Thank you so much. I am not organized enough at the moment to know what cemeteries I might be interested in. Solomon H. Rich has given me much research and it is possible that some other lines of ours may have come from this county at one time or other, but I haven't investigated it yet. One name I am interested in is the Coker name. I saw a David J. Coker buried in Harmony Grove and need to see if I can find that in my Cokers to be researched. Thanks again for all of your work. I have see your website and plan to look at it more in depth when I have time. I am working on too many lines at once at the moment. Sincerely, Jessie Cheek

Jessie, since you are new to the Union Co. list, please check out our website, there are quite a few cemeteries on there from Union and surrounding counties. If you have any cemetery that you would like to see online, please let me know, and I will try and find it, and get it online for you. If you have any information...pictures, documents, obits, or just who the parents or children were, from any of your ancestors, please send them to me, also, and I will be glad to put them on the website, giving you full credit, of course. Happy Holidays Rose Birdwell rose@cemeterysurveysinc.com -----Original Message----- From: MikeJessieCheek@cs.com [mailto:MikeJessieCheek@cs.com] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 12:08 PM To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Fw: [GAUNION] Harmoney Grove, Union Co Dear Solomon, I have added my name to the GA Union County list so get e-mails from them and had just looked at this website yesterday, telling myself to investigate this further later on, so was glad to be included in your correspondence with Rose Birdwell. I noticed a David J. Coker buried there and some other names I wish to investigate from other lines. I see that I need to tour some more GA cemeteries and AL and SC ones in the future to help with my research. Merry Christmas. Jessie ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03

I have in my data a William David Teague, born 1834 in North Carolina, d. 1900, married to Rebecca M. Anyone know if this is the same person? Jim Baughman

Sorry, I sent you an e-mail that I meant to send to Solomon Rich. I resent it to him. Thanks for all of your work on your genealogy e-mails. I am enjoying receiving them. Jessie Cheek

Dear Solomon, I have added my name to the GA Union County list so get e-mails from them and had just looked at this website yesterday, telling myself to investigate this further later on, so was glad to be included in your correspondence with Rose Birdwell. I noticed a David J. Coker buried there and some other names I wish to investigate from other lines. I see that I need to tour some more GA cemeteries and AL and SC ones in the future to help with my research. Merry Christmas. Jessie

Solomon, I have made the Rd. changes that you sent, thank you so much. Can you tell me more about W.D. Teague? Also, the stone next to his, also a Teague, who was that? I will add the information as soon as you send it, giving you credit, of course. And if there is any more info that you want to add about anyone in that cemetery, please let me know. Merry Christmas Rose -----Original Message----- From: solrich@juno.com [mailto:solrich@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 10:47 AM To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: [GAUNION] Harmoney Grove, Union Co ROSE BIRDWELL: I am glad to see the Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery on your survey list. I have a great many kinfolk buried in that Cemetery. Harmony Grove Baptist Church is one of the oldest churches in Union County and many of the pioneers were buried in that cemetery. As a matter of fact, my great-great grandpa "Lost John Rich" was buried there in an unmarked grave sometime in the 1800's. Your survey showed up a grave site that I have been looking for a long time and that is "W.D.TEAGUE." I did not know where he was buried. The tombstone is shown on Page 3 of your survey and it is hand made with no dates. He was at one time the Sheriff of Union County and he was married to my Grand Aunt Nancy Rich (who is buried in the Rich Cemetery in Owltown District). You made a mistake, however, when you said that this Cemetery was on Owltown Road in Arkaquah. It is in ARKAQUAH, BUT IT IS NOT ON OWLTOWN ROAD. Owltown Road is in "Owltown District"--not Arkaquah District. This cemetery is actually located at the intersection of TOWN CREEK SCHOOL ROAD and TRACKROCK GAP ROAD in Arkaquah. SOLOMON HOWARD RICH =========================================================== From: "Rose Birdwell" <birdwell@webworkz.com> To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:34:58 -0500 Subject: [GAUNION] Harmoney Grove, Union Co> Harmony Grove Cemetery in Union Co, GA is now online at www.cemeterysurveysinc.com Thanks, Rose Birdwell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03 ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03

ROSE BIRDWELL: I am glad to see the Harmony Grove Baptist Church Cemetery on your survey list. I have a great many kinfolk buried in that Cemetery. Harmony Grove Baptist Church is one of the oldest churches in Union County and many of the pioneers were buried in that cemetery. As a matter of fact, my great-great grandpa "Lost John Rich" was buried there in an unmarked grave sometime in the 1800's. Your survey showed up a grave site that I have been looking for a long time and that is "W.D.TEAGUE." I did not know where he was buried. The tombstone is shown on Page 3 of your survey and it is hand made with no dates. He was at one time the Sheriff of Union County and he was married to my Grand Aunt Nancy Rich (who is buried in the Rich Cemetery in Owltown District). You made a mistake, however, when you said that this Cemetery was on Owltown Road in Arkaquah. It is in ARKAQUAH, BUT IT IS NOT ON OWLTOWN ROAD. Owltown Road is in "Owltown District"--not Arkaquah District. This cemetery is actually located at the intersection of TOWN CREEK SCHOOL ROAD and TRACKROCK GAP ROAD in Arkaquah. SOLOMON HOWARD RICH =========================================================== From: "Rose Birdwell" <birdwell@webworkz.com> To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:34:58 -0500 Subject: [GAUNION] Harmoney Grove, Union Co> Harmony Grove Cemetery in Union Co, GA is now online at www.cemeterysurveysinc.com Thanks, Rose Birdwell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03

Harmony Grove Cemetery in Union Co, GA is now online at www.cemeterysurveysinc.com Thanks, Rose Birdwell --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 12/20/03

In a message dated 12/22/2003 3:23:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ilohiller writes: > 1 Elizabeth Loggins > . +Talton Woodie, Sr. b: Abt. 1753 in Surry County, NC d: December 07, 1828 > Hi list, Tobias Woody and Bear John Woody are believed to be brothers, Bear John's grandson's state that their g-grandmother, who would be Tobias and Bear John's mother, is an Elizabeth Loggins on an Indians benefits application filled out in 1907. I believe Talton Woody is Tobias and Bear John's grandfather, but don't have proof of it. This would mean that there were two Elizabeth Loggins. Does anyone have proof, a document, stating that Talton Woody b. about 1753 married an Elizabeth Loggins? Would love to hear from anyone with any information on this... Thanks, Carolyn M. Woody-Fuller

In a message dated 12/21/2003 5:10:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, blp374@earthlink.net writes: > A court record from VA links the names Authur Purcell and Joseph Woody in > the same documents dated Aug 9, l694 placing Woods and Percel together in > the colonies even before William'S birth. Hi Belva, That was some very interesting information. I had not seen any information linking the Purcell's and Woody's. Thank you very much, and if you get any thing else on them...please post it. Carolyn

Woody--this is an English place name acquired from once having lived in a place called Wu Du-gahaeg in old England. There are two such places, one in Berkshire and one in Hampshire. Spellings between l202-l285 are Widehicie, Wydehaye, Widernhai, Woodehaye and now Woodhays. The meaning is "enclosure in a wood" used in the sense of a small homestead. Coloquial pronunciation has reduced Woodhay to Woody. In VA, Robert woody was granted 200acres of land in Norfolk Co in l653 for paying his own passage and that of three servants to the colony. He sold his land to Joseph Hodgkinson in l656. The l790 census lists families of Woodeys in NH and SC and Woodys in NC and VA. The l880 census for Union Co, Canada Dist lists his age as 75 and Lourany as 35. Tobias was first md to Catherine Watts-Miller (ll8l2-l875)and they are interred in Woody Cem, Suches GA. Much of the existing Woody Lineage history is based on the diary of William Coffee Berry of Avery Creek, NC. This diary was written in l870, and given to each of his children. One, still in existence has been copied by Joyce Burkett who has the copy in her possession. William Woody native of England married Sarah Persel, an English Lady. They emigrated from England and settled in the state of VA. After several moves they settled in NC. They had four sons and four daughters. Apparently there are a number of records documenting the presence of Woodys and Persels in Lowden and Fairfax Counties of VA in the l600's It is possible that these families had been present in the colonies for some time. A court record from VA links the names Authur Purcell and Joseph Woody in the same documents dated Aug 9, l694 placing Woods and Percel together in the colonies even before William'S birth. Williams' age is determined from the Wilkes Co Court minutes, Vol III. He was declared exempt from paying poll tax in l785, indicating his age at 60 years in l785 thus his birth year was c l725.Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:52 PM To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAUNION] WOODY-Any new information? Hi List, Has anyone found any new information on Tobias Woody, b. 1805, in NC? Wanting to find out his parents names. I believe his mother was an Elizabeth Loggins, and his father was named Jonathan or William Woody. Tobias spelled his last name Woodde. Thanks, Carolyn M. Woody-Fuller ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at WyleneL@aol.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

THank you so very much for all your hard work. It's great for those of us with roots in GA, but miles and miles in between. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Birdwell" <birdwell@webworkz.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:15 PM Subject: [GAUNION] Dyer Mountain Cemetery, Fannin Co., GA > This cemetery is now online! > > http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com > > Happy holidays to all! > >From the Crew of Cemetery Surveys, Inc. > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 12/15/03 > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi List, Has anyone found any new information on Tobias Woody, b. 1805, in NC? Wanting to find out his parents names. I believe his mother was an Elizabeth Loggins, and his father was named Jonathan or William Woody. Tobias spelled his last name Woodde. Thanks, Carolyn M. Woody-Fuller

This cemetery is now online! http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com Happy holidays to all! >From the Crew of Cemetery Surveys, Inc. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 12/15/03

>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:57:47 -0700 >From: Rod or Leslie <aeriehollow@ellijay.com> >Subject: {not a subscriber} John McDaniel Thomas descendants >To: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 >Importance: Normal >Old-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:57:22 -0500 >X-From_: aeriehollow@ellijay.com Thu Nov 20 06:57:46 2003 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine >Original-recipient: rfc822;varcsix@hot.rr.com > >I wrote a letter to the Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Union County >Georgia a few weeks ago, hoping to connect with descendants of John >McDaniel Thomas. He was born 9-5-1843 near Micaville Yancey County, >N.C. to William Hunsucker (1810) and Nancy Willis Thomas. They migrated >to Union County about 1850 (evidence puts them there on and off from >about 1830). John who was known as "Mac" was married three times that >we know of and two of the three wives are buried next to him in the Mt. >Olivet Bapt. Church cemetery. I have most all the sibling information - >our line actually is through Joseph Monroe and Naomi Adeline Hayes >Thomas - and I have the ancestral lines back to Joseph Thomas born about >1755. Was hoping to connect with others of the family to see if they >know who Nancy Willis born 1812 was. have not been able to track down >her parents to date. She was said to have been born in what is now >Mitchell County next door to Yancey County. would have been Buncombe >County at the time in North Carolina. Have filled in the gaps in most >all the descendancy but hers. Leslie Thomas > > >"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, >and I'll understand.-" Native American Proverb > Virginia Crilley

Beverly: The book is "The Heritage of Union County 1832-1994.

Hello All, Due to many requests, we have added a new Update forum to our website...it is thru yahoogroups. This will let us send out one letter instead of numerous letters to the various county and cemetery groups, when we update our site. To subscribe: cemeterysurveysinc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Thank you for your continuing support. Rose Birdwell, Nikki Neblett & Nema Mobley --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/03

how do we subscribe to the new cemetaries on line---would like to know? jcwdavis@cox-internet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Birdwell" <birdwell@webworkz.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: [GAUNION] New Cemeteries Online! > Hey all, I have added new cemeteries to the website > http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com > > 1-Mt. Hope Cemetery in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA is now complete. There are > a lot of "local" names! > > 2-Oak Grove Cemetery, off of SR 294, Cherokee Co., NC > > 3-Susan Diegel sent me some pictures of the Hampton Homestead as it was > originally. They are posted in Maggie's Chapel, Old Brasstown Rd., Cherokee > Co., NC > > Please go and take a look at these new cemeteries, and if you have any > pictures or documents, or information, please feel free to send them to me > to add to the site. > Thank you for your continuing support. > Rose Birdwell, Murphy, NC > rose@cemeterysurveysinc.com > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/03 > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > If anyone has a non-genealogy problem, please contact me at > WyleneL@aol.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hey all, I have added new cemeteries to the website http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com 1-Mt. Hope Cemetery in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA is now complete. There are a lot of "local" names! 2-Oak Grove Cemetery, off of SR 294, Cherokee Co., NC 3-Susan Diegel sent me some pictures of the Hampton Homestead as it was originally. They are posted in Maggie's Chapel, Old Brasstown Rd., Cherokee Co., NC Please go and take a look at these new cemeteries, and if you have any pictures or documents, or information, please feel free to send them to me to add to the site. Thank you for your continuing support. Rose Birdwell, Murphy, NC rose@cemeterysurveysinc.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/03

Hi all, I have added some new cemeteries to our website: http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com 1-Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., NC 2-Corinth Cemetery in Coopers Creek, Union Co., GA 3-For those of you interested, I have added a DAR registered cemetery in Mecklenburg Co., NC. The death dates on those stones range from 1796 to 1858!! 4-I have also added 17 pages of Mt. Hope Cemetery in Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., GA..I have 8 or 9 more pages to add, so please check back there in the next week or so. 5-I have added 3 cemeteries in Marion Co., TN, and 3 cemeteries in Volusia Co., FL. Thank you all for your continuing support.. Rose Birdwell, Murphy, NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.538 / Virus Database: 333 - Release Date: 11/10/03