Hello all, I have written out two notes & "lost" them before I could get them sent to the Troup Co. list. I've been looking through my line of TRAYLORS, but didn't immediately see a connection. Does this look familiar to anyone? I have a Josephine TRAYLOR who was married to Micajah HARRIS about 1852 in Randolph Co. (probably). They had 3 children and were divorced about 1865. Josephine then married William Bailey Gosdin and they had 2 children. Son of Josephine TRAYLOR and Micajah HARRIS was William Marshall HARRIS, born 1860, who married M. Eliza Brown. Hilda, enjoying all your posts! Thanks for sharing! You are doing a great job! Barbara

I want to say thank you to all of you who have been placing some great posts. I hope you are finding some answers to your questions, and making some good connections. I have been talking to some other list owners, and have heard some horror stories about different things that happened on their list. After talking to them and careful consideration I have decided to make a few changes in the way people subscribe to our list. Since starting the list, I have made repeated attempts to get everyone to participate, but there are still a few who have not done so. I have already changed the setup to no one else will be able to subscribe themselves. If any of you have someone that you would like to join, please send an email to the list and tell us about them and I will mannually subscribe them and send them a welcome message about us instead of the generic one that automatically goes out. If any of you have experienced any problems please notify me immediately so that the matter can be investigated and resolved without further delay. These changes are not to offend anyone but to protect you. Happy Hunting Hilda

Thanks for the information. How do I get to the board? Rene

In a message dated 98-09-10 08:17:46 EDT, you write: << Carole, I was looking through another book today and it made references to Henry Rogers architect. Could this be yours also. Hilda >> HILDA, as far as I know HENRY ROGERS was probably capable of being an architect. He was a rennaissance man on a small scale. His dates are (1787-1835). Wish I could get to La Grange to see the ROGERS Family Cemetary because I had heard his father might be buried there...if so, wouldn't he qualify as an early pioneer in Troup County? I have found LOTS of ROGERS but HENRY is the only one I have seen anywhere, so if the dates match up I would tend to think he might have been the architect. Thanks for looking, Carole

In a message dated 98-09-10 08:17:46 EDT, you write: << Carole, I was looking through another book today and it made references to Henry Rogers architect. Could this be yours also. Hilda >> HILDA, as far as I know HENRY ROGERS was probably capable of being an architect. He was a rennaissance man on a small scale. His dates are (1787-1835). Wish I could get to La Grange to see the ROGERS Family Cemetary because I had heard his father might be buried there...if so, wouldn't he qualify as an early pioneer in Troup County? I have found LOTS of ROGERS but HENRY is the only one I have seen anywhere, so if the dates match up I would tend to think he might have been the architect. Thanks for looking, Carole

Rene Have you looked in Clay County Alabama. There are a lot of Hardin and Dodsons there. They have a board called Ran-Clay, it's a good one. Quite a few families moved back and forth between Alabama and Georgia. Nice to have you on our list. Hilda At 10:03 PM 9/9/98 EDT, you wrote: >I don't know if you can help me - but here's my problem. > >I am looking for a Hardin family that I believe to have been in the Troup Co. >area. My ancestor, Lorenzo Hardin was born in 1827. He shows up in the 1850 >Meriwether Co. census in the home of a James Shepard as a coachmaker. He >married Martha Dodson the daughter of Lott Dodson, has three children, Sarie, >Augustus and Margaret and dies before Aug. 1859. > >There were three Hardin families in Troup Co. in 1830 (I am of course looking >in Troup since that's what Meriwether came from), Adam, John and William. Is >anyone working on these families who can say yea or nay to whether any of >these folks had a Lorenzo born 1827? > >Thanks, > >Rene > > >==== GATROUP Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the GATROUP list, use GATROUP-L-request @rootsweb.com. Use GATROUP-L@rootsweb.com to write to the GATROUP list. Use r instead of l for the GATROUP digest subscribe or unsubscribe. > > >

Hi Rita and Welcome Great Post, I hope you make some connections, here. One more question and I promise to be quiet. Are any of you having trouble posting to the board. I am getting notices and several messages returned. Anyone else having problems? The quiet person

Hi everybody and welcome to our new members. Great news for you today, I am not going to post anything. Do have a question for all of you. WHO HAS THE OLDEST ANCESTOR FROM TROUP COUNTY? To our new members we have several today. Please post a brief message and tell us who you are searching. I am working on a reference list for us, but some of us forgot to sign our post. When you respond to who has the oldest, pease give me an initial or nickname to put on the list. One more question. How would you like the reference chart Name and Surname/names and post to the board, or do you want it Name Searching Surname/names and email address so that you can email back and forth. I will go with which ever answer I get the most of. I will put it in the format that I put our county list. Does anyone know how to send a past email with out having to attach it. I save most of your emails on a disk, but when I try to pull them up the only way to send them is by attachment. Thanks for your help Hilda

I don't know if you can help me - but here's my problem. I am looking for a Hardin family that I believe to have been in the Troup Co. area. My ancestor, Lorenzo Hardin was born in 1827. He shows up in the 1850 Meriwether Co. census in the home of a James Shepard as a coachmaker. He married Martha Dodson the daughter of Lott Dodson, has three children, Sarie, Augustus and Margaret and dies before Aug. 1859. There were three Hardin families in Troup Co. in 1830 (I am of course looking in Troup since that's what Meriwether came from), Adam, John and William. Is anyone working on these families who can say yea or nay to whether any of these folks had a Lorenzo born 1827? Thanks, Rene

Carole, I was looking through another book today and it made references to Henry Rogers architect. Could this be yours also. Hilda At 01:49 PM 9/9/98 EDT, you wrote: >Does anyone have connections with these two names? ROGERS/GREENWOOD? > >My ggg Uncle THOMAS B.GREENWOOD was a Judge of Inferior Court in Troup County >in 1853. His father's name was THOMAS GREENWOOD who died in 1825. My ggg >grandfather lived in Columbus and Green County. His name was ELDRIDGE SWEPSTON >GREENWOOD (1811-1866) m. JANE EMILY ROGERS who was born in TROUP Co. in 1813, >I believe. She died in 1867 in Columbus, Ga. Her FATHER was HENRY ROGERS >1787-1835 who is buried in the ROGERS Cemetary in Troup County. His wife was >ALLELUJAH LOVE (1791-1857) daughter of Col. DAVID LOVE and JEAN BLEWETT of >Greensboro. Allie is also buried in the ROGERS family Cemetary. I am trying to >find out WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF HENRY ROGERS. > >Thanks for anything, > >Carole > > >==== GATROUP Mailing List ==== >Our GATROUP List archives may be searched at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >

Hi everyone: I'm a new member, researching the Stone and Williamson families of the Randolph Co, AL and Carroll, Troup and Coweta Counties in GA. I am particularly interested in finding out about Caleb Stone, b.1836 in Randolph Co, AL, died ? in Carroll Co.?, GA. Caleb's son, my grandfather, James William (JW) Stone was b. in 1854 in Randolph Co., died 1926 in LaGrange, GA. I have very little information about my grandmother, Mary Williamson, b. 1871 in Coweta Co (Newman) and died 1927 in LaGrange. Does anyone know of a good alternative source to the Randolph Co. Court House records that were destroyed in the big fire? Thanks a lot for your help. I love to read about LaGrange and the downtown fountain. Many happy memories from long ago. Cheers, Rita

Is anyone searching for the Formby or Talley families in Troup Co. They were there @ 1835-1880. Will share info. Thanks Mary AEJA41A@prodigy.net

Does anyone have connections with these two names? ROGERS/GREENWOOD? My ggg Uncle THOMAS B.GREENWOOD was a Judge of Inferior Court in Troup County in 1853. His father's name was THOMAS GREENWOOD who died in 1825. My ggg grandfather lived in Columbus and Green County. His name was ELDRIDGE SWEPSTON GREENWOOD (1811-1866) m. JANE EMILY ROGERS who was born in TROUP Co. in 1813, I believe. She died in 1867 in Columbus, Ga. Her FATHER was HENRY ROGERS 1787-1835 who is buried in the ROGERS Cemetary in Troup County. His wife was ALLELUJAH LOVE (1791-1857) daughter of Col. DAVID LOVE and JEAN BLEWETT of Greensboro. Allie is also buried in the ROGERS family Cemetary. I am trying to find out WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF HENRY ROGERS. Thanks for anything, Carole

Suzanne, Here is the info on WILEY TRAYLOR from the Troup County Book: pg 301: Wiley Trayor b.2 Nov 1796; d 20 Aug., 1848 m. Elizabeth K. (Waller?) b 8 Apr. 1799 - d 7 Nov 1879. (Don't know anything about the other wife, Elizabeth Vardeman) Yes, Flowers is a family cemetary. There is a JAMES M. FLOWERS b. 21 July 1800; d 4 Dec 1869 m. PHILLIS E. WALLER b. 1 June 1804; d Nov. 24, 1886. FLOWERS Cemetary. (Elizabeth K. Waller is the right age to be a sister of Phillis, I guess) What do you think? Carole

Liz, Great to hear from somebody who knows ANYTHING about these folks. I got my info from "History of Troup County" and the section Wiley Traylor wa submitted by his gggrandson, I think. I have--from this book-- WILEY TRAYLOR married 1st--ELIZABETH ELSIE VARDEMAN no further info They had 3 sons, no names or dates given, and then they had: --WILLIAM TRAYLOR --no further info --RACHEL TRAYLOR b. 1821 d. 1904 in Troup married CHARLES CARDEN FREEMAN --SARAH TRAYLOR b, 1827 d. 1858 maried WILLIAM T. GODWIN --MARTHA "Mattie" TRAYLOR b. March 20, 1833 d. July 15, 1862 married in 1853 to JOHN POWELL PORTER (my line) WILEY TRAYLOR married 2nd ELIZABETH WALLER, daughter of JAMES WALLER and ELIZABETH ELLIS no further info Her first husband: BRITTON W. EVANS WILEY and this second Elizabeth had: --PHYLLIS ANN AMERICA TRAYLOR b. 1839 d. 1866 married C.C. MARCHMAN in 1856 --ROWENA AMANDA TRAYLOR b. 1841 d. 1885(her name appears "Roanna" Troup Co., Cemetery List on the inernet) married JAMES THOMAS JOHNSON in 1860 So, Wiley's second wife had been married before and then was married a third time? Very interesting. This was some marrying crowd! --Do you know if she and WILEY divorced or she married again after she was a widow? --Have any dates? Thanks again, Suzanne On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:58:20 EDT LIZTSD@aol.com writes: >Hi >Don;t know how much I can help but I do know that Wiley Traylor had 4 >daughters then married Elizabeth Evans had 2 daughters then she >married a >Tatum and they had children. The Flowers name is in the line. > >Liz > >LIZTSD@aol.com > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi again I goofed on the Georgia Computer Society address, the correct one is http://www.mindspring.com/~noahsark/gcsga.html the Ken Thomas page has moved Sorry about that. Ann It is always nice to hear a success story. I guess my line is just an extremely tough one. Hilda

I posted to the Troup County Query Forum awhile back and got a reponse from a historian in Troup Co. I had a question about my ancestors and received a lot of help from this individual..... which, consequently, sent me off in another direction. *g* Researching Cardwell's and McCluskey's in Troup Co. My ancestors were William Cardwell, b. 1806 and Sarah McCluskey, b. 1809, married in Troup Co. Feb. 21, 1833. They were both born in GA, (according to later census reports) but having a lot of trouble finding their parents.Moved to Coosa Co. AL around 1840. Can anyone shed some light on these individuals? Ann > -----Original Message----- > From: Hilda [mailto:hkin@mindspring.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 7:12 PM > To: GATROUP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GATROUP-L] GT Just a note > > > Hi again to all Just a quick note. > I got a couple of emails asking how these two groups differ. > I know how I board works, but am not real familiar with the > other one and how its works. > > Just a quick note. When you post to our board, a copy of your post goes > to each and every one of us. Through I board we can discuss these > posts, dispute them, joke around or ask for help and usually get a quick > response. > > I am not sure exactly where your message goes when you post to The Troup > County Georgia Query Froum. > > My purpose in starting this board is to connect with people who > are searching in the Troup County area. To have a place where we > can tell about a great new book we found today, interesting > tidbits that bring people to life. > Or meet a cousin we didn't know we had, or make a new friend. > > Got my Georgia Genealogical Society newsletter this afternoon and > you may want to jot these websites down somewhere if you don't > already have them. > > Georgia Genealogical Society > http://www.america.net/~ggs/index.html National Genealogical Society http://www.genealogy.org/~ngs Georgia Computer Society http://www.mindspring.com/~noahsark/gesga.html Ken Thomas (a writer for the Atlanta Constitution) http://www.accessatlanta.com/local/genealogy. "Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress." Hilda ==== GATROUP Mailing List ====

Hi again to all Just a quick note. I got a couple of emails asking how these two groups differ. I know how I board works, but am not real familiar with the other one and how its works. Just a quick note. When you post to our board, a copy of your post goes to each and every one of us. Through I board we can discuss these posts, dispute them, joke around or ask for help and usually get a quick response. I am not sure exactly where your message goes when you post to The Troup County Georgia Query Froum. My purpose in starting this board is to connect with people who are searching in the Troup County area. To have a place where we can tell about a great new book we found today, interesting tidbits that bring people to life. Or meet a cousin we didn't know we had, or make a new friend. Got my Georgia Genealogical Society newsletter this afternoon and you may want to jot these websites down somewhere if you don't already have them. Georgia Genealogical Society http://www.america.net/~ggs/index.html National Genealogical Society http://www.genealogy.org/~ngs Georgia Computer Society http://www.mindspring.com/~noahsark/gesga.html Ken Thomas (a writer for the Atlanta Constitution) http://www.accessatlanta.com/local/genealogy. "Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress." Hilda

Hi Everybody. I just went to work for 8 hours and look at all these new posts. It is so nice to see everyone helping each other. My cousin Shirley Bowen was well known in LaGrange,Clay and Randolph Counties for her dedication in the Genealogy field. She was a beautiful person and had a great love for searching out our ancestors. Each year four times a year she published a family newsletter. When she passed away over a year ago, I really missed those newsletters and the knowledge I was gaining about my ancestors through her. Each newsletter she would publish a column called "Family Stuff" and try to include an item about each surname on mother her mothers and fathers sides. So far I have not been able to add anything to her work, but hope to someday and dedicate copies of it to the Archives, so when my children or grandchildren go in search of their ancestors the information will be available to them to carry on. I found an old 1994 issue yesterday with this clipping in in since it has two of the surnames that some of you are searching so I thought I would post it here. Most of the material I have at home does not go way back and I am still waiting on the ok to reprint some of Mr Johnson's information. I mailed him a personal letter today. I hope he replies very soon so that I can answer some of your questions. >From the LaGrange Daily News, June 16, 1932 OFFICERS NAMED BY CHURCH GROUP Christian Endeavor Society Organizes Dramatic Society The organization of a dramatic club, the election of officers and plans to send four delegates to the conference to be held July 28 - August 4 at the Southern Union college in Wadley, Ala. featured the business meeting of the senior Christian Endeavor society of the United Congregational-Christian church which was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. & Mrs. R. L. FARRAR. Aubrey LAUDERDALE was elected president of the dramatic club: Stanton BARTLETT, vice president. Miss Leola PHILLIPS, secretary and treasurer. Rev J. H. DOLLAR, T. V HUEY, and R. L. FARRAR, members of the board. A director will be chosen later. Aubrey LAUDERDALE was also elected president of the Christian Endeavor society with Claude SLEDGE as vice president; Mrs Claude SLEDGE, secretary and treasurer; Henry Lee McCLAIN, chorister; Miss Mary ESTES, chairman of the music committee; Miss Annie Belle KELLEY, publicity chairman; Hande SMITH, Mrs Aubrey LAUDERDALE, MRS T. V. HUEY, Mrs. Henry McCLAIN, Stanton BARTLETT membership committee; Claude SLEDGE, Miss Nora SMITH, Miss Annie Belle KELLY, Miss Leola PHILLIPS, Miss Velma SMITH, Miss Virginia CROUCH, Mrs. Edward CROUCH, Clifford HOUZE social committee. Welcome to our new ones today, unfortunately we lost a couple, today also. Maybe they will come back and join us again soon. Keep those great post rolling. Hilda

Hi David, Last year I posted a request through the Troup County Archives web site. I heard from Kaye approximately 1 month from my posting. In fact, I waited for some response from them for about 1 week and then posted another request since I hadn't received a response. I did receive 2 responses from Kaye, the first one acknowledging my first request, which she was working on. So, give it some time. I got some pretty thorough information based on the numerous requests I made for information. Shirley Researching Peterson, McLendon, Askew > -----Original Message----- > From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 1998 7:35 PM > To: GATROUP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GATROUP-L] West Central Georgia Genealogical Society > > > > This message was posted to the Troup County Genealogy query board at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatroup/ > > The e-mail address used is for the Director of the Troup County Archives. > I haven't heard from Kaye since writing to her. > > Does anybody have a mailing address for the West Central GA Genealogical > Society? Phone number? Official e-mail address? > > David > > Posted by [7]WEST CENTRAL GA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY > <kaye@mentor.lgc.peachnet.edu> on Thu, 03 Sep 1998 > > Interested in Troup County area genealogy? > WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INVITES YOU TO OUR MONTHLY > MEETING! > FOURTH TUESDAY of each month at 7:00pm at the TROUP COUNTY ARCHIVES > BUILDING, 136 MAIN STREET, LaGrange, GA. > We are going to be sharing our SUMMER FINDS at our Sept. 22 meeting - > Hope to see YOU there! > Shirley Dykes > Secretary, WCGGS > > *Troup Co. Archives and West Central GA Genealogical Society are > seperate entities. We use their meeting room and are allowed to use > their computer for browsing the internet. > > dmorgan@efn.org --- David W. Morgan --- Honolulu Hawaii > Barber Family --- http://members.xoom.com/barberfamily/ > Native American ---- http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwnar/ > Limestone Co TX -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > Talladega Co AL - http://www.rootsweb.com/~altallad/ > Troup Co GA ----- http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatroup/ > > > ==== GATROUP Mailing List ==== > Our GATROUP List archives may be searched at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >