuel D. Thurmond b: 28 Dec 1845 d: 16 Dec 1924 > + Callie C. Carlton b: 10 Feb 1843 d: 18 Jun 1917 > 4 Nancy A. Thurmond b: 1847 d: 5 Aug 1888 > 4 Mary "Lizzie" E. Thurmond b: 1849 > 4 Martha Tinch Thurmond b: 1851 > 4 Sarah Addie Thurmond b: 1853 > 4 Charlie H. Thurmond b: 1856 > 4 Virginia "Jennie" Frances Thurmond b: 15 May 1858 d: 17 Mar 1926 > + Luther Clark Bailey b: 29 Aug 1859 d: 6 Sep 1935 > 5 Eula Mae Bailey b: 30 Jul 1890 d: 15 Apr 1983 > + William "Albert" Hardy Crawford b: 18 Feb 1890 d: 26 Feb > 1927 > 3 James C. Allen b: 8 Aug 1819 d: 4 Jan 1876 > + Adelade C. Gachet\Getchet > 4 Anna Green Daniels Allen > 4 Lucy Ann Allen > 4 Clement B. Allen > 4 Nicholas E. Allen > 4 Young J. Allen > 4 Albert B. Allen > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp --

> I tried going to your page on RootsWeb but it shows moved or being > updated. Would like to see info on the Allens. > Thanks, > Bobbie Day Stehling Bobbie -- It's often a two line URL -- try this: <A HREF="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=valeriefreema n&id=I2214">Family File of Joseph Nixon & Martha (Ward) Nixon</A> If that doesn't work, just go to the World Connect main page at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ If you scroll down, you will see a section on the left side that asks if you would like to go "or -- jump to a specific database" in the box type: valeriefreeman all one word, lower case and that should do the trick. Then you can use the search feature to find all the Allens in my database. Valerie

Linda -- I would be willing to be you are related to this gang. For more on them, including source notes, check out my tree at RootsWeb's World Connect. The URL is: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=valeriefreeman&id=I 2214 Lynn Cunningham, who just sent the 1850 census abstract, is the source of some of this. Good Luck, Valerie Freeman ---------------------------- 1 Drewry Allen b: 1 Dec 1749 d: 1 Dec 1828 + Elizabeth "Betty" Yarborough b: 9 May 1752 2 Clement Allen d: 26 Jul 1822 + Nancy McKissack b: ABT 1785 d: 27 Jun 1855 3 Young Stokes Allen b: 4 Apr 1802 + Frances Allen 3 Josiah Allen b: 25 Jul 1804 d: 25 Feb 1874 + Sarah Ann Atkinson b: 6 Jun 1811 d: 27 Jul 1888 3 John Cunningham Allen b: 23 Oct 1807 + Mary Jackson 3 Elizabeth "Betsy" Judge Allen b: 9 Jan 1809 + John Horn 3 Drewry "Doc" Meek Allen b: 14 Apr 1811 d: 19 May 1871 + Caroline Rogers 3 Sarah Ann Bird Allen b: 3 Jul 1813 d: Nov 1813 3 Lucindas "Lucy" Pierce Allen b: 12 Oct 1814 + Locke Stewart 3 Nancy Daniel Allen b: 28 Jan 1817 d: 14 Jul 1889 + John D. Thurmond b: 6 Jun 1817 d: 17 Dec 1881 4 Lucy A. Thurmond b: 2 Jul 1838 d: 19 Feb 1908 + Joseph Nixon , Jr. b: 17 Aug 1833 d: 27 Jul 1862 5 Joseph Drewry Nixon b: Nov 1860 + Minnie B. Forrester b: Oct 1866 6 Herbert L. Nixon b: 13 Nov 1886 d: 19 Jun 1887 6 Albert Leon Nixon b: 16 Apr 1889 d: 26 Aug 1946 + Grace Lou Meadows b: 5 Dec 1897 d: Jun 1987 7 Mary "Christine" Nixon b: 1 Apr 1915 d: Jul 1982 + Robert Neal Entrekin 8 Charlotte Entrekin d: 4 Oct 1983 + _________ Reely 9 Mike Entrekin Reely d: 4 Oct 1983 7 Evelyn Nixon b: 1917 + David D. Thompson b: 12 Aug 1838 d: 18 Oct 1900 5 John Robert Thompson b: Sep 1869 5 Sara "Miss Sallie" Allen Thompson b: 30 Nov 1878 d: 5 Dec 1952 + ~Never Married~ 5 Laura Virginia Thompson b: 17 Oct 1880 d: 16 Apr 1931 + Thomas Whidby Cook b: 7 Jul 1874 d: 4 Sep 1937 6 Thomas David Cook b: 27 Dec 1909 d: 13 Sep 1970 6 John Robert Cook b: 28 Mar 1914 d: 4 Jul 1970 4 Eudosia A. Thurmond b: 1842 4 John Clem Thurmond b: 1843 d: 1909 + Sarah A. ___________ b: 1852 d: 1900 4 Samuel D. Thurmond b: 28 Dec 1845 d: 16 Dec 1924 + Callie C. Carlton b: 10 Feb 1843 d: 18 Jun 1917 4 Nancy A. Thurmond b: 1847 d: 5 Aug 1888 4 Mary "Lizzie" E. Thurmond b: 1849 4 Martha Tinch Thurmond b: 1851 4 Sarah Addie Thurmond b: 1853 4 Charlie H. Thurmond b: 1856 4 Virginia "Jennie" Frances Thurmond b: 15 May 1858 d: 17 Mar 1926 + Luther Clark Bailey b: 29 Aug 1859 d: 6 Sep 1935 5 Eula Mae Bailey b: 30 Jul 1890 d: 15 Apr 1983 + William "Albert" Hardy Crawford b: 18 Feb 1890 d: 26 Feb 1927 3 James C. Allen b: 8 Aug 1819 d: 4 Jan 1876 + Adelade C. Gachet\Getchet 4 Anna Green Daniels Allen 4 Lucy Ann Allen 4 Clement B. Allen 4 Nicholas E. Allen 4 Young J. Allen 4 Albert B. Allen

This should be your Egbert. 1870 Pike County Census, page 71/72: Greenberry Allen, age 50 Mary Allen, age 37 Egbert Allen, age 15 Frederick Allen, age 14 Green B. Allen, age 12 John Allen, age 10 Martha Allen, age 7 Nancy Allen, age 5 All from Georgia. Greenberry is a farmer, Mary is keeping house, all the sons are listed as farm laborers. Lynn Ballard Cunningham Gendetec@aol.com wrote: > Looking for info on Egbert Allen who was on the 1880 census in Pike Co., with > his wife Sarah and daughter Lula. Does anyone know who his parents are? > Thanks > Linda > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Don't know how old your Egbert was in 1880 but here is another. Egbert W. Allen born ca 1821 parents Clement Young Allen and Martha West. Good Luck, Bobbie Day Stehling Gendetec@aol.com wrote: > Looking for info on Egbert Allen who was on the 1880 census in Pike Co., with > his wife Sarah and daughter Lula. Does anyone know who his parents are? > Thanks > Linda > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Looking for info on Egbert Allen who was on the 1880 census in Pike Co., with his wife Sarah and daughter Lula. Does anyone know who his parents are? Thanks Linda

Looking for info on Sallie Allen and children Ruth Allen, Lady Allen and Mackel Allen. Sallie was born about 1850 and maiden name believed to be Martin. Sallie had a daughter Lula Allen married in 1891 in Coweta Co., living in Pike Co., in 1900. Sallie lived at 39 Hills Ave. Believe it was in Griffin County, Ga. Linda

Pike and Harris County, Georgia researchers: I received the following message recently concerning the GenConnect Message Boards. Those changes are now largely already in place. "IMPORTANT MESSAGE BOARDS IMPROVEMENTS You have probably heard about the new message board changes coming about in the next days and weeks. Ancestry.com and RootsWeb.com will be releasing a new integrated message board system that is a combination of two powerful message board systems (i.e., GenConnect and FamilyHistory.com). Users will be able to take advantage of a much larger community in which to share experience, tips, and genealogical information. Users will be able to access these new message boards on either RootsWeb.com or Ancestry.com, and message board access will remain free on both sites. We expect the new system to be more stable and have more features. Improvements include the following: --- The new message boards database will be by far the largest collection of such messages on the Internet. In fact, the FamilyHistory and RootsWeb messages are extremely complimentary. The majority of the messages on FamilyHistory are surname-based, while RootsWeb's strength is in the locality and topic areas. Not only will the new combination enjoy a larger set of data, but users will have access to a much larger audience. --- The new message boards can now handle attachments to e-mail messages in the form of uploaded pictures (scanned documents, family photos, etc.) and GEDCOM files. --- Users will be able to view the e-mail address of message authors and be able to respond to them easily and privately. However, the message boards cannot be "crawled" by unscrupulous third parties to gather e-mail addresses for spam mailings. --- Search functionality will be improved compared to either the RootsWeb or FamilyHistory systems. Search hits will be ranked by relevance and wildcard searches are available. --- The hardware infrastructure supporting the new message boards is faster, can handle larger traffic loads, and is more stable. The new system is also less expensive over time and easier to maintain. The boards, however, will definitely be a change. One specific concern we have is with existing hyperlinks to the old GenConnect system. We believe we will be able to redirect most of the traffic to the proper destinations in the new system, however there may be some adjustment required by USGenWeb SCs and CCs. [This is my problem.] USGW CCs will still be able to use the new message board system for their query requirements for XXGenWeb's. Actually, we hope that we have preserved the important features and conveniences from GenConnect as well as added a few new bells and whistles. It is important to us that these new boards continue to serve the needs of the USGenWeb users. We will be working hard to help you learn about the features of the new system so that they can continue to function as important research tools. Please help us by being communicative yet patient as we launch the new system." My own comments - Temporarily, the GenConnect Board buttons still appear as they were on the county GenWeb page. The query button still takes you directly to the appropriate County queries, though they look a little different. The other buttons take you to a selection of: Family History, Localities, Rootsweb Topics & Localities, Surnames and Topics. I'm not sure right now how you find the wills, obits, bios, etc, but eventually you will be able to do so. I will include some basic instruction when I figure it out myself. The search machine on the pages will be more comprehensive and search across all the boards so that part may be an improvement over the old. Barbara Smallwood Stock Coordinator of the Pike and Harris County GenWeb sites

Pike County,GA Mailing List: Tonia wants to know if anyone has knowledge concerning her Grandfather, Benjamin Cyrus Wilson, Great Grandfather, John Cyrus Wilson, and Great Great Grandfather Cyrus R. Wilson, who were born, married, and lived in Pike County, Georgia. Benjamin Cyrus Wilson was born in Zebulon in 1879. He and Mary Ellen were married in Williamson, in 1919. Please respond directly to Tonia at ToniaEllen@aol.com.

These are really good sites for Census avalibility maps http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03_ga.htm Brent

researching the family of Robert P. SMITH who married Mattie MOORE... their children were Claude, Maynard, and Hoke. parents were: Obediah Gibson SMITH (1849-1873) and Georgia SULLIVAN (1851-1936). siblings of Robert were: Ada (SMITH) WALKER Ida (SMITH) PIERCE Obie (SMITH) LIFSEY George M. SMITH Any help or connections greatly appreciated. Diane Allen Cooper

Stephanie has completed the Brides Book Index on the Pike County GenWeb pages through the letter "I" and you can view this at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/pikemarindex.htm I went ahead and added all the letters of the alphabet to the index but only A through I will work at this time. The other letters will be added as Steph has time to abstract the records and I have time to put them online. Barbara Smallwood Stock Pike County GenWeb/Mailing List

According to the 'History of Pike County, 1822-1989' Red Oak Methodist Church is now Williamson First United Methodist Church. The church was organized in 1823. DawnKC@aol.com wrote: > At the Pike County Library, I saw a document that had records of members for > the Red Oak Methodist Church in Williamson. They went through 1895. Does > anyone know if that church still exists? Or where is was? Or if it was > renamed or merged? > > Thank you. > Dawn Hill

At the Pike County Library, I saw a document that had records of members for the Red Oak Methodist Church in Williamson. They went through 1895. Does anyone know if that church still exists? Or where is was? Or if it was renamed or merged? Thank you. Dawn Hill

Just to let y'all know--we got through our first banquet unscathed. Everything went real well, and we seem to finally be up and running. We even got the first issue of the newsletter printed. Those of you who are members and did not make it to the banquet should be receiving yours in the mail shortly if you haven't already. We are trying to get to the older residents of the county to write some articles for us about their communities. I just hope everyone will be understanding of their vocabulary. Ms. Rosalee King who did our first is a grand lady in her late 80's who stays busy all the time. Time has not slowed her a single bit. Plans are underway for a BBQ in September. This will be a family event and I hope lots of y'all will plan to make it. Our first field trip on May 5th went well also. We had some good speakers at the sites and got to see things most folks either don't notice or are not allowed to see. I did discover that I am a bit to old to go climbing in bell towers and I won't do that again--but I'm not sorry I did it once. Very shortly we will begin indexing the cemeteries. There are a number of family cemeteries that were misssed in the first indexing done back in the '70's--so we have to find all of them and add names to the rest. Anyone with any info on the location of any they might like to see indexed, please get in touch with me and I will see it is added to the list. I finally finished the "G" Bride's list, and as soon as Barbara works her magic on it, it will be up with the rest of them for you to peruse. I have started the "H" list, but this will be slow going there are an awful lot of pages. Just bear with me. Steph