Taliaferro-Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Moore, John T. December 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mikki Martin MikandTim@Knology.net February 7, 2006, 11:02 am The Advpcate-Democrat, Fri, 14 Dec 1973, front page, col 2 LAST RITES FOR JOHN T. MOORE John T. Moore, 69, died at his residence in Sharon last week. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternnon at 1:30 P. M. in the M. W. Callaway and Sons Memorial Chapel in Crawfordville with the Rev. Floyd Jenkins officiating. Burial was at 3:30 P. M. in Westover Memorial Park Augusta, with the Rev. Robert Wade officiating. He was a native of Taliaferro County and had lived in Augusta for 30 years. He was employed by the Georgia Railroad and Smith stockyards. He was a member of the Hill Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Maude Wright Moore and Henry T. Moore. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Nancy Moore Taylor of Lithonia and Mrs. Kathryn Moore Duham of Conyers. The pallbearers were Jack Pittman, Pat Darden, George Darden, Richard Flynt, Moore Pittman and Hoke Flynt. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/m/moore3814gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb

Taliaferro-Baldwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dunn, Cinnie Belle December 3, 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mikki Martin MikandTim@Knology.net February 6, 2006, 9:07 pm The Advocate-Democrat, Friday, 14 Dec 1973, front page, col 2 LAST RITES FOR MISS DUNN Miss Cinnie Belle Dunn, aged 76, died in a Milledgeville hospital Monday, December 3rd. She was a native of Taliaferro County but had lived in Milledgeville for the past 40 years. She was the daughter of the late J. W. Dunn and the late Leila Bongan (sic Morgan)Dunn. She was a member of the Margaret's Grove Baptist church. Funeral services were on Wednesday at the Crawfordville City Cemetery with Rev. John King officiating. Pallbearers were Chandler Almand, Michael Almond, Stephen Almand, Raymond Lunsford, Mell Swann and Billy Coile. Survivors include three nieces, Mrs. Chandler Almond, of Athens, Mrs. Mell Swann of Union Point, and Mrs. Raymond Lunsford, of Washington, two nephews, Felton Ogletree of Augusta and Earl Ogletree of Wichita, Kansas. Additional Comments: Note on the pallbearers that Almand was spelled two ways. Cinnie Belle Dunn was born in Taliaferro Co on 11 Nov 1897 to James W. "Jim" & Leila A. MORGAN DUNN. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/d/dunn3813gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Taliaferro-Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lavender, Estella V Rhodes June 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Saturday http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002583 January 28, 2006, 1:23 pm Advocate Democrat Sharon, Georgia., June 1954. Mrs. Stella Lavender,84, daughter of Thomas James Rhodes and Carolyn V. Flynt died at the Washington Georgia Hospital. On December 13, 1892, she married C William Lavender a native of Taliaferro County, who preceded her in death on May 02, 1940. Funeral services was conducted at the Sandy Cross Methodist Church and burial was in the church cemetery. The Rev. Louis Davis officated. Of this union there were five children who survive them. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/l/lavender3788gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Taliaferro-Jackson-Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries..... Fouche, Hobson Wesley November 21, 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Saturday http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002583 January 28, 2006, 12:14 pm Advocate Democrat After several month of ill health and much intense suffering, Hobson Wesley Fouche, well known resident of Crawfordville, passed away unexpectedly last Saturday, Nov 21st about noon at his home. Only a few weeks ago he under went a very serius operation and had apparently been relieved of considerable suffering by the operation. Mr. Fouche was widely known and by his genial and likeable personality he made many friends whenever he went in the discharge of his duties. In recent years he had been employed by the State Highway Department in a supervisory capacity and his employers regarded him very highly. Hobson Wesley Fouche was a native of Center, Jackson County, Georgia, the son of Lewis Underwood Fouche and Lucinda Potts Fouche, with whom he came to this county to live in 1918. On Nov. 19th, 1919, he married to Miss Sallie Livie Taylor, a native of Taliaferro County, who preceded him in death in 1934. Of this union there were six children who survive him. On January 8, 1939 he wed Miss Alberta Calwell, also a native and life long resident of the County, who survices him. His funeral, at 3:30 P.M. Sunday, November 22, 1969. was conducted at the Crawfordville Presbyterian Church of which he had been a member for many years. The pastor was in charge of the funeral rites. Interment was in the family lot in the Crawfordville Cemetery with the following friends acting as pallbearers: David Alva Lyle, Harold Frazier Richards, Homer N. Jordan, Harold Holden Kendrick, Holk Ogletree, and Owens Vinson Lunceford. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/f/fouche3787gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb

Taliaferro County GaArchives Military Records.....Pensioners Census 1840 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002467 January 26, 2006, 6:44 pm Pensioners Census Census of Pensioners 1840 Names of pensioners for Ages Names of heads of families with whom revolutionary or pensioners resided June I, 1840 military services. TALIAFERRO COUNTY Thomas McCormack - 90 Thomas McCormack Richard King - 88 Richard.King William Evans - - 98 William Evans Henry Stewart - - 81 Henry Stewart Additional Comments: A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with their Names, Ages and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives (1841) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/military/revwar/pensions/pensione93nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Taliaferro-Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gee, Charles William August 26, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Saturday http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002583 January 25, 2006, 10:41 am Advocate Democrat Mr. C. W. Gee, age 86, passed away in a Milledgeville hospital on Thursday, August 26, after a brief illness. Prominent in the business life of Taliaferro for more than 57 years, the death of few citizens brought deeper sorrow to the people of this county. He retired from the business would in 1946. His wife was the fomer Miss Lena Rhodes, who preceded him in death five months ago. Mr. Gee was an active, faithful and devoted member of the Crawfordville Presyterian Church. He had served as an Elder of the Church for many years and Superintendent of the Sunday School for 54 years. He was a regular attendant at all of its services as long as he was able. Funeral service for Mr. Gee were held on Friday afternoon at 4:00 with the Rev. Vernon A. Crawford of Milledgeville officiating. Interment was in the family lot in the city cemetery by the side of his wife. Additional Comments: Mr. Gee was the son of Charles William Gee and Mary Caroline Bowman. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/g/gee3737gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Taliaferro-Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Gee, Lena Rhodes 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Saturday http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002583 January 25, 2006, 9:40 am Advocate Democrat Mrs C. W. Gee, 86 years old died Monday at 1:30 o'clock at her home here following a long illness. Mrs. Gee was the former Miss Lena Rhodes daughter of the late Dr. William Rhodes and Mrs. Martha Bickers Rhodes, a prominent and outstanding family of this section. On July 1, 1891 she was married to Charles William Gee, born June 08, 1868. In 1941 Mr. and Mrs Gee celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary. She was one of Crawfordville's oldest citizens, and greatly beloved by host of friends and relatives here. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the Crawfordville Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 by her pastor, Rev. Richard A. Dodd, assisted by Rev. Frank Alexander of Milledgeville. Interment was in the family lot in the city cemetery. Additional Comments: Children of Mr. and Mrs. Gee: Mrs. E. T. Portwood (Martha Stephens Gee), Mrs. Rem Blanchard Edwards (Caroline Estelle Gee), Mrs. Robert Russell Gunn (Mary Emma Gee), and Mrs. Miles T. Nash (Claude Margaret Gee). File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/g/gee3736gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Hi Mikki. Thanks very much for posting the article about the marriage of my grandparents, W. C. Taylor and Sarah "Sallie" Darracott. I thought it very interesting to note that the marriage was performed by Rev. F. T. Simpson of Wilkes Co. Rev. Simpson's grandmother, Mary (Darracott) Wingfield, and Sallie Darracott's grandfather, James B. Darracott, were sister and brother. Rev. Franklin T. Simpson was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1862. Thanks again. Rhoda

Taliaferro-Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Beazley, Fannie Mae Lunceford 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Saturday http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00011.html#0002583 January 21, 2006, 12:41 pm Adovocate Democrat Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Mae Lunceford Beazley, 73, who died in Augusta was buried at Carter's Grove Church. Burial Will be in the Church cemetery. The Rev. R. L. Duke officiated. Additional Comments: Fannie Mae, married on Feb. 28, 1909 to Frank C. Beazley, son of Walter Alfred Beazley and Queen Flucker. Fannie Mae was the daughter of George Washington Lunceford and Ellie Rachel Norman. All can be found in the Carter Grove Cemetery. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/b/beazley3707gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Taliaferro County GaArchives Obituaries.....EDWARDS, Stella PORTWOOD August 1, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mikki Martin MikandTim@Knology.net January 19, 2006, 7:02 pm The Advocate-Democrat, Aug 3, 1917, page 2, column 5 MRS. T. H. EDWARDS HAS PASSED AWAY The many friends of Mrs. T. H. Edwards were made sad Thursday morning by the news of her death, which occurred Wednesday night. Mrs. Edwards had been sick for several months, and it had been known for some time that the end was near. Yet her death was a sad blow to her family and friends. The deceesed (sic) was a consistent member of the Baptist church, a good neighbor and friend and will be sadly missed from the community in which she had lived. Of the immediate family, Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, six children and several brothers and sisters, all of whom have the hearfelt sympathy of everyone in their said bereavement. The interment occurred Thursday afternoon in the family burying ground near her home. Rev. George C. Steed officiated. Additional Comments: Stella PORTWOOD - w/o Thomas Henry EDWARDS She was born on 20 Jul 1872 & died 1 Aug 1917. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/e/edwards3699gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Richmond-Taliaferro County GaArchives Obituaries.....BEAZLEY, Maude Olivie JORDAN November 22, 1956 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mikki Martin MikandTim@Knology.net January 16, 2006, 5:15 pm "The Augusta Chronicle," Friday, 23 Nov 1956, page 2, column 1 Mrs. W. E. BEAZLEY Mrs. Maude Olivie Jordan Beazley of 2350 Washington Rd., wife of the late William E. Beazley, died at her home yesterday at 10 a.m. after an illness of two weeks. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Platt's Chapel. Dr. R. J. Robinson officiating. Interment will be at Westover Memorial Park. Mrs. Beazley was a native of Crawfordville, Ga., and lived in Augusta 42 years. She was the daughter of the late C. U. Jordan and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Jordan of Crawfordville. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Raymond Edward Beazley of Augusta; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth B. Brown of Swainsboro, GA, two sisters, Mrs. O. M. Jackson of Winder, Ga., and Mrs. Billy Deremus of Atlanta; four grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be H. Dan Brown, H. M. Cooper, L. O. Beazley, Zack Ware, Charles Rhodes and Roy Scott. The body will be at the funeral home. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/richmond/obits/b/beazley3688gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

Hi Jason. After Rem's great information about Robert S. Burch being a law partner of Alexander H. Stephens, I did a search and came up with the two articles below. I think the date of the second article might help prove that her gr. grandmother was born in Taliaferro Co., probably in Crawfordville. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel Saturday Morning, January 30 1841 STEPHENS & BURCH Attorneys At Law Crawfordville, Geo. Will practice in the counties of Taliaferro, Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Warren, Elbert and Lincoln. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS ROBERT S. BURCH Jan 14-ly The following article seems to show that this partnership must have split up at some point before January 1845. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel Saturday Morning, January 4, 1845 LAW NOTICE - ROBERT S. BURCH will attend punctually to any professional business entrusted with him in the counties of Taliaferro, Hancock, Warren, Wilkes, Lincoln, Oglethorpe and Greene. Crawfordville, Jan. 17, 1844. Note: there is some confusion re: this second article. The date it appeared in the paper is Jan. 4, 1845 but the last line of the article shows Jan. 17, 1844. I checked for an article that might have appeared on the 1844 date, but did not come up with one. Hope this helps some. Rhoda

To those interested in Robert Burch: In his book titled ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS OF GEORGIA, which I highly recommend to all who have Taliaferro county roots, Thomas E. Schott makes the following two references to Robert Burch: "It (Stephens' reputation) was secure enough by 1841 for him to forego running for reelection. His law business demanded much of his time, and even the partner he had taken on in 1839, Robert Burch, failed to relieve the burden. But Stephens was prospering." (p. 44) In writing about Gov. Joseph E. Brown of Georgia, Schott says: "Opinions on the man varied greatly, and Stephens received them from both ends of the spectrum. From Linton came glowing reports of Brown's speaking abilities and fine personal character. Bob Burch, Stephens' old law partner, knew Brown better. He could not vote for him, he told Stephens. Not only did Brown lack "open candor and untarnished character for fairness in the transactions of this life (including POLITICS)," but he was also "a complete demagogue." (p. 234) The citation here is to letters from Burch to Stephens in STEPHENS PAPERS. I hope this sheds some light on their relations for you. Rem B. Edwards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie O. Perkins" <julieoperkins@charter.net> To: <GATALIAF-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:49 PM Subject: RE: Robert Simms Burch |I am 'sideways' kin to this family. Robert Simms Burch married Martha Speer | REID who was a sister to my ancestor, Sarah Williams Reid. Martha and | Sallie were daughters of James and Rebecca (Duke) Reid. My Sallie married | James Kennon COTTEN, son of George COTTEN and his second wife, Rebecca | Pennington, of Warren County. Robert Simms and Martha Reid Burch eventually | settled in Coweta County where I now live and, as a lookup volunteer for | Coweta, I could probably help find info on Robert S. and Martha Reid Burch. | I do know that the local history book has a picture of them in it which I | could scan and send. I'd be glad to correspond with anyone researching, even | collaterally, the Reid or Cotten lines. | | Julie O'Neil Perkins | | | | -----Original Message----- | From: Jason Ferguson [mailto:fergusonjason@gmail.com] | Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:30 PM | To: GATALIAF-L@rootsweb.com | Subject: Fwd: Robert Simms Burch | | | Got this inquiry, and as usual I need better minds than my own to | answer it (brain cells are the victim of two young kids and another | one on the way...) | | Any way to tell if this gentleman practiced with Stephens? | | Jason | | ---------- Forwarded message ---------- | From: Jenny Cummins <jennycummins@gmail.com> | Date: Jan 9, 2006 6:41 PM | Subject: robert simms burch | To: fergusonjason@gmail.com | | | | | | Dear Jason, | | I am taking a year long genealogy course at the University of | Washington here in Seattle an am researching my great-great | grandfather, Robert Simms BURCH, as well as his daughter, Isora Burch | HARDAWAY. In the 1840 census, Robert S. Burch is listed as living in | District 601, Taliaferro County, GA. Family lore has it that he | studied law with Alexander Stephens in Crawfordville, GA before the | war. My great grandmother was born in 1844, perhaps in Crawfordville, | GA as well. I would be very grateful if you could point me in any | direction to see if I could find out the truth of the family lore or | to find out where my g-grandmother was born. | | Feel free to respond to this email: jennycummins@gmail.com | | Sincerely, | Jenny F. Cummins | | | ============================== | Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. | Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx | -- | No virus found in this incoming message. | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006 | | -- | No virus found in this outgoing message. | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.16/225 - Release Date: 1/9/2006 | | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx | |

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~felicia/servicefr/index.htm Springfield Baptist Church has a web page. You probably recall when we were talking on this list about Springfield Baptist Church. You'll be happy to know that they now have a web page. Be sure to visit the page--- this church has a cemetery as well. Virginia Crilley

Hi Group, The descendants of Etheldred Edwards have announced a light cleaning of the Cemetery our ancestors are buried in Taliaferro County and wonder if you may can help out at our first cemetery work day this coming Sunday, Jan. 15. I know this is a Sunday and many of you can not come but I need to know who will commit to this day. Some are even dropping in after Church. If you can not work but know someone in the family that might, please ask them. Send this request on to anyone who would be willing to help. If you can not work but would be willing to bring out some refreshments and cheer that would be great. We could are planning to meet at the Lyneville Rd. about 10 AM with shovels, saws, machetes, gloves and any other equipment you feel would help. Bandages and first aid equipment might also be a good thing to have on hand. Remember their are no restaurants near so bring a sack lunch. Please get back with me as quickly as possible so we can sort out the work load. We need all we can get. Even a small group is coming out of Alabama descended from George Lee Bird come out and meet us all. Thanks family friends and love ones of the family anyone that loves research and want to bring out even a small hand. It will be greatly received.

I am 'sideways' kin to this family. Robert Simms Burch married Martha Speer REID who was a sister to my ancestor, Sarah Williams Reid. Martha and Sallie were daughters of James and Rebecca (Duke) Reid. My Sallie married James Kennon COTTEN, son of George COTTEN and his second wife, Rebecca Pennington, of Warren County. Robert Simms and Martha Reid Burch eventually settled in Coweta County where I now live and, as a lookup volunteer for Coweta, I could probably help find info on Robert S. and Martha Reid Burch. I do know that the local history book has a picture of them in it which I could scan and send. I'd be glad to correspond with anyone researching, even collaterally, the Reid or Cotten lines. Julie O'Neil Perkins -----Original Message----- From: Jason Ferguson [mailto:fergusonjason@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:30 PM To: GATALIAF-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fwd: Robert Simms Burch Got this inquiry, and as usual I need better minds than my own to answer it (brain cells are the victim of two young kids and another one on the way...) Any way to tell if this gentleman practiced with Stephens? Jason ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jenny Cummins <jennycummins@gmail.com> Date: Jan 9, 2006 6:41 PM Subject: robert simms burch To: fergusonjason@gmail.com Dear Jason, I am taking a year long genealogy course at the University of Washington here in Seattle an am researching my great-great grandfather, Robert Simms BURCH, as well as his daughter, Isora Burch HARDAWAY. In the 1840 census, Robert S. Burch is listed as living in District 601, Taliaferro County, GA. Family lore has it that he studied law with Alexander Stephens in Crawfordville, GA before the war. My great grandmother was born in 1844, perhaps in Crawfordville, GA as well. I would be very grateful if you could point me in any direction to see if I could find out the truth of the family lore or to find out where my g-grandmother was born. Feel free to respond to this email: jennycummins@gmail.com Sincerely, Jenny F. Cummins ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.16/225 - Release Date: 1/9/2006

Got this inquiry, and as usual I need better minds than my own to answer it (brain cells are the victim of two young kids and another one on the way...) Any way to tell if this gentleman practiced with Stephens? Jason ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jenny Cummins <jennycummins@gmail.com> Date: Jan 9, 2006 6:41 PM Subject: robert simms burch To: fergusonjason@gmail.com Dear Jason, I am taking a year long genealogy course at the University of Washington here in Seattle an am researching my great-great grandfather, Robert Simms BURCH, as well as his daughter, Isora Burch HARDAWAY. In the 1840 census, Robert S. Burch is listed as living in District 601, Taliaferro County, GA. Family lore has it that he studied law with Alexander Stephens in Crawfordville, GA before the war. My great grandmother was born in 1844, perhaps in Crawfordville, GA as well. I would be very grateful if you could point me in any direction to see if I could find out the truth of the family lore or to find out where my g-grandmother was born. Feel free to respond to this email: jennycummins@gmail.com Sincerely, Jenny F. Cummins

Taliaferro County GaArchives Biographies.....Allen, John Thomas March 23, 1823 - July 19, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Rhoda Taylor Fone http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00012.html#0002953 January 8, 2006, 5:42 pm Author: Rhoda Taylor Fone JOHN THOMAS ALLEN was born March 23, 1823 and died July 19, 1893, Taliaferro Co., GA. He was married Nov. 21, 1844 to Susan M. Chapman (Taliaferro Co., GA Mar. Bk. A, p. 172). She was born July 14, 1820, died Dec. 16, 1907, Taliaferro Co.; daughter of John Chapman and his second wife, Hepzibah “Sue” King. John and Susan are both buried at Crawfordville Baptist Cemetery. During the War Between the States, he was a private in Company D., State Guard Cavalry Unit (Tilly's Rangers). He is seen in Taliaferro Co. records as a member and trustee of Juniper Division No. 89, Sons of Temperance. Some others found mentioned with him as members were John Chapman, Samuel W. Chapman, Absalom Rhodes and Joseph D. Hammack. The Sons of Temperance was a Protestant "fraternal Order" which was formed in the early 1840s and spread very quickly throughout the United States. It continued until sometime after the War Between the States. Children: I. MARY ANN ALLEN, daughter of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born 1846, died 1928. Apparently never married. II. JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born Sept. 1847, died 1907, Taliaferro Co. Married Dec. 18, 1873, Wilkes Co., to Martha E. Hackney. Children: of John W. and Martha Allen: (1) Anton John Allen, born March 3, 1877, Taliaferro Co., GA, died Jan. 24, 1946. Married Sept. 1, 1919, to Janet Inez Allen, Taliaferro Co. (2) Samuel H. Allen. (3) Walter H. Allen, born 1875, died 1938. Married June 15, 1905, Taliaferro Co. to his cousin, Sallie Lou Allen, daughter of Nathan A. and Margaret O. (Harrison) Allen. (4) Susan Katherine “Katie” Allen, born May 1879. Married Dec. 18, 1904 to William E. Stewart. III. NATHAN A. ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born June 12, 1852, Taliaferro Co., died July 4, 1927, Taliaferro Co. Married Dec. 17, 1874, Taliaferro Co., to Margaret Ophelia Harrison, born Nov. 4, 1855, died February 27, 1925, daughter of Joseph Thomas Harrison and Sarah Ann Darracott. Nathan and his wife are both buried in Crawfordville Baptist Cemetery. Children of Nathan & Ophelia (Harrison) Allen: (1) Beulah Allen, born Sept. 18, 1875, Taliaferro Co., died January 26, 1978 at the age of 102 in a nursing home in Jefferson County, GA. She was married about 1890-91 to Charlie Clemmie Chapman, son of Thomas Lyne Chapman and Susan E. Rhodes. Charlie was born June 17, 1871 in Taliaferro County, died November 21, 1938 in Hancock Co., GA. (2) Eva Allen, born June 10, 1879 (1900 census says July), died April 28, 1940. Married Aug. 15, 1894, Taliaferro Co., to Lee Hill. (3) Sallie Lou Allen, born April 1880, died October 2, 1956. Married her cousin, Walter H. Allen (see above). (4) James G.(?) Allen, born Nov. 1883. (No further info.) (5) Susie E. Allen, born March 1885, died Sept. 5, 1957. Married Nov. 30, 1913, Taliaferro Co., to Hiram F. Nelson. (6) Ida L. Allen, born Aug(?) 1890, died February 21, 1923. Married Dec. 18, 1912, Taliaferro Co., to Roy Smith Jones. (7) John T. Allen, born July 1894. IV. VINCENT S. ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born Oct. 1855, died April 21, 1939. Married Dec. 4, 1879, Taliaferro Co., to Nancy Cox, born June 1854, died Oct. 12, 1927. In the 1900 census, it shows that Nancy had given birth to 5 children and three were living. The 1910 census shows Nancy having 5 children with one living (Janet). Known children of Vincent and Nancy (Cox) Allen: (1) Pearl Allen, born Sept. 1880, died 1903. Married Jan. 7, 1900, Wilkes Co., to William A. Poss. The had one son, Percy Allen. Pearl is buried in the Thomas Nash Cemetery in Wilkes County. (2) Mary M. Allen, born July 1882, died July 1904. Married Jan. 7, 1900, Wilkes Co., to Edward Nash Poss. They had one daughter, Maggie M. Poss, (born ca. 1903), living with her grandfather, Vincent Allen, in 1910 and 1920. (3) Jeanette (Janet) Inez Allen, born April 1886, died 1958. Married her cousin, Anton J. Allen, son of John W. & Martha Allen (see above). V. HENRY M. ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born April 1868, died February 14, 1946, Taliaferro Co. Married Sept. 14, 1892, Taliaferro Co., to Bessie E. Gunn, daughter of John Ross Gunn and Mary Jane Cox. Bessie was born Nov. 1870, died 1959. They had no children. SOURCES: Taliaferro Co., GA Census Records Wilkes Co., GA Census Records Taliaferro Co., GA Marriage Records Wilkes Co., GA Marriage Records Tombstone Inscriptions Abstract of Will of John W. Allen, Taliaferro Co. Will Rec. B, p. 305. Abstract of Will of Vincent S. Allen, Taliaferro Co., Will Rec. C, Page 106. Obituary of Beulah (Allen) Chapman Taliaferro Co., Georgia Records and Notes, by Alvin Mell Lunceford, Jr. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/bios/allen866gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.6 Kb

Taliaferro County GaArchives Obituaries.....HALL, Tommie April 7, 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mikki Martin MikandTim@Knology.net January 7, 2006, 2:13 pm "The Democrat," Crawfordville, GA, Fri, 18 Apr 1879, page 3, col 2 We regret to learn that Tommie, little son of Mr. Hall, who moved from our vicinity last fall, died at his father's, near Fountain Campground, Monday, April 7th. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/h/hall3409gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Taliaferro-Wilkes County GaArchives Obituaries.....COSBY, Melissa Ann H. FALLIN April 11, 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mikki Martin MikandTim@Knology.net January 7, 2006, 2:09 pm "The Democrat," Crawfordville, GA, Fri, 18 Apr 1879, page 3, col 2 Mrs. Cosby, wife of Mr. James Cosby, died in Wilkes county, Friday, 11th of April, and was buried at Raytown. Mr. Cosby moved from this neighborhood with his family last fall. Additional Comments: Melissa Ann H. Fallin was born in 1840. She first wed William H. RHODES on 19 July 1855 in Taliaferro Co. Her second husband was James S. COSBY, whom she wed on 15 Feb 1866 in Taliaferro Co. Melissa was laid to rest at Raytown Baptist Church Cemetery, Raytown, Taliaferro Co, GA. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/taliaferro/obits/c/cosby3408gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb