Dear Listers, Is there anyone out there who could do a look-up for me? Jay Fountain Norton Born - October 19, 1908 Died - August 31, 1994 He resided in Macon County, NC, but died in Georgia in an institution He was married - spouse unknown to me He was cremated. I'm looking for a death record. Specifically, I'm looking for his parents name. I assume since he lived in Macon County, NC which is on the state line of Georgia and North Carolina, he would have gone just over the state line or perhaps on into Atlanta. So I need lookups in Fulton, DeKalb, Towns, Union and Rabun county as I not certain what county he died in. I was wondering if someone could look up his name in the death records and let me know what is there. I'd appreciate any help anyone could give. I'm all the way in Michigan and can't get there. I'm out of work and can't afford to send off for his death record. Thanks again for any help you can provide. I can do lookups in return in Cass County and Berrien County in Michigan or Elkhart County and St. Joseph County, Indiana Sue Mack

--part1_94.20d5c803.298d6a37_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought y'all might find this interesting... --part1_94.20d5c803.298d6a37_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GAGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) by air-yc01.mail.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILINYC16-0202070217; Sat, 02 Feb 2002 07:02:17 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYC57-0202070208; Sat, 02 Feb 2002 07:02:08 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g12C19c21522; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:01:09 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:01:09 -0700 X-Original-Sender: keith@giddeon.com Sat Feb 2 05:01:05 2002 From: "Keith Giddeon" <keith@giddeon.com> Old-To: "GAGEN-L@rootsweb. com" <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:58:14 -0600 Message-ID: <MBBBIALBACKHABINPPLJOEIKCFAA.keith@giddeon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 In-Reply-To: <01d301c1ab90$fc497f40$3f0801cf@g8xph01> Importance: Normal Subject: [GAGEN] Georgia Civil War Soldiers Index Resent-Message-ID: <crvzWC.A.FNF.DU9W8@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2229 X-Loop: GAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GAGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi all, I have just completed the informational pages for the Georgia Civil War Soldiers Index. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/military/gsi/index.html ===================== I want to thank Virginia Crilley and Tim Stowell for lots of help and encouragement during the course of this project. Feel free to link to it from your county sites, special project sites, personal sites, etc. ===================== The Index is an alphabetical listing of most soldiers serving the state of Georgia during the War Between the States. In all, the list contains over 211,000 records, with more (approximately 10-20,000) to come in the next few months. I have received approximately 450 emails regarding this Index since it went online in late December. I have received many thanks from those who have found information on their ancestors. Along with many of these thanks, came offers to assist me in my genealogy research should the need arise. Please save your offers to help me personally. Instead of using your time to email me (unless you have a question not contained in the FAQ), please transcribe a deed, or a will. Anything you have lying around in your files. When you have it transcribed, send it to the county coordinator for that county, and/or the county file manager for the Archives. Let's get a much larger amount of free data online this year, than has been seen in all previous years. I hope the Index helps you in your research, I know it has mine. Sincerely, Keith Giddeon (PS: Posting this message on other lists is encouraged and appreciated.) ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== This list is for volunteers of the GAGenWeb Project. If you wish to address only the GAGenWeb Board, send your email to: <GAGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> --part1_94.20d5c803.298d6a37_boundary--

The 1820 Census of Haywood Co., NC is now online at: http://usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/nchaywood/1820/1820.html There is no index. However, the census is in roughly alphabetical order. Sincerely, Dawn Watson http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3398/

Can anyone tell me if there were deaf and dumb children in these families? Please provide details if known. Charles

Apparently three brothers came to GA from NC so they told the census taker I need to find their origin......Talk to me.........I wll share info Ignatius Persell/Purcell b. 1756 m. Susannah Freeman Goochland VA Jacob Purcell 1773 m. Mary Polly King Franklin Co GA John Purcell abt 1780 m. in GA Anyone know anything about these fine folks? Charles. Don't worry bout me, I'm as organized as a henhouse full of chickens.

If you are doing research in Franklin, Habersham, Stephens, Rabun, White, Banks and Jackson Counties on your ancestors please take a look at : "http://www.hartcom.net/~scv935/grey If you have questions please contact me personally through e-mail at ktledford@alltel.net There is a Surname Index for each book for your convenience. Thank you, Karen T. Ledford/Author These Men Wore Grey

--part1_94.1fc746e8.2974999d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I received this today. Mr. Cox researched several families from Rabun County, most notably the Hamby family. --part1_94.1fc746e8.2974999d_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <jamiecox000@cfl.rr.com> Received: from rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (rly-yb03.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.3]) by air-yb04.mail.aol.com (v82.22) with ESMTP id MAILINYB44-0114141314; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:13:14 -0500 Received: from smtp-server3.tampabay.rr.com (smtp-server3.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.1.41]) by rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (v83.18) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYB32-0114141257; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:12:57 1900 Received: from Debug (webmail.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.1.36]) by smtp-server3.tampabay.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id g0EJCnv00897; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:12:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200201141912.g0EJCnv00897@smtp-server3.tampabay.rr.com> To: rmoseley1@cfl.rr.com, gmspeed@bellsouth.net, leifharris@worldnet.att.net, beckbcd@prodigy.net, kforrester@dnet.net, boyc603@netscape.net, Billzspot@aol.com, marthaaw@yahoo.com, GPELCHAT@cfl.rr.com, cheryllandrum1@yahoo.com, dwarlick3@home.com, fdalley@southwind.net, Shacrabtree2@aol.com, Janiceteed@juno.com, palmerplantagenet@yahoo.com, typalmer@earthlink.net, BooleyGirl@aol.com, gail@jstyson.com, kengilreath@aol.com, donhawk@yahoo.com, djayler@earthlink.net, lindamcfar@zianet.com, davestep@hotmail.com, ezquote@bellsouth.net From: jamiecox000@cfl.rr.com Subject: Mel Cox Obituary Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:12:49 US/Eastern X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Standard Edition v3.0.26 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I regret to inform you that Mel Cox, my father, has passed away. He died Saturday night about a week after suffering a stroke. Services will be conducted by Brownlie Maxwell Funeral Home in Melbourne, FL, on Wednesday, January 16th, 2002, at 2 PM. Brownlie Maxwell is on Palmetto Ave., at the corner of US 1 and Palmetto. I sent this to what appeared to be his recent correspondants. I apologize if anyone was omitted from this list, received duplicate copies, or is addressed in error. For the genealogists, here is his info: Marcus Layfayette COX b. 4 May 1926 - Ellijay, GA d. 12 June 2002 - County of Brevard, Melbourne, FL burial will be in the Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, FL - Jamie Cox --part1_94.1fc746e8.2974999d_boundary--

Now online in the Rabun Co., GAGenWeb Archives (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/rabun.htm): The sale of land lots 184 and 185 in the 2nd land district of Rabun County by Henry Hopper (as administrator of the estate of Samuel Hopper, deceased) to Thomas Hopper. These files may be found individually at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/land/h1600002.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/land/h1600003.txt I hope everyone is having a good holiday season. Sincerely, Dawn Watson http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3398/

I am searching for the full name of Alfred Mitchell and Saleena Matilda Dockins oldest son. It is unreadable on the 1880 census. They lived in the Stonepile District. Thanks, Walter

Does anyone have a picture of Henry Hopper (1814-1886), son of Samuel Hopper, or of Henry's son, Henry Marion Hopper, or of Henry Marion's son James Sylvester Hopper (1894-1940)? Any help appreciated. Sincerely, Dawn Watson http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3398/

I have a death certificate for George L. Smith and I believe my Smith line has a connection to him ... just don't know what it is. Any information on George Smith would be appreciated. My Smith family is from Rabun Co., Ga. as well. Thank you, Gail

For those of you whose ancestors passed through Buncombe Co., NC: The 1820 Census of Buncombe Co., NC is now online. You can view it by going to the NCGenWeb Archives for Buncombe County (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/bunconc.htm) or through my records and resources web site (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ncbuncombe/1820/1820.html). I don't have it indexed yet, but there is a surname index in the Buncombe Co., NCGenWeb Archives. Sincerely, Dawn Watson http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3398/

Now online in the Rabun Co., GAGenWeb Archives (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/rabun.htm): Records pertaining to Bailey Dover ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/bios/d1600001.txt (or http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/rabun/bios.html) Estate Records, Bailey and Ellen Dover ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/wills/d1600002.txt (or http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/rabun/will.html) Many thanks to Dennis Dover and Marjorie Stansel for contributing these records.

I am seeking information on this lady who was still alive and drawing a pension as late as 1919 for an unnamed spouse who served in Co. H, 1st SC Art. I have high hopes this lady is a remarried spouse of a member of my family who died in the Civil War. If anyone knows the name of her Holcomb spouse or any thing else useful I would be most appreciative. Thanks Don Lail

Can someone help this researcher? (reply to him, not to me, please) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subj: RE: oops Date: 10/23/01 9:28:52 AM Central Standard Time From: alexco@mindspring.com (John Alexander) Tim Barker was kind enough to send me some info related to my quest. It included a reference to your web page. It is very impressive and once your re-working is completed, I'm sure I'll refer to it often. From your site I clicked on the link to the marriage and census records of Rabun Co GA in 1850 but "page could not be found." We have quite a mystery on our hands. I am looking for information on a woman who lived from as early as 1820 to as late as 1930s. We have what we believe are two photos of her (one as a young woman and another with a man whom we believe may be her 2nd husband) She is the mother of these men: William (Robins) Robbins b. 1852 Rabun Co GA (we believe) Joseph (Robins) Robbins or Barker b. 1859 Macon Co/Buncombe Co NC Henry Barker 1864 Macon Co/Buncombe Co NC and possibly, Carrie (a sister or half-sister to the above men-no dates known) She may have been Indian, and that may be why her early life is so obscured. Based on the birth date William used, we calculate she could have been born between 1820-1840--stretching the window to its' fullest. If she was Indian, her family would have been in hiding or at least maintaining a low profile during most of that period. Our best opportunity to solve this puzzle is to try and identify the Barker who became her 2nd husband and to try to find a Robins/Robbins who may have been her first husband. It is also unusual, given the time period, that she would have produced only three, possibly four, children from two husbands. (Some family members speculate that Mary may have been her first name, although there is no proof nor enough oral tradition to make this a strong theory). It is family tradition that her son William Robbins was born in Rabun Co GA in 1852. It is also family tradition that his brother or half-brother Joseph Elijah Robbins was born in Macon Co NC 1859, and Solomon Henry Barker was born in Macon Co NC in 1864. There is a family tradition among some that the woman was a Barker by birth who married a Robbins and later married another Barker. Her life, to this point, has been quite a mystery. We have no marriage dates nor death dates. We don't know the fate of Mr. Robbins (ran off? murdered? Civil War Casualty?) Nor do we have a first name for Mr. Barker. William and Joseph left the Buncombe Co NC area and moved into Blount/Loudon Co TN in the 1880s, but Mrs. Barker and her husband remained in the Macon/Buncombe NC area. William & Joseph (Bill & Joe) remained close to their brother/half-brother Henry, however. So far, after exploring Macon Co Barkers in the 1840s....Edmund, Calvin, Jason, Warren and a Patsey Barker, female between 20-30, raising a little boy under 5 and a little girl between 5-10 years of age listed on the Macon Co NC Census of 1830. She doesn't appear on the 1840 Macon Co NC Census, however. There's is nothing that jumps out at us, although I'm still searching for info on Patsey's children and what became of them. I'm going into so much detail with you because your counties of expertise overlap those we believe the Mystery woman and her children may have been born, married or done business in---Rabun Co GA, Macon Co NC, and other nearby counties including Buncombe Co NC from the 1820s-1870s (at least). We can't even be sure there was a marriage between the mystery woman and a Robins/Robbins. All we know is that my great-grandfather William Robbins used that name, and so did his brother/half-brother Joe. There is one family tradition that the young men were stone cutters in the Buncombe Co Area and got into a fight (barroom brawl?) with another man and (possibly) Joe thought he killed the man. They fled into Tennessee with Joe Barker changing his name to Robbins. However, at least one direct descendent of Joe says she never heard of the name-change, but it could have been kept from her. There was a James L. Robins, Captain Co H 16th Regiment NC Infantry, CSA listed among Macon Co NC Civil War soldiers, but we have no further information on him. The attached two photos have been in the family for a long time, but no one living knows who these people are. However, by carefully examining a photo of "Henry" and his two half-brothers Joseph Elijah Robbins (1859) and William M Robbins (1852)taken when they were elderly (circa 1929) has caused some of us to believe the oval photo is of the mother of the three boys and the father of "Henry." The resemblance of Henry in old age to the man in the oval photo is striking. All three boys/men have the deep set brows of the woman. The single photo is made from a glass plate and is believed to be of the woman at a much younger age. "Henry" married Mary Hester Reeves (whose family sold some of their land to Vanderbilt for the Biltmore estate). He lost a portion of one of his arms in a sawmill accident when he was in his late 40s-early 50s, and his two half-brothers came over and helped move "Henry" and his family to east Tennessee where they now lived and had built a house for him. Have you seen these photos before? Do you have any information on this branch of the Barker family? Do you know of other Barker researchers who may be searching this line, in these counties, and could you share their e-mail/snail mail addresses? Any help will be greatly appreciated. [end of e-mail number one; beginning of e-mail number two] We have the death certificates of the 3 men, but information provided on them is sketchy and from their children based on what they may remember or recall. On one of them, the adult child provided Macon GA as the birthplace of the deceased. That is extremely unlikely, and no family traditions even point that direction as all other family traditions center around Rabun Co GA and Macon Co NC....you know the dilemma we face :-) I have found a Capt. James Robins (not Robbins, but spellings change) who enlisted in Co H 16th Regiment NC Infantry CSA during Civil War, so I've sent off to NC Archives a request for his service record. I'm trying to widely distribute the two photos among all who research Barkers, clinging to a slim thread that someone may recognize them.

Can anyone help this researcher? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subj: Tallulah Falls train links up train line... From: CSBWSB@aol.com Hi! I have an old picture of the train line linking up either in Mountain City or Clayton. My 2nd Great Grandfather is in the picture. He was supposedly a sheriff at the time this occurred. I was wondering if there was any way I could find out when this link up occurred and where. Who do I need to contact in order to find this out? Thanks for your help! Carrie Brigger

--part1_112.6c055f6.290d927e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Below is part of an e-mail that I received from a researcher. Can anyone help him locate the church he mentions? Thanks, Dawn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am wondering if you, or perhaps Cindy Chandler, can tell me anything about a church called "Riman Church" (spelling uncertain), probably Baptist, which presumably existed in Rabun around 1850. My interest stems from trying to sort out the movements of some Cobb ancestors between Rabun County GA and Pickens/Oconee Co. SC. Specifically, I have a record of some 1851 church minutes from Holly Springs Baptist Church in Oconee County, SC which says that Nelly Cobb was admitted by letter from 'Riman' Church, Rabun Co. The handwriting is unclear, so the spelling is unsure. It may be "Roman", or some other variant. I have been unable to find reference to any church of this or similar name in Rabun Co. Nelly Cobb is believed to be Eleanor (aka Ellen/Nelly) Greer Cobb (b. 1787), daughter of David Greer of Honea Path, Anderson Co., SC, and wife of Robert Cobb, s/o John S. Cobb and Frances Smith, of Pickens Co. SC. Robert Cobb was a brother to Martha Cobb Coffee and Mary Cobb Whitmire, both of whom moved from Pickens SC to Rabun GA in the early 1800's. To my knowledge, Ellen/Nelly Cobb remained in the Pickens/Oconee SC all her life, so I don't understand why she would have needed to transfer membership from a church in Rabun County. It certainly is possible this is another "Nelly Cobb", but in any case I can't identify the church. So, any suggestions? Thanks again for your help, and keep up the good work! -Tom Cobb Bowling Green, OH tcobb@bgnet.bgsu.edu --part1_112.6c055f6.290d927e_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <tcobb@bgnet.bgsu.edu> Received: from rly-xc05.mail.aol.com (rly-xc05.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.138]) by air-xc01.mail.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILINXC110-1016161329; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:13:29 -0400 Received: from smtp02.bgsu.edu (smtp.bgsu.edu [129.1.5.18]) by rly-xc05.mx.aol.com (v80.21) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXC51-1016161300; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:13:00 -0400 Received: from [129.1.167.116] (dhcp-167-116.bgsu.edu [129.1.167.116]) by smtp02.bgsu.edu (Switch-2.1.0/Switch-2.1.0) with ESMTP id f9GKCmc04350 for <BooleyGirl@aol.com>; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:12:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: tcobb@mailstore.bgsu.edu Message-Id: <l03102801b7f23d2e0b5c@[129.1.167.116]> In-Reply-To: <b7.1532ea66.28fcb2ac@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:12:47 -0400 To: BooleyGirl@aol.com From: "Thomas B. Cobb" <tcobb@bgnet.bgsu.edu> Subject: Churches of Rabun Co. X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Dawn, Thank you for your dedicated work on Rabun County genealogy. I continue to be impressed with the dedication and effort you put in. You have made the site into a truly useful and valuable resource. I am wondering if you, or perhaps Cindy Chandler, can tell me anything about a church called "Riman Church" (spelling uncertain), probably Baptist, which presumably existed in Rabun around 1850. My interest stems from trying to sort out the movements of some Cobb ancestors between Rabun County GA and Pickens/Oconee Co. SC. Specifically, I have a record of some 1851 church minutes from Holly Springs Baptist Church in Oconee County, SC which says that Nelly Cobb was admitted by letter from 'Riman' Church, Rabun Co. The handwriting is unclear, so the spelling is unsure. It may be "Roman", or some other variant. I have been unable to find reference to any church of this or similar name in Rabun Co. Nelly Cobb is believed to be Eleanor (aka Ellen/Nelly) Greer Cobb (b. 1787), daughter of David Greer of Honea Path, Anderson Co., SC, and wife of Robert Cobb, s/o John S. Cobb and Frances Smith, of Pickens Co. SC. Robert Cobb was a brother to Martha Cobb Coffee and Mary Cobb Whitmire, both of whom moved from Pickens SC to Rabun GA in the early 1800's. To my knowledge, Ellen/Nelly Cobb remained in the Pickens/Oconee SC all her life, so I don't understand why she would have needed to transfer membership from a church in Rabun County. It certainly is possible this is another "Nelly Cobb", but in any case I can't identify the church. So, any suggestions? Thanks again for your help, and keep up the good work! -Tom Cobb Bowling Green, OH tcobb@bgnet.bgsu.edu --part1_112.6c055f6.290d927e_boundary--

I am looking information regarding Augustus Smith listed in the 1870 Census for Rabun Co. age 4, son of Henry and Sarah M. Smith. In the 1880 Census for Rabun Co. I believe he was referred to as Stephen A. age 14 sun of Henry and Sarah M. Smith. Stephen / Augustus / Gus would have had siblings: Mountie or Josephine, Mary E, Serepta G., Margaret V., James H. and Sarah M. Earlier information that I have on Henry shows his wife as Elizabeth. My research has shown this to be Elizabeth Dockins from the recorded marriage in Clayton, Ga. She is listed in the 1850 and 1860 Census. Elizabeth and Sarah are interchangeable names - however, I believe the age discrepancy shows them to be two different people. If I could contact descendants of Stephen or other descendants this would greatly help. Thank you. Gail Smith Boyle

A brief biography of the family of John and Elizabeth Hartle Benfield can be viewed at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/bios/b5140001.txt Many thanks to Sharon Sustar for contributing this bio.

A while back, someone asked about newspapers that were published in Rabun County. I looked around on the web and put together a list of said papers, as well as newspapers from surrounding areas that probably held news of Rabun Countians: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/garabun/rabnew.html Many of the earliest issues of newspapers from around GA have been microfilmed. Some can be found at the University of GA library, and probably in other places as well. The earliest issues of the Clayton Tribune are on microfilm and can be viewed at the Probate Judge's office in Clayton.