These look like familiar names, don't they? FROM: eqm@bellsouth.net > I am a g-g-granddaughter of Joseph B. Queen. Hope that I can shed some light on > your questions. Gilmer County is in Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia to be exact. > > Joseph married Permelia Catherine Hawk > > My g-grandfather was Charlie Thornton Queen born Sep 12, 1862, died Jun > 14, 1952. He married first, Lillian Graves Peters (not Lillie C. as mentioned in > your file) born Sep 8, 1867, died Jan 8, 1936, on Mar 19 1882. > > Their son, Charley Frank was my grandfather. He was born 6/22/1888 Walton County, > GA, died Dec 16/1965, Walton County, GA. He married Allie Gladys DeVane, born Feb > 7, 1900 in Schley County, Georgia, on Dec 16, 1917. > > They had the following children, all born in Walton County, Georgia: > > George Frank, b Sep 2, 1918, d Jan 4 1919 > James Rufus, b Sep 23, 1919, d Jul 11, 1983 > Ralph Brumby, b Dec 25, 1921, d. > Robert Reynolds, b Dec 30, 1923, d May 27, 1999; married Frances Shipp Glass, b > Oct 23, 1923 on Jun 21, 1941 > Ann Leila, b Mar 12 1927, d, married Emory Perry, Sep 25, 1947 > Dorothy Dean, b Oct 6, 1929, d Oct 6, 1929 > Charles Eugene, b Jun 3 1931, d Jan 15, 1970 > > I have more but as it is growing late need to stop for now. Will try to send > more another time. I have more dates as all of their children have passed away > and will get that to you as soon as possible. I have some more on the children > of Charlie Thornton and Lillian Graves Peters Queen also. > > I know that Charlie Thornton's mother had a brother named Thornton who was killed > in the War Between the States just before he was born and that is who he was > named after. He was called Thornton and not Charlie. > > Thanks, > > ElizaBeth Queen-McKee > > JRedmondsr@aol.com wrote: > > > Thanks to you all for your response on Joseph. I notice that some of you have > > mentioned a Samuel Queen in your writings over the last year or so. I found a > > Samuel Queen (head of household) in Ga. in the early 1800s. Now I will have > > to search my papers to let you know the exact information that was on the > > census. It was my thoughts at the time of my find that this Samuel was in > > fact Joseph's father, due to Joseph being listed as a male child. > > The tail has it that Joseph his brother and father would visit this part of > > Ga. each year to sell apples. Joseph married a Miss Hawk from this area > > Walton Co. Ga. where he obtained a good mass of land. In reading his Will he > > states that all of his real estate in Gilmer Co. should be sold to pay his > > honest debts. Was this Gilmer Co. Ga.? I don't know. > > Any help to pin down Joseph's family is welcome. > > Thanks Jimmy Redmond Jersey Ga.