Linda Sue, I can do the same with my Whitfield and Murray county websites since many of the Walker county people migrated from Murray through Whitfield and points farther west. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lebron Scheivelhud" <lebrons@mindspring.com> > If you will send me the info I will put it on my Chickamauga website,and > have a few others do the same. Maybe do a couple of email campaigns. > I need the who,what ,when and where stuff...least that is what Mrs. Campion > used to tell me... > Lebron > > > > Hi Everyone! > > > > I wanted to see who would be interested in helping with a Reunion of all > > descendants of Walker County, GA Families. > > I am needing volunteers to help with all aspects of this reunion. > > Doug Madaris and myself would like to hold a meeting as soon as possible > of > > all the volunteers that live in the area so email me if you can help.

If you will send me the info I will put it on my Chickamauga website,and have a few others do the same. Maybe do a couple of email campaigns. I need the who,what ,when and where stuff...least that is what Mrs. Campion used to tell me... Lebron > Hi Everyone! > > I wanted to see who would be interested in helping with a Reunion of all > descendants of Walker County, GA Families. > I am needing volunteers to help with all aspects of this reunion. > Doug Madaris and myself would like to hold a meeting as soon as possible of > all the volunteers that live in the area so email me if you can help. > If you do not live in Walker County Area, you can still help by gathering > names and addresses of your family members that would be interested in > attending. I will let everyone know when we have more concrete plans. > Thanks! Linda Sue > Descendent of Wallin, Hollingsworth, West, Parrish, Wilkerson, Bradley, > Cruse, Pirkle and Kell families of NW GA > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > >

Hi Everyone! I wanted to see who would be interested in helping with a Reunion of all descendants of Walker County, GA Families. I am needing volunteers to help with all aspects of this reunion. Doug Madaris and myself would like to hold a meeting as soon as possible of all the volunteers that live in the area so email me if you can help. If you do not live in Walker County Area, you can still help by gathering names and addresses of your family members that would be interested in attending. I will let everyone know when we have more concrete plans. Thanks! Linda Sue Descendent of Wallin, Hollingsworth, West, Parrish, Wilkerson, Bradley, Cruse, Pirkle and Kell families of NW GA

FACTS ABOUT THE 1500's Next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be....Here are some facts about the 1500s: <<  Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children-last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it-hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." Houses had thatched roofs -- thick straw -- piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof -- hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway -- hence, a "thresh hold." In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while -- hence the rhyme, "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.   >> <<  Most people did not have pewter plates, but had trenchers, a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Often trenchers were made from stale bread which was so old and hard that they could be used for quite some time. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms and mold got into the wood and old bread. After eating off wormy, moldy trenchers, one would get "trench mouth." Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "uppercrust." Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up -- hence the custom of holding a "wake." England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer." And that's the truth...(and whoever said that History was boring?!)

The US 1880, and 1881 British and Canadian Censuses are now online and available to be searched FREE on the LDS site... http://www.familysearch.org/ Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Thought this may apply to GA also - Source: The Messenger, dated Oct 16, 2002, Gadsden, AL LORENE ALVERSON BREEDLOVE Funeral services were Friday, October 11, 2002 at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church for Mrs. Lorene Alverson Breedlove, 90, who died on Tuesday, October 3, 2002 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. The Rev. Billy Alverson officiated. Burial was at Mt. Pisgah Cmeetery. Collier-Butler Funeral Home was incharge. Lorene was a life-long resident of Etowah County and a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptish Church. She was preceeded in death by her husbands, Carl Alberson and Goprdon Breedlove; and parents Silivia Pruitt Hill and Andrew Hill. Mrs. Breedlove is survived by her daughter, Carol (Hoyt) Carlton; sisters, Marzie (Mrs. Vernon) Smith, of Collinsville, Lois (Mrs. Lister) Voyles, of Dallas, Ga., and Evelyn (Mrs. Vernie) Thurman, of Crossville; special neice and nephew, Gail and Jim Birdenbaugh, and many other neices and nephews. Pallbearers were Richard Alverson, Benny ALverson, Jim Bridenbaugh, H.D. Drain, Buddy Taylor and Benny Thurman. Special Thanks to th epersonnel of Attalla Home Care , the nurses and staff of the ninth floor at Gadsden Regional Medical Center, and Drs. Cross and Kwan. -------------------------- Feel free to pass to other lists. delilah evans

Dear List Members, >From the amount of messages I am getting asking for help in changing subscriptions to a new address, and or unsubscribing I thought it was time again to remind you how to accomplish this. First....If you are needing to change your subscription to a new e-mail address, my suggestion is to go to Password Central before your address changes. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Type in the e-mail address you will be loosing... and mark "To which lists am I subscribed? " Don't forget to click on "E-mail me my Info" at the bottom of the page. In a few moment you will receive via e-mail a list of all Rootsweb Mailing Lists you belong to. Save a copy of this e-mail. From this list you can unsubscribe from any or all of the lists. From your saved copy you will know what lists you want to re-subscribe. If you are just trying to unsubscribe....send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to NAMEOFLIST-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM Change NAMEOFLIST to the name of the list you are wanting to unsubscribe from. Remember if you are on the Digest list you need to change the L to a D. If you are still having trouble unsubscribing...then you can contact me KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net and I will try to help. Please let me know what you have tried and what happened. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

I have replied to Dianna off list. For any of you who don't know Sherry has not been the Coordinator for Walker County for a couple of years. The new site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalker/ No one has the passwords to take down the old site or provide redirection to the new site. Bill Clody Walker County Georgia County Coordinator GaGenWeb ----- Original Message ----- From: DFaeAnder@aol.com To: GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:24 PM Subject: [GAWALKER] Sherry Osborn Walker County Website Many of the links on Sherry Osborn's Walker County, GA website do not work. Anyone know if this site is being maintained? Thanks, Dianna ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if you are on the Digest list. --- All Outgoing mail is checked for virus and worms certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.401 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/9/02

I am looking for some Vaughans/Vaughns who were living in Walker County on the 1930 Census. I need ANYTHING I can find about these people. Edward A Vaughn and his wife Bertha they had Myrtle, Edna, Jesse, Leva O, and Beatrice in 1930 they might have had more children. Also looking for George Vaughan who lived in Walker Co on Cane Creek he was married to Glennie and they had Evelyn and George jr and Edward there might have been others after 1930. And looking for aa burial place or whatever for Lonnie Vaughn he was 73 in 1930 and all the men were blacksmiths. Also looking for Lonnie Vaughns son Woodrow. Hope someone can tell me something about these people. Pat in Florida

Many of the links on Sherry Osborn's Walker County, GA website do not work. Anyone know if this site is being maintained? Thanks, Dianna

Dear List Members, My Computer crashed this week and I lost all e-mail that I was saving to answer and over 800 messages that I had just downloaded. If you sent me a personal message within the last week, you need to send it again. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Sheila, Do you have anything on a William Franklin White who md a Mary A. Forrester/Forister in 1859? Supposely in Dogwood Valley, but I'm not sure where Dogwood Valley is located. The person who asked me said she was first told it was in the area of Tunnel Hill until a man said it was at the foot of Lookout Mountain (Walker Co) about 25 miles south of the TN/GA line. Now that's my stomping grounds and I've never heard of it before. Thanks. Sue On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:46:43 EDT SheilaRS@aol.com wrote: > That's great news Freddie! I never heard of > that district, but if nobody > else comes up with a response that helps, I'll > call the relatives & see what > I can find out. Sheila > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by > your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > >

That's great news Freddie! I never heard of that district, but if nobody else comes up with a response that helps, I'll call the relatives & see what I can find out. Sheila

Oh happy day Listers.............My WHITE family that I have been posting for such a long time on both Walker Co and Catoosa Co Ga. sites have been located.!! Frederick WHITE, Mary WHITE and their two daughters Nancy Elizabeth and Mary Jane WHITE were listed in the Chambers District, Catoosa County Georgia 1870 census.!!!! Finally I know where my grandmother Mary Jane (White) Russell was born. She was listed as being 8 months old and the census was taken on June 8th 1870. This would be correct.......she was born Sep 26-1869............. Anyone know what town or towns that were in the Chambers District during 1870? Thanks for reading. Freddie B. Stewart

I am trying to learn the origin of my grand father, S.P. Fletcher. He came to LaFayette, Walker county, from parts unknown, and married my grand mother, Eliza Jane Faulkner, the daughter of William and Martha Elizabeth Faulkner, on July 15, 1886. He was not on the 1880 census, my grand mother was on 1870 and 1880 census. Niether were on the 1900 census. By 1900 they had moved to Texas. Their marriage is recorded in the Walker county probate court, as are eight other Fletchers: Albert Fletcher to Kelly Ledford 14 Dec 1911 Andrew Fletcher to Ollie Smith on 27 Jan 1917-- Andrew Fletcher to Nettie Glenn on2 Feb 1908--one of the Andrews on the 1900 census Andrew Fletcher to Ola Stanfield on19 Jul 1920-- E.C. Fletcher to Mary Ludlow on 25 Nov 1897 Frank Fletcher to Minnie Murry on 8 Aug 1909--also on the 1900 census Riley Fletcher to Lula Walker on 8 Oct 1907 William Fletcher to Lillie Wilson on 8 Dec 1919 Does any one know of Silas Pearson Fletcher or of any connection with the other Fletchers. He seems to have been a traveling man. Thank you Bob Fletcher

Hello listers, I am reseaching the Hankins family of Rock Springs/Peavine area. I was hoping that someone on the list might be doing some research on the BRUCE and LARGE families. I have found my Hankins ancestors in the several census listed with these two families but do not know the kinship. Cicero Glenn Hankins, Sr. b. October 28,1868 d. December 09, 1933. Cicero's parents could have been William Hankins. I have discovered that Cicero had two brothers. William Demonterol "MOT" and Henry. William died in 1915 and C.G. is the administrator to William's will. William married Flora Mae Cooper but she died from pneumonia at 25 years of age and William remarried Maude Carwil in Walker County, GA. Henry moved to Oklahoma and made his home there. I do not know Henry's vital stats. According to the 1870, 1900 and 1910 censuses,C.G. was born in Ga. In 1870, Walker County Ga Federal Census. Fricks Gap: Page 190; Subdivision 128 Household# 74 Bruce, James 70 Male White Farmer born: S.C ,Wilmoth 62 Female White Keeping house born: KY ,Nancy B. 32 Female White Keeping house born: Ky Hankins, Jane 41 Female White Keeping house born: TN , Margaret 22 Female White At home born: TN , Sarah J. 9 Female White born: GA , Henry 4 Male White born: GA , Cicero 1 Male White born: GA C.G.'s mother is probably this Jane. As you can see, kinship is not listed. I do not know why Jane Hankins was in the Bruce household. I can only assume that she was related to them. She may have even been a daughter to James Bruce. The age range might suggest the possibility of her being the daughter. I can also only assume that Margaret, Sarah J. and Henry are C.G's siblings. I do not find C.G. or his family in the 1880 Georgia census. The next census that I find C.G. in is the 1900 census, ED 93, Page 178A and he is living in Peavine with wife Bettie (Elizabeth) and children. In this census C. G. Sr. is a farmer and he owns his farm free from debt. The census states that he was born in GA as were both of his parents. Elizabeth Jane Cornutt b. July 29, 1871 d. June 05, 1953 I do NOT know her parents but it has been suggested that she was a grandchild to William E. Cornutt and she was an illegitimate child of one of his daughters. I have not had time to research this assumption so this is completely speculation. I was also told that she had a brother named John and she had a sister that married a Carver. C.G Hawkins and Bettie Cornett married January 13, 1889 in Walker county GA. Marriage Book 1 page 190. I called the courthouse to get a copy of the marriage certificate to see if it listed the parents and of C.G or Elizabeth but it did not. Any help on these lines would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration, Deborah Hankins

Im still looking for any information on the O.K. Shoe Shop that was mentioned in the obiturary of James B. Phillips as Proprietor, in the Summerville News, Thursday November 19, 1931. Does anyone know what shoe shops were around in Chattooga and Walker Co. in the between 1905 - 1931. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks Bonnie

Could someone do a lookup on Alice Puryear, b. 1862 and married ? Simcoe. She is the only child from the second marriage of John Puryear, b. 1822 and buried at Villanow, Ga. Would like any info on Alice's mother. I know that her and John divorced after Alice was born and that she had other children after Alice. Thanks, Don P.

yes you may Delilah you can retype it if you want to, with my blessing. enjoy Bonnie

May I forward this to my Navy list? delilah At 04:18 9/26/02 EDT, you wrote: >Thought I might share this Newsletter with Ya'll - from my Gramma's old Papers >Bonnie > > > >"Dedicated to Keeping Our Cargo of Laughs at the Maximum Point" > >THE LUCKY (13) > >PUBLICATION OF THE USS HESPERIA ( AKS 13) >Founded 6/2/45 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ >VOLUME ONE MONDAY, October 22, 1945 NUMBER TWENTY >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >-------- >WHERE TO NEXT ??? > > Several have inquired about statistical data, but up until a short while >ago the censorship regulations prohibited any such publications. Since >censorship has ceased, to a certain extent our erstwhile friends, the >Wuartermasters, have assisted a great bit in helping us round up the >statistical data you have been waiting for. > The HESPERIA has covered a vast amount of water since she was >commissioned April 1, 1945, so here are the dates, places, mileages and etc. >that have attributed to the HESPERIA's varied travels since departure from >the grand old U.S. > >>From To Date > Mileage > >Norfolk Panama May 16 > 1,981 >Panama Pearl May 26 > 4,692 >Pearl Ulithi June 20 > 3,864 >Ulithi Okinawa July 15 > 1,233 >Okinawa ChimuWan Aug. 1 > 50 >ChimuWan Okinawa Aug. 6 > 50 >Okinawa Ulithi Aug. 26 > 1,228 >Ulithi Manus Sept. 3 > 799 >Manus Guam Sept. 22 > 1,140 >Guam Okinawa Oct. 3 > 1,243 >Okinwas Jinsen Oct. 14 > 875 > > October 17 finds us still here at Jinsen, Lorea but the question has >arisen, "Where to next?" You have us there - you tell us and then we'll all >know. So far, we have covered something like 17,155 miles, not counting the >many miles covered by changing berths and zig-zag courses. > > MANY SLATED TO BE DISCHARGED IN THE NEAR FUTURE > ***** > > For the past few days there has been quite a it of excietement among our >crew members. Many of the older fellows, with the most time in, you will see >busy all day long, cleaning their clothes and getting everything ready - just >in case. Within the next two or three months, the HESPERIA will be losing >approximately 39 men, who will be returning to their wives, sweethearts, and >above all, dear old civilian life. > To those who have already left or those who are planning to leave in the >near future, we extend our best of wishes and hope you will make a great >success as civilians. You have earned it, men, make the best of it and enjoy >it to the utmost. > - - - > > One of the lads over in the troop area was bemoaning the fact that the >GI laundry hadn't come back in two weeks. > "I haven't got a decent pair of pants to my name," he grumbled. > "Why don't you sue them for promise of breeches?" piped up one of his >buddies. > - - - > A pedestrian is a person who failed to keep up payment on his automobile. > > >Page TWO The LUCKY "13" Monday, October, 22, 1945 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ >VOLUME ONE NUMBER TWENTY >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ > >Lt. Comdr. R. A. PRITCHARD, Jr > Commanding Officer >Lt. Comdr. L. D. CHANSLER > Executive Officer > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ >Lt. J. E. EPTING . . Officer Sponsor >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ >C. C. PORTER, Y3c..........Editor >W. F. WOOD, Y2c and >J. McKENZIE, PhMlc.....Staff Writers > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ > REPORTERS >C. E. DRUMM, BM2C.........D Division >J. McKENZIE, PhMlc.........H Division >C. C. PORTER, Y3c.............N Division >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ > >Published in conformation with SeeNavltr of 28 May 1945. Source of funds: >non-appropriated. Printed on government equipment; published at no cost to >the government. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ >Published each Saturday by the crew of the U.S.S. HESPERIA AKS-13 >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >------------------------------------ > > Our sincerest apologies for not having the paper finished in time for >publication Saturday, as usual. Our late editor is among the more fortunate >and is going home. He has turned the job over to, even though I'm sure I'll >never be able to accomplish as much as he. We'll all do our best to give you >a laugh or two and hold your interest as much as posible. Your contributions >will be greatly appreciated and we are always glad to print anything you >might submit of interest to your buddies. Get your items in, if possible, by >Thursday afternoon, that they might be published on Saturday evening. Bear >with me and I'll do my best to give you as much enjoyment as I possibly can. > > ---Ed. > --*-- > Father: Who broke the chair last night? > Daughter: It collapsed all of a sudden, father, but neither of us >was hurt." > > > The DEDK DIVISION SPEAKS > --- > Amid the thunder of winches and the hub bub of our activities, here we >are again fellers. We're back to give you another week's events about the >dock. > Speaking for myself and all the rest, we're a pretty happy bunch of >fellows...Reason - you guessed it, we've finally got some mail from our loved >ones at home. > Baby Klotz is especially happy Cause he heard from Josephine. Better >watch some of these wolves on here, Baby, they kinda have their eye on her. > Points have it that we'll soon be losing Todd, Friend and a few other >civilians-at-heart on here. Sorry to lose you fellers, it's been swell being >shipmates with you. > If you fellows need any good sea stories to cheer you up, just Garland >Bones Friends. Our Garland says the first initials of his name, G.L., means >Good Looking Friend. Just call him G.L. for short tho', fellows, he forgets >to answer to the other handle once in awhile. > Cheeko has big plans for himself in the States. He said he's been >missing out on a lot of fun. We sure pitty women and bars when you do get >back, bub. We here that you're a killer with the women. > Since this is just a fill-in paper for this week, fellers, we'll shove >off now. Be seeing you next week with a better column and a few laughs >thrown in. So long. > - - - > > The cross-examiner was having a little trouble with a difficult witness. > Exasperated by evasive answers, he asked the witness if he was acquaninted >with any of the jury. > "Yes, sir, more than half of them," replied the man on the witness >stand. > "Are you willing to swear that you know more than half of them?" >Persisted the lawyer. > "As far as that goes, I'm willing to swear that I know more than all of >them put together," defied the witness. > > > > >==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, use >GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com if >you are on the Digest list. > > >