Hello Jean, Yes, Hunters is in Screven County. It is the community for which the Hunters Quadrangle map in named. I have a copy of it (a little worn and tattered, but still usable) and I am reasonably familiar with the area near Hunters (my family owns property at the nearby White Hill crossroads). What are you looking for? Dale E. Reddick ________________________________ GENJEANH@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone with the maps tell me if Hunters, Georgia is in Screven County? > Thanks, > Jean > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Hey yall Thanks to all for the education on maps. Have just been to the recommended site and they have a new addy: http://ask.usgs.gov It's a great site and easy to navigate. Happy hunting..Lynne

There is a Hunters Community on Hiwat 21 toward Savannah. It is uncorporated but part of Screven Co., ----- Original Message ----- From: <GENJEANH@aol.com> To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Maps of Screven County. > Can anyone with the maps tell me if Hunters, Georgia is in Screven County? > Thanks, > Jean > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >

I am saving your information on Hunters, Georgia. Hopefully I can travel down that way one day. I would love to visit North Newington Baptist Church and Hurst Church. Looking for the grave of Joseph W. Hand he died in 1917 was married to Jennie Sowell in 1906 in Screven County. They had 4 children that were put in the Methodist Childrens Home in Macon, Ga when Joseph died. This has been a hard line to trace. Thanks for your help. Jean

Thanks for the information on Hunters, Georgia. I am trying to trace the Hand and Sowell families that lived there. Thanks again, Jean

I haven't seen the Howell name in our family tree yet, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. I have had a lot of trouble with this side of the family. My mother-in-law was put in the Methodist Childrens Homes in Macon, Georgia in 1917 she was just a little girl. She didn't remember much or didn't tell what she did remember. Do you have any Hand-Nichols-Watson-Catchings-Pittmann families in your tree? Thanks, Jean

Jean, Hunter's Station is an old train depot, and yes, it is between White Hill and Newington in Screven County, not very far off of Hwy 21. You would turn left as you are travelling towards Newington. Hunters Station was the homeground of the Evanses, Sheppards, Scotts, etc. Hope that this helps. Happy hunting. Scottie

Victoria, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is not very far from Hurst Baptist Church, and is in the old Six Bridges area of Screven County near Dogtown (near the present day boundaries of Screven, Burke, and Jenkins Counties). You can get to Mt. Pleasant by going through Hiltonia on Hwy 23, turn left on Roberts Bridge Road, and go about 3 miles, then turn left on a dirt road called Sandhill Road, I believe. You follow this dirt road, keep bearing to the right, and you will come to a rye field. Continue to the right of this field (a two-rut road), and turn right at the gap in the trees. Mt. Pleasant will be about 100 yards up this little cut. There are a number of Roberts and Forehands buried in this cemetery. Hope this helps. Happy hunting! Scottie Scott

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----Original Message----- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> To: 2jv@bellsouth.net <2jv@bellsouth.net> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:55 AM Subject: Returned mail: User unknown >The original message was received at Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:54:59 -0400 (EDT) >from host-209-215-25-4.sav.bellsouth.net [209.215.25.4] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- ><GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >... while talking to newmail.rootsweb.com.: >>>> RCPT To:<GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com> ><<< 550 5.1.1 <GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com>... User unknown >550 <GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com>... User unknown > ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_008C_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0" ------=_NextPart_001_008C_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; mail6.lig.bellsouth.net Received-From-MTA: DNS; host-209-215-25-4.sav.bellsouth.net Arrival-Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:54:59 -0400 (EDT) Final-Recipient: RFC822; GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; newmail.rootsweb.com Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.1.1 <GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com>... User unknown Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:55:01 -0400 (EDT) ------=_NextPart_001_008C_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Another Howell reference Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: <2jv@bellsouth.net> Received: from pavilion (host-209-215-25-4.sav.bellsouth.net [209.215.25.4]) by mail6.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with SMTP id KAA16933; Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:54:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <009b01bfe6ab$c63632a0$0419d7d1@pavilion> From: "Judy V. Mason" <2jv@bellsouth.net> To: <GASCREVEN-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <MyRx123@aol.com> Subject: Another Howell reference Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:06:41 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 I also find reference to the Howells in the EBENEZER RECORD BOOD, 1754-1781, translated and Edited by George F Jones and Sheryl Exley, 1991, genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. Genealogical Index, page 161 records the following: Elisabeth, w T page 49 Mary 97 see Jones Phillip, s T 49 Thomas 49 On page 49-exact words Philip HOWELL, son of Thomas Howell and his wife Elisabeth, was born Nov. 10, 1767, and baptized Aug. 3, 1769. Sponsors were the father, Thomas Howell, martin Dasher, and Ursula Dasher On page 97 Thomas Jones and Mary Howell, after threefold preceding publication, were both lawfully joined in marriage March 21, 1770. Hope that this will be helpful! Judy Rountree Mason Effingham County 2jv@bellsouth.net Have you visited the great Salzburger Web Site? I is to be found on the Effingham county Gen Web Site. ------=_NextPart_001_008C_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0-- ------=_NextPart_000_0089_01BFE682.EEF2F4E0--

I am related to the Coursey's by my Great Aunt, Kate Dixon Coursey married to Emmett S. Coursey Dorothy Wilson Simpson -----Original Message----- From: Altena2442@aol.com <Altena2442@aol.com> To: GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] COURSEY SURNAME >Judy, > >I did not know you were researching Coursey's. That is part of my wife's >family. >If you will recall the Pan Am plane bombing in Lockabee Scotland. One of the >Victims was a cousin of my wife. His name was Larry Coursey. He was in the >Army and was stationed in Germany was coming home to be with his family for >the Holidays. Just for information. > >Alfred > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >

Judy and Nancy' I made a mistake on my previos message it should have been sent to Judy Mason. Nancy alredy knew I was researching the Coursey Line. Alfred

Judy, I did not know you were researching Coursey's. That is part of my wife's family. If you will recall the Pan Am plane bombing in Lockabee Scotland. One of the Victims was a cousin of my wife. His name was Larry Coursey. He was in the Army and was stationed in Germany was coming home to be with his family for the Holidays. Just for information. Alfred

Jean: Have you ever seen the name Howell in your family lineage? I noted Sowell, and my and how close it it to our name, Howell. Our Howells are from the same area. Thanks, Victoria

While I prefer to look at a "real" map that I can spread out on the table, I have found the following sites very helpful. Both feature USGS topographic maps. Jennifer Cone http://www.topozone.com/ http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html/

Reference book: EFFINGHAM COUNTY CEMETERIES, Effingham County, Georgia, sponsored by the Historic Effingham Society, Edited and compiled by: Antoinette "Toni" Freeman and Betty Ford Renfroe. Published by a Grant from R. Taylor Jr. Foundation atlanta, Georgia. Copyright 1995 Historic Effingham society. Printed and published by Craigmiles and Associates, Inc. Thomasville, Georgia. #95-069533 library of Congress. Page 60 Goshen Cemetery-now the Goshen Methodist Church (this is just up the road from me, here in Rincon Ga.) Photos available. Howell, Ella Eaton 7-3-1884/12-9-1978 Howell, James Henry 8-24-1882/2-16-1951 Page 96 Jerusalem Luthern Church (New Ebenezer) Cemetery(photos available) Howell, Izabell-w/o M.C. Howell 4-5-1854/3-1-1907 Page 173 Springfield City Cemetery (photos available) Howell, Lucile Exley-w/o Wilson H. Howell 1-5-1918/4-3-1981 submitted by Judy Rountree Mason Rincon, Georgia 2jv@bellsouth.net for details about photographs contact me.

SCB: wow, how do you get them from years that far back? Does USGS have them or do you have to chase them down somewhere? John

Hey! Barb, neat idea. Some of we geezers somehow just never think of the net first.....a snailmail mentality I suppose. Thanks for racheting me into 21st century. John

Jean: Hunters, Georgia is in Screven County. That information is available to you on rootsweb. Just click on the "U.S./Counties-Cities" line on the startup screen and type in the city and state and it will give you the county it is located in. Regards, Harvey

John, Thanks for the reply. Yes, there are maps from ca. 1911. I think these might have been the first US Geological Survey Maps. I saw one recentlly for Bulloch County it has roads and dots for location of each household. It's great to have for old homeplaces and other land marks, etc. SCB ----- Original Message ----- From: <VKRatliff@aol.com> To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 11:39 PM Subject: [GASCREVE] Topographic Maps, aka "Topos" > Gee, Smith, you kind of threw me with that "dated" map comment. I never > asked if they had "back" issues, I just order the "current" ones. Each map > is "dated" and some of them are back in the 50's so its not like they issue > new ones each year. And I would further doubt that they were even producing > them in 1911. There ARE indeed maps of that era but NOT to my knowledge > specifically produced by the U. S. Geological Survey in this common format > for the whole U. S. I rather doubt that the U. S. Geological Survey was even > in operation in 1911. > > This one looks to me for all the world like a WPA project that someone in > government correctly figured actually served an on-going purpose so they kept > it alive. > > Typically, stores that specialize in camping and hiking stuff will have a few > topos on hand but they are usually ones that follow rivers or hiking areas or > at any rate aren't particularly aimed at genealogists.....unless you just > luck up on one. Usually they will order topos for you but they tack on a > profit so its easier to do it yourself. > > Many years ago the USGS had an office in Atlanta where you could just buy > topos over the counter but those days are long gone to the best of my > knowledge. > As you can imagine, these things don't exactly move like hotcakes so I > speculate the government centralized the inventory for the whole country and > you just order by mail. > > There may be an easier way to do it but my routine is to write: > > USGS - Information Services > P. O. Box 25286, Mail Stop 306 > Denver Federal Center > Denver, Colorado 80225 > > Request information for ordering topographic surveys and tell them which > state(s) you want. They will send you order forms and a huge, for example, > map of Georgia > that has the "quadranges" laid out over it so you will know which ones to > order. There will be lists of other maps of possibile interest.....4 maps to > make up all of Georgia for example, a map of the entire state, a map of each > county, other specialized maps, etc. Typically its 3 or 4 bucks per map > which you will consider a bargain when you get them. They are quite > professional and, on the 7.5 minute scale you can do some serious > pin-pointing. Contours are at 10' intervals. > > The "scale" you will likely want as a genealogist looking for (or plotting > the coordinates for a known location of) cemeteries, churches, etc. is called > "the 7.5 minute series", the 7 1/2 minutes being the "amount" of the > coordinates east to west and north to south. In scale 1" equals 2000 feet. > For example if you want to cover all of Screven County its about 8 or so > maps. You may not want them all. They have names like Sylvania North > Quadrange, Sylvania South Quadrangle, Hunter's Quadrangle, Brier Creek > Landing Quadrangle, Jacksonboro Bridge Quadrangle, etc. And you order them > just like that; i. e. specifying the names of the quadrangles. The "master" > map with the quadrangles on it locates topographical features, roads, rivers, > etc. so its not likely you will order more than you need if you have a fairly > good fix on where you are looking. > > In a couple of weeks you should get the ordering material from Denver and > then after you order its about another 3 to 4 weeks for delivery as I recall. > > I haven't done this drill in the last 3 or 4 years so if anyone knows if the > procedure is changed please hop in and correct. Hope this helps you. > > John M. Poythress > > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > >