Thanks so much for the info Sincerely Brenda

I am appealing for help! I have been trying to sort out folks with the surname of Waters who lived in the Screven/Bulloch area. I wonder if anyone can help with the following marriages. I believe most of these were Screven marriages. 1843 William G. Waters m. Miriam Evans 1849 William F. Waters m. Ann Hunter 1849 Mary Ann Waters m. John C. Evans 1851 Lucretia Waters m. Benjamin R. Lee 1853 Lucinda Waters m. Francis Wilson 1856 Sarah Waters m. Joseph B. Lee 1856 Susan Waters m. Williams Ambers 1857 Matilda A. Waters m. George Jeffers 1858 Mary Waters m. Henry Sasser 1859 James W. Waters m. Amanda L. Usher no date Sarah Waters m. Abisha Bazemore I believe many of the above Waterses to be children of Isaac, Jr. or John, Jr who both were sons of Isaac Waters, Sr. who died in 1828 in Bulloch. John, Jr. died about 1841 in Screven and Isaac, Jr. disappeared from the Screven records a couple of years later. All information about these marriages is welcomed ! Likewise, so would information about other marriages of Waterses in this time period. I am sure that I have not listed them all, but I intentionally omitted those I knew were from the Michael Waters line. Jackie

Can anyone tell me what were the Methodist churches operating in the area of Ogeechee/Double Heads/Rocky Ford areas of Screven County, and where their records are today? I am particularly interested in the period 1850-1900. Also, have the records of Double Heads BAPTIST Church been microfilmed, and if so, by whom (the Ga. Archives, the Mormons). Thanks, Tom Cooper, great-great grandson of Miles Smith and Margaret Elizabeth Williams Smith, married by Thomas B. Lanier, Methodist minister, in April, 1862 in Screven County.

Alfred: Mary L. Brinson b. 19 Oct 1893, d 28 Apr 1894 Inf Dau of R. L. & E. D. Brinson b. 17 Apr 1888 no d date assume same as b. Elizabeth Sasser Smith b 1879 d 1914 Eugene Gibb Smith b 1878 d 1956 Cardell Waters b 24 July 1902 d 13 Oct 1969 Crawford A. Waters b 17 June 1877 d 16 Nov 1965 Crawford A. Waters, Jr. b 15 Dec 1927 d 27 Jan 1984 E. Jaudon Waters b 15 Dec 1927 d 27 Jan 1984 Gerald Waters B 2 oct 1929 d 24 Aug 1930 Idell Rabitsch Waters b 7 jan 1909 d 23 Apr 1964 Martha Hughes Waters b 3 June 1884 d 1 May 1944 Tommie Waters b 17 Au 1912 d 14 Dec 1981 William Arthur Waters b 1 May 1907 d 22 Oct 1982 Inf Dau of H.D. & C. Waters b 8 Sep 1878 d 8 Sept 1978 Inf Son of H. D. & C Waters b 1 May 1872 d 1 May 1872 Inf son of Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Waters b 24 June 1919 d 26 June 1919 Jane E Williamson b 14 Jan 1840 d 20 Sept 1898 Martin L. Williamson b 23 May 1838 d 24 Feb 1886 My mother was a Waters and while in Georgia I photographed the tombstones of all the Waters in the McDonald and Antioch cemeteries. If there are particular Waters you are looking for and when I get the prints back I will notify you if their names appear on any I have photographed. Regards, Harvey Knight HarvJK@aol.com

Tom, I can't think of any Methodist churches in the immediate area of these 3 communities, except for Macedonia and New Hope, which are across the Ogeechee River in Bulloch County (a lot of Screven Countians attended these churches, though). However, there is a preponderance of Baptist Churches in Ogeechee, Captola, and Rocky Ford - Wades, Red Bluff, Goloid, Union, Rocky Ford, Douglas Branch, Bay Branch, Scarboro, & Doubleheads come to mind immediately. Lastly, Alex Lee knows this area better than anyone I know. He is also part of this discussion group, and will probably read this. Also, he is a member of the congregation at Doubleheads. How about it, Alex? Hope that this helps. Happy hunting! Scottie Scott

Hi, I also have family in the double head cemetery...Please e-mail me when and if you find this information..I am looking for John A McGlohon information Thanks Brenda

Hi. I have included a copy of this post to Pat Hutcheson at the Statesboro Regional Library. They have a marvelous webpage. You can contact Pat at genealogy@mail.bulloch.public.lib.ga.us There is all sorts of information available, and if you are in the Statesboro area, only about 50 minute drive from Savannah up I16, the library is a wonderful genealogical resource! Pat is a dream, too. Just email her, and she will give you all the lowdown. Included in their list of books, publications for sale include all kinds of cemetary info, census info, superior court records, newspaper records from the Bulloch Herald, etc. Carole gdrexel1@airmail.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Cathy Pierce <cathyp@tampabay.rr.com> To: Gregory Drexel <gdrexel1@airmail.net> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] books published by Sylvania Telephone > Do you know if these publication about Statesboro are still available? If > so, where can we purchase them? What kind of info do they contain? > Thank you for this new info. > Cathy Roberts Pierce > cathyp@tampabay.rr.com > Researching Roberts, Stavely, Hall, Kent, Bennett, Ogelsby, Phipps, Goddard, > Kirby, Robles. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gregory Drexel <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:22 PM > Subject: [GASCREVE] books published by Sylvania Telephone > > > > Does anyone know if the Sylvania Telephone has ever published some sort of > recollections of their newspaper? What brought this to mind is the > publication by the Statesboro Herald 'Spirit of A People' and 'Statesboro, > 1866-1966...A Century of Progress'. > > At the Statesboro Library I found copies that Miss Bertha Freeman compiled > and gave to the Statesboro Library about things that Dixon Hollingsworth and > his family had sent out for Christmas cards for lack of a better > description...with a vast amount of information regarding early Screven and > surrounding areas. Did any of these ever make it into a publication? > > Carole Farr Drexel > > gdrexel1@airmail.net > > HAPPY EASTER. HE IS RISEN! > > > > > > >

Harvey, I would like to prevail upon your kind offer and request information on the following names. Brinson 2 Smith 2 Waters 12 Williamson 2 Thanking you in advance for your help. Alfred.

List members: To save everyone time, I am typing the surnames of people buried in the Little Horse Creek Cemetery. The number next to it is how many different people there are by that name there. ARTHUR 2 BOATWRIGHT 3 BOLTON 1 BONNELL 1 BRAGG 10 BRINSON 2 BUNCH 3 BURKE 6 CAIL 1 CHANCE 2 CHISOLM 1 CLAYTON 5 CLEMENTS 4 COWART 1 CROSBY 1 CUBBEDGE 5 DIXON 7 EASTMEAD 2 EDENFIELD 33 EDWARDS 1 ELLISON 1 FREEMAN 6 GAUDILL 1 GRACEN 3 GRAY 1 GRIFFIN 2 GROOMS 10 GROVER 1 HENDERSON 1 HILLIS 3 HOKS 2 HURST 1 HYRNE 2 JEFFERS 1 JOYNER 1 LANE 1 LANIER 1 LARISCY 13 LAWSON 1 LEE 34 LEWIS 2 LYNN 8 MARKEY 1 MCGLOHON 1 MIKELL 1 MILLER 24 NEIDLINGER 3 NEWTON 1 OGLESBY 1 PARKER 109 PEEL 15 PENNDORE 2 PIERCE 10 PIKE 1 RACKLEY 7 RHODES 2 RIMES 2 RODKEY 1 ROSIER 4 SASSER 98 SMITH 2 STROOS 1 TAYLOR 2 TYRUS 1 USHER 7 WATERS 12 WEBSTER 1 WEEKS 2 WEST 1 WHATLEY 3 WILLIAMS 7 WILLIAMSON 2 WILSON 1 WOODCOCK 3 ZIEGLER 3 There are 8 graves with either no marker or the markers are unreadable. If anyone wants information on any of the above name please let me know. Harvey Knight HarvJK@aol.com

Agnes: Sorry, none. Sometime this week I'll type up all last names that are on the list and submit it to save everyone a lot of time. Harvey

Did any ROOKS people appear on the Cemetery list? Agnes

This is an update to let everyone know that my cookbook is coming along nicely. I've received many delicious recipes, some genealogy, history, stories, a few photos, etc. from many wonderful people. Thanks to all of you, I think this will be a really nice book. It will be more than a "recipe" book, which was my aim. Of course, I've added my own personal touches that I hope will be of interest to everyone. The book will have at least 200 recipes. I don't know exactly how many pages at this point in time, but a rough guess would be 200 pages or more. I am still accepting recipes and whatever anyone would care to contribute to my book. You may email or snail mail them to me. I am hoping to get it together and send it to the publisher within the next few weeks. The publisher will typeset it, send it back to me for proofreading and I'll send it back to them to be printed. All of this could take 4-6 months. I am now accepting payment for my cookbook. For those who have already reserved books, please send payment to me at the address listed below. For those who have patiently been waiting for me to begin taking orders, you may send payment along with your orders to the address listed below, also. Check or money order, please. NO CASH. The cost per book is $ 9.95 plus $ 3.80 for postage making a total of $ 13.75. Please do NOT reply to the list. Reply to me PRIVAYELY at DLizgerlits@aol.com. Thank you and Happy Easter! Liz Gerlits 2736 Dovewood St. NE Palm Bay, FL 32905 (321) 723-0939

I just came back from Screven County and took pictures of the headstones of the McGlohon's. Thanks so much for the help. Sincerely Brenda Cohen

For you that are researching Burke County,our library has a new book(to us) titled Burke County Folks 1882-1900. The events in their lives as published in the "The True Citizen". compiled by Jo Goodson,183 Knight Road, Waynesboro, Ga. 30830. Copyright 1998. I saw a lot of the surnames that are in Screven Co. Check your library.Margaret

Does anyone know if the Sylvania Telephone has ever published some sort of recollections of their newspaper? What brought this to mind is the publication by the Statesboro Herald 'Spirit of A People' and 'Statesboro, 1866-1966...A Century of Progress'. At the Statesboro Library I found copies that Miss Bertha Freeman compiled and gave to the Statesboro Library about things that Dixon Hollingsworth and his family had sent out for Christmas cards for lack of a better description...with a vast amount of information regarding early Screven and surrounding areas. Did any of these ever make it into a publication? Carole Farr Drexel gdrexel1@airmail.net HAPPY EASTER. HE IS RISEN!

Hi list. I have a question. Does anyone know if, in Screven County, c. 1810-1880 there was a horse racetrack? And if the Livingston, Hobby, Henderson families were into racing or raising horses? Is there a connection between the Livingston family c. 1700's in New Jersey (which wasn't New Jersey then)...minor point <grin>, and the Livingstons in Screven Co. that married into the Hobby and Mills families? Carole Farr Drexel gdrexel1@airmail.net

Are there any Simmons? Thanks for your offer, Sharon

Sharon: Sorry. None. Harvey

Hi All, First time posting to the list... While the majority of my family seems to have come from Early and Decatur Counties, there have been a few scattered family members near Jenkins. I've been trying to find the grave of my great, great grandfather (who I believed may have died in the late 1880's). Someone told me about a McCoy family cemetery in Screven. Does anyone have a survey of this cemetery, know where it's located or if there's a church associated with it I might write to. Thanks for any help! Patricia Parker I'm researching the following surnames: Layton, Strickland, McCormick, McCoy, Parker, Tharp, Birch. Concentration is in the South - North Carolina, Georgia, Florida.

Has anyone here heard of the Old Lovett Graveyard or Hannon Graveyard?Is there another name for them? Vrtreena R. Jenkins Researching Jenkins, Ruffin, Mathis, Pheasant, Thomas, Hurst, Burke, Herrington, Powell, Mickens, Cox, and White.