Hi all, This is a very interesting query below. If someone can help, please respond to the list! If you decide to reply privately, Valesca's address is: valesca@webtv.net (Valesca) Thanks kiddoes! Momma Walton <>< ------------------------- I don't have any info on the cem's in Walton Co but wanted to say that I HOPE someone finds my g-g-garndfather, Simeon Fuller there. I haven't pinpointed where he lived but Bold Springs was the location of one census. Is that near Social Circle? The reason I ask is that my g-grandfather (Wiliam Simeon Fuller) said he was born in Buzzard's Roost Mt. I have found out that there is a cave where buzzards roost near Social Circle. I have looked for info in published records but they are few and far between. Thanks, Valesca

Cleaning some stuff off my disk & ran across this letter. Thought it might help someone. Joan saw your information regarding MALCOLM. I don't know where you live but there is a Malcolm cemetery just East of Good Hope, GA. I visited it last year. I believe if you take the first road to the right going east out of Good Hope you will find the cemetery. I had a list of the grave sites but gave it to my friend here in South Dakota who is researching the Malcolm. Her name is Sandi. Her address is franklin@choicetech.net if you are interested. Hope this is good information you .

Hi Mama Walton & All - About copyright, there is an excellent article by Penny Bonnar of the International Internet Genealogical Society entitled "Understanding Copyright & Its Applications to the Information Age" at: http://www.iigs.org/newsletter/9904news/copyright.htm.en In fact, IIGS has some great articles on various subjects relating to genealogy - their main address is: http://www.iigs.org/ Faye > Hi all, > I thought I would try to give some insight to copyright laws, or rather > copying a book as many of us have done. > This is taken from (Copyright Law section) > http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ > More specifically from: > http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/chapter1.pdf >

I have a list of Grants for Lands in Buncombe County beginning Apr 1802 to 1st June 1807 This was land created from Buncombe County which became Walton County, Ga Grantees & number of acres Will do lookups as time permits but will leave no one out. LindaJ

Having been told at Kinkos, SirSpeedy etc. that it's not allowed, I am most surprised to learn otherwise. Howsomever, in so far as "Wayfarers in Walton" is concerned , I believe it will be in print, 3rd edition, in a few months. I will post the availability and price for all to know. Wayfarers is 885 pages and a hardbacked copy beats the pants off 885 pages of Xerox. Should the unexpected happen and publishing plans fall through I will also post that info. Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bettie Wood" <nana321@txucom.net> To: <GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 January, 2000 17:02 Subject: [GAWALTON] COPYING BOOKS > > Hi all, > I thought I would try to give some insight to copyright laws, or rather > copying a book as many of us have done. > This is taken from (Copyright Law section)<<SNIP>> > http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ > More specifically from: > http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/chapter1.pdf > > 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use > Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 & 106A, the fair use of a > copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or > phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for > purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including > multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or RESEARCH, is not an > infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a > work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered > shall include---- > 1) the purpose & character of the use, including whether such use is of > a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; > 2) the nature of the copyrighted work; > 3) the amount & substantiality of the portion used in relation to the > copyrighted work as a whole; and > 4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the > copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself > bar a finding of fair use is such finding is made upon consideration of > all the above factors. > > Hope this helps those of us that are panicked for having copied an out > of print book for research. > Love Momma Walton <>< > >

Hi all, I thought I would try to give some insight to copyright laws, or rather copying a book as many of us have done. This is taken from (Copyright Law section) http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ More specifically from: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/chapter1.pdf 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 & 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or RESEARCH, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include---- 1) the purpose & character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; 2) the nature of the copyrighted work; 3) the amount & substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and 4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use is such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. Hope this helps those of us that are panicked for having copied an out of print book for research. Love Momma Walton <><

Hi again, This came in on another list, & is just loaded with some great tips/explanations for finding (or not finding) your ancestor. Enjoy, Momma Walton <>< PS Thanks Sandi for allowing us to use it! ----------------- TIP #276 - WHY CAN'T I FIND WHERE GREAT-GRANDPA IS BURIED? Now perhaps this topic is far too basic for many readers, but if we will admit it to ourselves, many of us have floundered at times with the question. I remember back almost 30 years ago when I first started digging for the roots of our family, that I gave up too easily. If I was fortunate enough to get to a library large enough to have any records at all on the area of the country in which I was hunting - and was doubly excited to find a cemetery book on that county ... and ...... no. No burial record so he must not have died there. I gave up and figured that they must have moved or maybe wasn't there anyway. As the list owner of other lists, I receive many queries about doing a look-up in the published cemetery records of the counties with which I am familiar and when I tell the individual that there is no record of the burial location of their illusive ancestor here - I also try to explain the possible reasons for this. I've also had recently a query about our local cemetery book "are all the burials before 1820 in the book?" No, of course not, and here's why. 1. Maybe Kentucky is unique, but I really don't think so. The land is not flat and wide open where one can see for miles. The landscape varies from area to area, but most the state is hilly and densely covered with tall trees and lush undergrowth. Of every cemetery that has been recorded in the various county books, there is the possibility of 10 that haven't been found. Cabins long gone with little family cemeteries nearby are now covered with timber, grasses - "back to nature." 2. Deserted cemeteries vs cattle pastures. Sorry to say, but a reality of life, is the fact that as farms have changed ownership over the years, many newer owners have not preserved the cemeteries. They have been plowed under (with the stones sometimes moved), or have been opened to the livestock who have knocked the stones down and trampled them into the ground. We have discussed the laws concerning cemeteries before, but sadly, these laws are not always obeyed. 3. Inadequate early record keeping. Birth and death certificates were not issued in Kentucky until 1911. From 1852 through 1910, there were years that the legislature required the recording of these vital statistics but many didn't make it to print: a. The physician/midwife forgot to turn the events in to the County Clerk b. The county clerk forgot to enter them c. The State didn't require them on the year of your ancestor's death d. They were recorded but the physician/midwife got the date wrong e. They were recorded but the county clerk misinterpreted the physician/midwife's handwriting 4. Family couldn't afford a stone. This happened many times. Unable to financially to afford a stone or the inability of locating someone to carve a stone, many of the old graves were marked merely by wooden crosses or later, funeral home metal signs. These have deteriorated or been knocked down over the years. 5. No funeral home records. Most funeral homes didn't come into vogue until the very late 1800's or early 1900's. People were not embalmed; most were buried within a day of their death by family and friends in the family cemetery on their property. Perhaps the only record is scribbled in a family Bible which no longer exists. 6. No newspaper obituaries. Prior to the Civil War, most smaller towns either didn't have a paper or they were destroyed during the war. Many papers ceased operation during the Civil War also so all those dying prior to the Civil War may never have had a paper to be recorded in. Early obituaries were found scattered throughout the paper between the hog reports or in town happenings written by local "correspondents." These local happenings were dependent on one individual to remember who had been born or died, their getting them to the newspaper office and the editor running the column - many times much after the person had died. 7. Inability to read and copy the stones in the cemetery. Perhaps we have been fortunate enough to locate the cemetery - a little family cemetery. In all probability, unless there are family descendants still in the area who have taken care of the cemetery, it is one mass of briars, poison ivy, ticks, groundhog holes, broken trees, beer bottles and snakes. Hacking you way through with a machette and pulling out weeds may reveal stones, but many are missed unintentionally. We have re-catalogued cemeteries that are already listed and found errors in transcription and new stones. We just happened to be there perhaps during a different season when the weeds were down or using a pry bar (tapping into the ground) found another stone buried under the dirt. In most of these cemeteries one can find evidence of many more graves from indentations (and we so indicate), but no stones to identify. Cemeteries are littered with field stones - natural rocks and stones that are in the area - which just happened to be used by many early settlers to mark the graves - we try to look at each one to see if there is anything carved into it with a pocket knife - or if it is just that, a field stone. 8. No caretakers. Many people seem to assume that every cemetery has a caretaker. Absolutely not. It is the exception not the rule in the small cemeteries that are not municipally owned, or church owned. And both of them can be "iffy." Many municipal cemeteries have started out as private cemeteries and when the city takes over, the record keeping leaves much to be desired. At our large municipal cemetery we have found a possible 100 or more burials that were not recorded, and the caretaker has many plots sold over the last 100 plus years and doesn't know if anyone was ever buried there. Church cemeteries may or may not have records kept by the church. Some churches kept excellent records of the deaths of church members, but seldom indicated where they were buried. In the smaller communities, many of the pastors are part time and the clerk of the church may or may not have all the old church books. Maddening, but true! 9. Epidemics, wars and other disasters often resulted in burying the person where they fell. Cholera epidemics and other contagious (and often incurable diseases of the time) resulted in the person being hastily pushed into a hand-dug grave next to where the body lay. So many died that no official records were kept. 10. People not buried where they were supposed to be. In many old funeral home registers, the place of interment is shown, but lo and behold they are not found there - this being in more "modern" times. Why? Well - high creeks and rivers blocking the old horse drawn hearse from crossing; cold weather resulting in the ground being frozen and the body having to be kept in an "ice" house for months; changes of mind by the family - many reasons. In conclusion, many times we have to work on the supposition that the person did die and was buried where family tales have said they were, but we may never find the grave or any written documentation. (c) Copyright 27 Jan 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail:sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios

Hi -- How 'bout y'all start taking digital (Lo-Res: 640x480) photos of the cemetary sites so that we can appreciate their disrepair and the work that is required. Regards.....Lou Richardson in Jacksonville FL ============================================= Bettie Wood wrote: > Hi all, > Guess what??? We have white stuff in Texas today!!Yipppeee > > Do we have anything further on Old Alcovy Cemetery? It's not the same > as Alcovy Mountain Baptist Cemetery, is it? Anyone have anything on > this cemetery? We have some burials (inventory?) fore this one, but > would like anything to go with it! Where is it? What town? Is it in > Bold Springs, too? > > I'll start updating the site again here shortly--when I thaw some! I > hope ya'll are double checking/proofreading what I have so far?? I KNOW > there are some of you checking up on me!! haha Thanks, though! > Gotta go now & lay some more....Brrrrrrrr > Love, > Momma Walton <><

Marsha, >From Wayfarers In Walton by Anita B. Sams in the marriage section there are eight Wood Grooms. Six of them married prior to 1844 and could have been the parents of your Emma. They are as follows. Wood, Cary & Mary R. Billups 10-14-1823 bk. B pg. 92 Wood, James A. & Elizabeth Mitchell 8-9-1840 bk. D pg. 68 Wood, Lozinzo & Dosha Stokes 12-23-1826 bk. B pg.25 Wood, Richard & Elizabeth Whitley 2-26-1835 bk. C pg. 91 Wood, Richard & Sinia Purkins 1-5-1838 bk. D pg. 19 Wood, Thomas G. & Emily Herrin 12-21-1837 bk. D pg. 22 I didn't find David P. Daniel but did find; A.A. Daniel & Sarah Ann Malcom 4-28-1836 bk. C pg. 125 Happy hunting Dot Sorrells Cox ----- Original Message ----- > HI All , > I'm new to the list so I hope I do this right ! > I'm searching for our WOOd family from Walton Ga. > Emma WOOD born abt.1844 > she married David P. Daniel /DANIELL he was born abt 1840 Ga. > He is the son of Atlas A. DANIEL /Sarah MALCOLM > Atlas Daniell and family lived in Walton co. GA.1850 census > David Daniell and Emma WOOD were married abt. 1860. > the Daniell family came to Walton co. GA. from Clark co. GA. > Thank you for any information that you might have, > Marsha daniell@crosstel.net > >

Lowell, What do you think about our Momma calling US the older generation? Some nerve huh? Dot ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GAWALTON] MOSTLY TO THE NEWBIES > Hi all, > This message is mostly for our "newbies", but might be helpful to our > "older generation" (right Dot???Lowell???Momma???) > > To post or query, question(s), etc. to the mail list send to: > GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com > > To post a query for the county: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Walton > > If you want to post to your individual name, go to our "Surnames of > Interest" (also our web site)section: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ > If your surname is not there, please submit your name for me to add, or > go to: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html > & type in the surname you're searching for. > Also, you can search our archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > If you lose this address, it's listed (if I didn't forget it??)on our > homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ > > We have a project going right now about our listed cemeteries. Any info > you can provide about any of the cemeteries, please do. The next > project will be about our listed surnames. More on this later. The > different areas you might be able to include info for are: > 1) Look-ups--can you provide help in this area? Have books, census > access, live close to a cemetery? Anything? > 2) URLs--for your home pages (doesn't have to be Walton Co.), for your > favorite URLs, for a Walton Co. family > 3) Have anything (books, services, etc.) for sale, that pertains to GA? > 4) Marriages? surnames?, Veterans of any war? > 5) Do you know of any county resources not on the list already?, How > about Populated Places?, > 6) And of course, any cemetery info! > > I guess I've finished playing in the snow/sleet we had today! Now, I > can get back to work?? My ISP has been slow today--maybe frozen?, so I > haven't gotten much done this evening! I'm having a ball though & hope > you are too! > Love ya all! > Momma Walton <>< > PS Be sure & make a copy of the 2000 census before you mail it in! > Better yet, change your name to John or Mary SMITH before you fill in > the census, then after you mail it in, change it back! haha > >

HI All , I'm new to the list so I hope I do this right ! I'm searching for our WOOd family from Walton Ga. Emma WOOD born abt.1844 she married David P. Daniel /DANIELL he was born abt 1840 Ga. He is the son of Atlas A. DANIEL /Sarah MALCOLM Atlas Daniell and family lived in Walton co. GA.1850 census David Daniell and Emma WOOD were married abt. 1860. the Daniell family came to Walton co. GA. from Clark co. GA. Thank you for any information that you might have, Marsha daniell@crosstel.net

Does anyone have any info on the Wafford Settlement? My gr gr gr grandfather owned 250 acres of land in Walton Co & I wonder if it wasn't in this area? LindaJ

Danny, I agree, it is a great option. I have one book that I copied a few years ago. It was a little over 450 pages and was poorly put together, and I couldn't be sure if the book was opened all the way. I kept having to re-copy pages because part of a page wasn't there. I didn't think I would ever get it finished, but I don't regret one minute of it now. Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: DANNY MANUS <dannym@negia.net> To: Dorothy Cox <paulanddot@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [GAWALTON] Wayfarers in Walton > dot, i do not disagree, i looked @ the book again 2-day n commerce; it just > depends on how bad u want a copy of it. (ps - after all, that is an > option.) > > danny > > ---------- > > From: Dorothy Cox <paulanddot@worldnet.att.net> > > To: DANNY MANUS <dannym@negia.net> > > Subject: Re: [GAWALTON] Wayfarers in Walton > > Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:01 PM > > > > Danny, > > That would be a whole lot of fun. It's 885 pages including the index. > > Dot > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > DOT, HER BEST BET IS TO COPY IT. I COPIED "THESE MEN SHE GAVE" & IT > SERVES > > > MY PURPOSE.(PUT IT N A NOTEBOOK) > > > > > > DANNY > >

Hi all, This message is mostly for our "newbies", but might be helpful to our "older generation" (right Dot???Lowell???Momma???) To post or query, question(s), etc. to the mail list send to: GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com To post a query for the county: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Walton If you want to post to your individual name, go to our "Surnames of Interest" (also our web site)section: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ If your surname is not there, please submit your name for me to add, or go to: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html & type in the surname you're searching for. Also, you can search our archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl If you lose this address, it's listed (if I didn't forget it??)on our homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ We have a project going right now about our listed cemeteries. Any info you can provide about any of the cemeteries, please do. The next project will be about our listed surnames. More on this later. The different areas you might be able to include info for are: 1) Look-ups--can you provide help in this area? Have books, census access, live close to a cemetery? Anything? 2) URLs--for your home pages (doesn't have to be Walton Co.), for your favorite URLs, for a Walton Co. family 3) Have anything (books, services, etc.) for sale, that pertains to GA? 4) Marriages? surnames?, Veterans of any war? 5) Do you know of any county resources not on the list already?, How about Populated Places?, 6) And of course, any cemetery info! I guess I've finished playing in the snow/sleet we had today! Now, I can get back to work?? My ISP has been slow today--maybe frozen?, so I haven't gotten much done this evening! I'm having a ball though & hope you are too! Love ya all! Momma Walton <>< PS Be sure & make a copy of the 2000 census before you mail it in! Better yet, change your name to John or Mary SMITH before you fill in the census, then after you mail it in, change it back! haha

Walter, I know John F. Moore fairly well. I'll give him a call about the cemetery he mentioned to you. As to cleaning the site: the help we are getting now is over extended just looking for the cemeteries. Once this is completed and sites marked on the tax maps we hope we will have generated enough interest that folks will jump in to clean, catalog etc. Right now we have as much as we can handle getting our to find the sites while the foliage is still off the bushes and trees. Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "WJFREEMAN" <sffwjf@dca.net> To: <GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 27 January, 2000 19:13 Subject: [GAWALTON] Greetings from the Cemetery > Walter, a couple of weeks ago, I was down in Georgia and decided to stop > by the cemetery in downtown Monroe to look for my Aunt Lillian Freeman > Haralson and her husband Thomas Haralson's grave. She died in 1986 and > I wanted to refresh my memory and to check on the dates. > > Well, I walked through the cemetery for about 30 minutes without > success. I thought I remembered the section they were buried in when we > drove down to Georgia for her funeral. Boy, did that memory turn out to > be misleading after so many years. > > After a bit, a gentleman, a Mr. John F. Moore, who was walking his dog > and I struck up a conversation. He knew my aunt and vaugely remembered > where she was buried. In a few minutes we located the grave. I would > have never, never found it on my own since it was in a different section > than I remembered with Tom and Lillian's name on the opposite side of a > stone that read Biggers from inside the cemetery and Haralson from the > street side. I would have just looked at one side of the stone and > never have walked to the other side. > > In talking to Mr Moore, he said that he had a cemetery on his property > that needed to be cleaned up. He said that he isn't personally able to > do this work at his age, ca. 68. I mentioned that the Walton list was > very active and that you had recently joined the list. I also said that > others who are concerned with the preservation of Walton cemeteries and > sites might be willing to help him. In any case, Mr. Moore sends his > regards. > > Is it possible that some of the local list members or others with Walton > Historical interest could help? > > Walter Freeman > Landenberg, PA > >

I'm no lawyer, but I do believe it is against the law to copy a copyright publication whose copyright is still valid -- excerpts are ok, copying the whole think isn't. Wayfarers is almost certainly going to be available again in the next few months and availability will be posted on the GAWALTON pages. Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Cox" <paulanddot@worldnet.att.net> To: <GAWALTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 January, 2000 00:10 Subject: Re: [GAWALTON] Wayfarers in Walton > Danny, > I agree, it is a great option. I have one book that I copied a few years > ago. > It was a little over 450 pages and was poorly put together, and I couldn't > be sure if the book was opened all the way. I kept having to re-copy pages > because part of a page wasn't there. I didn't think I would ever get it > finished, > but I don't regret one minute of it now. > Dot > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DANNY MANUS <dannym@negia.net> > To: Dorothy Cox <paulanddot@worldnet.att.net> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: [GAWALTON] Wayfarers in Walton > > > > dot, i do not disagree, i looked @ the book again 2-day n commerce; it > just > > depends on how bad u want a copy of it. (ps - after all, that is an > > option.) > > > > danny > > > > ---------- > > > From: Dorothy Cox <paulanddot@worldnet.att.net> > > > To: DANNY MANUS <dannym@negia.net> > > > Subject: Re: [GAWALTON] Wayfarers in Walton > > > Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:01 PM > > > > > > Danny, > > > That would be a whole lot of fun. It's 885 pages including the index. > > > Dot > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > DOT, HER BEST BET IS TO COPY IT. I COPIED "THESE MEN SHE GAVE" & IT > > SERVES > > > > MY PURPOSE.(PUT IT N A NOTEBOOK) > > > > > > > > DANNY > > > > >

Joan, No, I don't know anyone. If anyone knows of a copy of Wayfarers for sale, could you let Joan know? Dot ----- Original Message ----- > Thanks Dot for the info. Do you know of anyone who has one they would like to > sell? Joan >

Walter, a couple of weeks ago, I was down in Georgia and decided to stop by the cemetery in downtown Monroe to look for my Aunt Lillian Freeman Haralson and her husband Thomas Haralson's grave. She died in 1986 and I wanted to refresh my memory and to check on the dates. Well, I walked through the cemetery for about 30 minutes without success. I thought I remembered the section they were buried in when we drove down to Georgia for her funeral. Boy, did that memory turn out to be misleading after so many years. After a bit, a gentleman, a Mr. John F. Moore, who was walking his dog and I struck up a conversation. He knew my aunt and vaugely remembered where she was buried. In a few minutes we located the grave. I would have never, never found it on my own since it was in a different section than I remembered with Tom and Lillian's name on the opposite side of a stone that read Biggers from inside the cemetery and Haralson from the street side. I would have just looked at one side of the stone and never have walked to the other side. In talking to Mr Moore, he said that he had a cemetery on his property that needed to be cleaned up. He said that he isn't personally able to do this work at his age, ca. 68. I mentioned that the Walton list was very active and that you had recently joined the list. I also said that others who are concerned with the preservation of Walton cemeteries and sites might be willing to help him. In any case, Mr. Moore sends his regards. Is it possible that some of the local list members or others with Walton Historical interest could help? Walter Freeman Landenberg, PA

Hello: Walton, Georgia researchers Thank you Bettie for letting me join and post about my family. Hope my little bit of info will help not only me - but others, too. :-) I am searching for any information about my McCAY family who lived in the northern area of Clarke, Oconee, Morgan or Walton Counties from 1861 till 1870. It is known that several members of the McCAY line moved to Georgia from Pickens (Oconee) South Carolina from the early 1800s on. I am looking for the old farm house location of William Boling McCAY and wife, Arena Catherine Bell-McCAY and children. Three children were born in Georgia - William Andrew McCAY, Walter Bell McCAY, and Seldon Boling McCAY - please see below for more on them. Does anyone have any idea about where their farm house might have been located during the years 1861-1870? I know that William was a blacksmith, and worked in a gun factory during the War Between the States. He also served in Captain F.L. Cook's Company - 23rd Georgia Infantry Battalion - also known as Georgia Local Defense - Enfield Rifle Battalion. He was employed at the armory by Captain Cook in 1863 and 1864. He also worked in Atlanta during those years. We know he left Arena Catherine and the children living on a farm away from the cities. Could she have been living with another family? Maybe the COOK family or a member of that 23rd regiment? There is a McCaysville, Georgia in Fannin County - always wondered if any of my McCays from Pickens, South Carolina settled or started it? I love doing the family research - thanks to my mother working on it for years. I wish I had more time to spend on it. I stay busy as a full-time children's Civil War author. I know we are not supposed to use the rootsweb to advertise things, but I have two - new - children's Civil War books just out! :-) I'm also trying to gather info on my family members who served in the Confederacy - as I can see several books coming from their wonderful stories and lives. I look forward to hearing from you. Nancy :-) ============================================================ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> McCAY Family >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. William MACKAY (b. Scotland ca 1700) ....2. Thomas MACKAY (b. Scotland ca 1730) ........3. Daniel McCAY (b. Scotland DEC 1756) m. Betsy STANLEY ............4. Daniel S. McCay b. 1792 m. Rhoda Jane Hill ............4. William B. McCay b. 1794 m. Cassa_____? or Mary White? ............4. William Alexander McCay B. 1797 m. Nancy Golden ............4. Archibald McCay m. Martha Wheeler ............4. John McCay m. Katie Alford ............4. Jerusha McCay b. 1804 m. Harbert Arthur Hill ............4. Thomas H. McCay b. 1806 m. Elender Boling ***NOTE*** see family below ............4. Martin Stanley McCay b. 1806 m. Martha Patsy Collins ............4. (The following could also be children of Daniel McCay & Betsy Stanley: Margaret, Rosanna, Nancy, Jane, Benjamin - they are sometimes listed as McCoy, all born and raised in Pendleton District.) *** My line is from: Thomas H. McCAY (son of Daniel McCay & Betsy STANLEY) b. 1806 South Carolina d. 1843 Pickens County, SC Thomas was a gunsmith, blacksmith, & farmer. He married Elender BOLING in August of 1827. (Could be spelled BOLING - BOLLING - BOWLING) She was b. 1808 in South Carolina. She died in 1850 (buried in Pickens County, SC).I don't have anything on her line. Children: all born in Pickens County, SC 1. William Boling McCAY 1828-1909 (My GRT-GRT Grandparents) b. 2 MAR 1833 Anderson County, SC d. 11 JUN 1918 Gustine, Comanche County, TX m. Arena Catherine BELL (see below for their children, and BELL Family for info on her line)) 2. Elizabeth C. McCAY 1830- 3. Jarisha (Jarusha) A. McCAY 1832- 4. Catharin L. McCAY 1833- 5. Sarah A. McCAY 1835- 6. Margarett McCAY 1837- 7. Daniel W. McCAY 1839- 8. Unice E. McCAY 1841- 9. Martha T. McCAY 1842- Children of William Boling McCay & Arena Catherine Bell: #1-6 born in Pickens County, SC #7-9 born in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia #10-12 born in Marshall County, Mississippi .....1. Arah Ella McCAY 1851-1939 m. James WAKEFIELD, then Wesley MYHAND .....2. John Thomas McCAY 1853-1945 m. Martha Ann RUSHING .....3. Rudie Artiemissie McCAY 1854-1879 m. Thomas M. HANCOCK .....4. Missouri Eveline 1856-1933 m. Samuel H. HANCOCK .....5. Unity Annie McCAY 1858-1886 m. Henry HUDSPETH .....6. Tinnie C. McCAY 1861-1886 m. Pouncey NUCKOLS .....7. William Andrew McCAY 1864-1942 m. Velma Etta CROUT .....8. Walter Bell McCAY 1867-1928 m. Annie L.J. ROBINSON .....9. Seldon Boling McCAY 1869-1886 ....10. Bulah Pearl McCAY 1871-1951 (my GRT-Grandparents) m. Jefferson S. KELLEY ....11. Lou Dovic McCAY 1873-1886 ....12. Alexander McCAY 1873-1876 ============================================================ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BELL Family >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John BELL, Jr. (born 26 FEB 1807 North Carolina) He married Arah (Amy) Beck SWAFFORD. She was born 11 NOV 1806, Pickens District, South Carolina. She and John BELL were listed in the 1860 Pickens District Census, and in the 1870 Oconee County, South Carolina census. She died in 1890. John died in May, 1891. They had ten children: > 1. Samuel M. BELL > b. 26 JUN 1827 d. _________ > 2. Mary Adeline BELL > b. 17 JAN 1829 d. 27 JUN 1914 > m. John M. HOWARD > 3. Jasper M. BELL > b. 26 FEB 1831 d. __________ > 4. Arena Catherine BELL > b. 2 MAR 1833 Anderson County, SC > d. 11 JUN 1918 Gustine, Comanche County, TX > m. William Boling McCAY > 5. Rhoda Emaline (Rudy) BELL > b. 27 DEC 1834 Salem, Pickens (Oconee) County, SC > d. 25 JAN 1922 La Jara, Conejos, Colorado > m. John Henry ROSS > 6. Sarah Agnes BELL > b. 21 NOV 1836 > d. 1941 (105 years old) Townville, SC > 7. George S. BELL > b. 16 MAY 1839 > d. 26 AUG 1922 > m. Harriett GANTT > 8. James A. BELL > b. 10 MAY 1841 SC > d. __________ > 9. John S. BELL > b. 6 JAN 1843 SC > d. __________ > 10. Elizabeth A. BELL > b. 29 APR 1846 SC > d. ___________

Hi all, Guess what??? We have white stuff in Texas today!!Yipppeee Do we have anything further on Old Alcovy Cemetery? It's not the same as Alcovy Mountain Baptist Cemetery, is it? Anyone have anything on this cemetery? We have some burials (inventory?) fore this one, but would like anything to go with it! Where is it? What town? Is it in Bold Springs, too? I'll start updating the site again here shortly--when I thaw some! I hope ya'll are double checking/proofreading what I have so far?? I KNOW there are some of you checking up on me!! haha Thanks, though! Gotta go now & lay some more....Brrrrrrrr Love, Momma Walton <><