>From Waycross Journal-Herald: Monday, April 1, 2002: Calvitt H. Gaskins, 61, incomplete Abram Albert Gilmore, 76 (3-28-2002) Blackshear native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Apr 1, 2002 http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Abram Albert Gilmore, 76, died Thursday afternoon (3-28-02) at the Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, after an extended illness. He was a native of Blackshear, Georgia son of the late Alex and Annie Gilmore. He had been making his home in Atlanta for many years where he was a retired pharmacist and the widower of the late Arlene Barnett Gilmore. He was a member of the Waycross Hebrew Congregation and a veteran of World War Two where he served with the U. S. Army. He is survived by two sons Joey and Andy Gilmore of Atlanta; a daughter-in-law Sandra Gilmore of Atlanta; three grandchildren Justin, Matthew and Stephanie Gilmore all of Atlanta, and other relatives. Funeral services was held Sunday afternoon (3-31-02) at three o'clock at the graveside in Oakland Cemetery with Richard Luskin, President of the Waycross Hebrew Congregation, conducting. Miles-Odum Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Russell Crews, pallbearers Elizabeth Dean Henderson, pallbearers Loretta Gill Johnson, pallbearers Tuesday, April 2, 2002: Calvitt H. Gaskins Jr., 61 (3-31-2002) Waycross native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Apr 1, 2002 http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Calvitt H. Gaskins, 61, died Sunday afternoon (3-31-02) at the St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida after a short illness. Born and raised in Waycross to the late Calvitt H. Gaskins, Sr., and Olivia Peagler Gaskins he had resided in Jacksonville for the past 3 years. He was a graduate of Waycross High School in 1959, employed by the railroad, and active in the performing arts for many years. He served 2 terms as president of the Waycross Community Concert Association, served on the Board of Directors for the Okefenokee Performing Arts Council, served both on and off the stage at the Waycross Area Community Theater by acting and also a member of the Board of Directors. He received the WACT Award in 1989 for dedicated service. He was an active member of Trinity UMC where he sang in the choir and was very actively involved in children's ministries. While in Jacksonville he also attended Christ Church of Peace and St. Luke's MCC. After moving to Jacksonville he worked as a volunteer at the Jacksonville Symphony, the Florida Theater, and the Theater of Jacksonville. He also became very active in the political process serving as a member of the Duval County Democratic Party Executive Commission and served as chairman for his precinct. He is survived by two sisters, Cathy Medlock of Jacksonville, FL., Lecell Lane of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a nephew, Thomas Medlock and his wife Tina of Jacksonville, FL., a niece, Amber Love and her husband Tim of Atlanta and several other relatives. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Wednesday April 3, 2002 at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends from 6-8 PM Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Maudina B. Mason, 75 incomplete Charlie P. Jackson, incomplete Elizabeth Groover Melton, 80, (4-1-2002) Appling Co.native (Smith Funeral Home, Blackshear) Ava Nelle Tomberlin, 81 (3-29-2002) (Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald) Joseph W. Bennett Elizabeth Smith Carter, pallbearers Loretta Gill Johnson, pallbearers Wednesday, April 3, 2002: Will Paul Herrin, 38 (2-25-2002) Memorial service Talmadge Tony Smart, incomplete Leo Eugene "Gene" Mitchell, 68, incomplete Maudina Buchanan Mason, 75 (4-1-2002) (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) Charlie Pierce Jackson, 79 (4-1-2002) Fairfax, AL native (Smith Funeral Home, Blackshear) Thursday, April 4, 2002: Dr. Roscoe Dolan Perritt, 68 (4-3-2002), Waycross native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) Talmadge Tony Smart, 43, Ware Co. native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) Lottie Walker Summerall Douberly Teter, 95 (3-31-2002) Pierce Co. native, (Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home, Blackshear) Leo Eugene "Gene" Mitchell, 68 (4-2-2002) Ware Co. native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) Maudina Buchanan Mason, pallbearers Calvitt H. Gaskins Jr., pallbearers Elizabeth Groover Melton, pallbearers Friday, April 5, 2002: B. D. Jones, Jr., 74 (4-4-2002) Ware Co. resident, (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Apr 5, 2002 http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ B. D. Jones, Jr., 74, died Thursday morning (4-4-02) at his residence after an extended illness. He had lived most of his life in Ware County, son of the late B. D. Jones, Sr. and Mattie Register Jones. He was a graduate of Waycross High School class of 1943 and served with the U. S. Navy during World War II. He retired as a Supervisor with the Transportation Department of the CSX Railroad, retiring on August 31, 1983 after forty-three years of service. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, John Wesley Sunday School Class, Elks Club, VFW, CSX Officers Club, Nomberg Golf Tour, Thursday Morning Breakfast Club and a former member of the Okefenokee Golf Club. He is survived by his wife Carolyn Henry Jones of Waycross; a son David E. Jones and his wife Holly of Evans, Georgia; a daughter Paula Marqiotta and her husband Charlie of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; five grandchildren Garrett, Alexandra and Lindsey Jones all of Evans, Ga. and Elizabeth and Charles Margiotta of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; a sister and brother-in-law Lucille and Marcus Sweat, Jr. of Waycross; three nieces and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon (4-7-02) at two o'clock at the Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Members of the John Wesley Sunday School Class and the CSX Officers Club are to serve as Honorary Pallbearers, they are requested to gather at the church at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. The family will receive friends at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home from seven until nine o'clock Saturday night and have requested that memorials be sent to Hospice Satilla and the Okefenokee Technical College Foundation. Donald Eugene Griffin Sr., 66 (4-4-2002) Ware Co. native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) Solomon Smith, 74 (4-4-2002) Waycross native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Posted on Apr 5, 2002 Solomon Smith, 71, of Waycross died early Thursday morning at Satilla Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Waycross he lived in Jacksonville for 30 years but had moved back to Waycross for the past 20 years. He was employed with the State of Georgia. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife Sarah J. Smith of Waycross, two stepdaughters, Sarah Ann Lewis and her husband Bill of St. Mary's, Mary Alice Loper and her husband Cecil of Waycross, a brother-in-law, Lamar Jacobs of Jacksonville, one brother, numerous sisters, and many other relatives. Funeral services will be held Saturday April 6, 2002 at 2 PM in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Telmore Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Sat., April 6, 2002: Ellen Highwmith Wheeler, 85 (4-4-2002) Pierce Co. native (Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, Jacksonville, FL) Anthony Roger "Tony" King, 40 (4-4-2002) Blackshear native (Poteet Funeral Home, Augusta, GA) Talmadge Tony Smart, pallbearers Leo Eugene "Gene" Mitchell, pallbearers Mae MacKay, 90 (4-5-2002) LaGrange, Ga. native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Apr 5, 2002 http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Mae McKay, 90, died Friday afternoon (4-5-02) at Baptist Village after an extended illness. She was a native of LaGrange, Georgia, daughter of the late Luther M Lavender and Clara Powell Lavender. She had lived most of her life in Columbus, Va., moving to Fernandina Beach, Fla. in 1989. She had been making her home at Baptist Village since 1994 and was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church of Waycross. Her husband was the late David McKay. She is survived by four grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, five great great grandchildren, a nephew Billy Malloy and his wife Mary Frances of Fernandina Beach, Fla. and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Monday morning (4-8-02) at eleven o'clock at the graveside in Oakland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home from ten until eleven o'clock Monday morning. Dorothy Louise Mixon, 58 (4-4-2002) Waldo, FL native (Roundtree Funeral Home, Homerville) Pury Donald Griffin, 80 (4-5-2002) Hoboken native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross)

I am also a decndant from the Kelly line... tell who are you looking for, May we cab help each other ----- Original Message ----- From: <rebelblues71@yahoo.com> To: <GAWARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:54 AM Subject: [GAWARE] Kelly's From Georgia > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fd.2ADI/537 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi I am looking for Kelly's from Waycross,Georgia...My boss's Family is Kelly if you have any info please e-mail me.. > > > ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe:send mail to > GAWARE-L-request@rootsweb.com ..change the "L" to "D" for Digest > with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. > Judy Roberts- Co-Manager- j2roberts@sum.net > Sharon Wright- List Manager- shadri@perry.gulfnet.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 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fd.2ADI/537 Message Board Post: Hi I am looking for Kelly's from Waycross,Georgia...My boss's Family is Kelly if you have any info please e-mail me..

It is hurricane season in Florida and I really had to pass this on. I don't know another list who might appreciate this without sending me those awful hate mails. So, here it is. The latest from Florida about hurricanes. Sorry, I hope I didn't mess up the "canal" discussion. Canal in Florida is the same as creek in Georgia. ;-) Mike ps...apology in advance Finally, some hurricane advice which makes sense! We're entering the heart of hurricane season. Any day now, you're going to turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Atlantic and making two basic meteorological points: There is no need to panic. We could all be killed. Yes, hurricane season is an exciting time to be in South Florida. If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one.'' The best way to get information on this topic is to ask people who were here during Hurricane Andrew (we're easy to recognize, because we still smell faintly of BO mixed with gasoline). Based on our experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan: STEP 1. Buy enough food and bottled water to last your family for at least three days. STEP 2. Put these supplies into your car. STEP 3. Drive to Nebraska and remain there until Halloween. Unfortunately, statistics show that most people will not follow this sensible plan. Most people will foolishly stay here in South Florida. If you're one of those people, you'll want to clip out the following useful hurricane information and tuck it away in a safe place so that later on, when a storm is brewing, you will not be able to locate it. We'll start with one of the most important hurricane preparedness items: HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE: If you own a home, you must have hurricane insurance. Fortunately, this insurance is cheap and easy to get, as long as your home meets two basic requirements: (1) It is reasonably well-built, and (2) It is located in Nebraska. Unfortunately, if your home is located in South Florida, or any other area that might actually be hit by a hurricane, most insurance companies would prefer not to sell you hurricane insurance, because then they might be required to pay YOU money, and that is certainly not why they got into the insurance business in the first place. So you'll have to scrounge around for an insurance company, which will charge you an annual premium roughly equal to the replacement value of your house. At any moment, this company can drop you like used dental floss. Since Hurricane Andrew, I have had an estimated 27 different home-insurance companies. This week, I'm covered by the Bob and Big Stan Insurance Company, under a policy which states that, in addition to my premium, Bob and Big Stan are entitled, on demand, to my kidneys. SHUTTERS: Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors, and -- if it's a major hurricane -- all the toilets. There are several types of shutters, with advantages and disadvantages: Plywood shutters: The advantage is that, because you make them yourself, they're cheap. The disadvantage is that, because you make them yourself, they will fall off. Sheet-metal shutters: The advantage is that these work well, once you get them all up. The disadvantage is that once you get them all up, your hands will be useless bleeding stumps, and it will be December. Roll-down shutters: The advantages are that they're very easy to use, and will definitely protect your house. The disadvantage is that you will have to sell your house to pay for them. "Hurricane-proof'' windows: These are the newest wrinkle in hurricane protection: They look like ordinary windows, but they can withstand hurricane winds! You can be sure of this, because the salesman says so. He lives in Nebraska. "HURRICANE PROOFING'' YOUR PROPERTY: As the hurricane approaches, check your yard for movable objects like barbecue grills, planters, patio furniture, visiting relatives, etc.; you should, as a precaution, throw these items into your swimming pool (if you don't have a swimming pool, you should have one built immediately). Otherwise, the hurricane winds will turn these objects into deadly missiles. (If you happen to have deadly missiles in your yard, don't worry, because the hurricane winds will turn THEM into harmless objects.) EVACUATION ROUTE: If you live in a low-lying area, you should have an evacuation route planned out. (To determine whether you live in a low-lying area, look at your driver's license; if it says "Florida,'' you live in a low-lying area.) The purpose of having an evacuation route is to avoid being trapped in your home when a major storm hits. Instead, you will be trapped in a gigantic traffic jam several miles from your home, along with two million other evacuees. So, as a bonus, you will not be lonely. SUPPLIES: If you don't evacuate, you will need a mess of supplies. Do not buy them now! South Florida tradition requires that you wait until the last possible minute, then go to the supermarket and get into vicious fights with strangers over who gets the last can of Spam. In addition to food and water, you will need the following supplies: 23 FLASHLIGHTS. At least $167 worth of batteries that turn out, when the power goes out, to be the wrong size for the flashlights. BLEACH. (No, I don't know what the bleach is for. NOBODY knows what the bleach is for. But it's traditional, so GET some, dammit!) A 55 GALLON DRUM OF UNDERARM DEODORANT. A BIG KNIFE THAT YOU CAN STRAP TO YOUR LEG. (This will be useless in a hurricane, but it looks cool.) A LARGE QUANTITY OF BANANAS to placate the monkeys. (Ask anybody who went through Andrew; after the hurricane, there will be irate monkeys.) $35,000 IN CASH OR DIAMONDS so that, after the hurricane passes, you can buy a generator from a man with no discernible teeth. Of course these are just basic precautions. As the hurricane draws near, it is vitally important that you keep abreast of the situation by turning on your television and watching TV reporters in rain slickers stand right next to the ocean and tell you over and over how vitally important it is for everybody to stay the hell away from the ocean. At that point, if you've prepared all you can, there's frankly nothing left for you to do but pray. I mean for a really BIG wave.

In a message dated 04/11/2002 3:25:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, CHRISTIGREENE@aol.com writes: > Just to let everyone know that I have access to the 1920 Ware Co census and > if you would like anything looked up, let me know. > > I meant to say that I have access to all of Georgia.

Just to let everyone know that I have access to the 1920 Ware Co census and if you would like anything looked up, let me know. Christi Greene

Wanda and Any Interested, I am looking at the Census at Ancestry. On the 1860 Coosa County, AL I have run into a number of my DRIVERs. While looking saw the following. Sharon Beginning on line 28 Dwelling #896 img. #130 William J. PEDDY age 28, Male, Drugist, GA, Real Estate:$300, Personal Estate:$2500 Had 1 attending school within the year. Mary A. PEDDY age 28, Female, Housewife, GA William A. PEDDY age 8, male, AL Louisa PEDDY age 5, female, AL

I am looking for any information on the Charles Wood family below. Especially the Parents of Charles Wood CHARLES WOOD was born Abt. 1791 in Georgia, and died Abt. 1856 in Georgia, Coweta Co He married MARY N FARRILL Abt. 1820 in Georgia. She was born Abt. 1800 in Georgia, and died Abt. 1865 in Georgia, Coweta Co Children of CHARLES WOOD and MARY FARRILL are: i. MARY C3 WOOD, b. Abt. 1825, Georgia. ii. SARAH A WOOD, b. Abt. 1827, Georgia. iii. JAMES N WOOD, b. Abt. 1829, Georgia; d. Aft. 1870; m. CATHERINE, Georgia. iv. HANAH E WOOD, b. Abt. 1831, Georgia. v. HERIETT H WOOD, b. Abt. 1833, Georgia. vi. ADDILINE R WOOD, b. Abt. 1835, Georgia. vii. WILLIAM H WOOD, b. Abt. 1838, Georgia. viii. CHARLES BEVERLY WOOD, b. February 05, 1839, Georgia7; d. February 01, 1911, Georgia, Coweta Co m. ANNE E ROBINSON, November 1859, Georgia, Coweta Co; b. June 12, 1847; d. June 29, 1911, Georgia, Coweta Co. ix. REBECCA L WOOD, b. Abt. 1841, Georgia. x. MARGARETT P WOOD, b. Abt. 1843, Georgia. xi. BUD ARISTARCHUS S. WOOD, b. August 04, 1849, Georgia, Coweta Co9; d. January 17, 1926, Alabama, Cherokee Co m. (1) MARY E TURNER; b. Abt. 1845, Georgia; m. (2) SARAH FRANCIS TURNER, October 1869, Georgia, Coweta Co; b. January 30, 1851, Georgia d. May 04, 1932, Alabama, Cherokee Co. ************************************************************ Georgia Informaion and Links at www.segenealogy.com/georgia ************************************************************

Received this on a surname list, thought some of you might be interested. Sharon all rolls are $34 each, postpaid telephone credit card orders can be placed at 1-800-234-8861 or faxed to 1-301-713-6169 or mailed to national archives customer service center, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740 all other orders (non credit card) should be mailed to national archives trust fund, p.o. box 100793, atlanta ga 30384-0793 web site for 1930 census is: http://1930census.archives.gov there is a separate seamans census publication M1932 - 3 rolls there is a soundex schedule for 10 states, and 2 partial states there are 156 rolls of microfilm giving the boundaries of the enumeration districts used in the censuses from 1830 thru 1950. The call number of this series is T1224.. rolls 61-90 refer to the 1930 census. there are 36 rolls of microfilm giving maps of enumeration districts for the 1930 census. this series is M1930. there all 1587 rolls of microfilm in the 1930 soundex series, codes M2049-M2060. States are Alabama m2049 arkansas m2050 florida m2051 georgia m2052 kentucky m2053 - 7 counties only louisiana m2054 mississippi m2055 north carolina m2056 south carolina m2057 tennessee m2058 - virginia m2059 west virginia m2060 - 7 counties only the actual 1930 census is schedule T626 and contains 2667 rolls. the rolls are in sequential order by state. for instance alabama has rolls 1 thru 54 arizona has rolls 55-63, arkansas has rolls 64 thru 99. If you have any particular questions about any of the above microfilms or the catalog in general, please contact me offline at dstrickland@optekinc.com thanks david

here is a great site thought everyone would like to visit http://www.wdbj.net/~wdbj/gen/birthyear/cenindx.html

I will see what I can do in terms of adding creeks and streams. It may or may not be a priority depending on what I find and my other projects on that page. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tkp7256@aol.com> To: <GAWARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [GAWARE] Georgia Branches and Creeks > Also, the watershed site has tribal information: > > http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/tnmap.cfm > > Teresa Currie Blevins > > > ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== > Search the RootsWeb Archives: > http://lists.rootsweb.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 > >

It Once Happened The sad and often tragic history of the Marranos of Spain and Portugal began more than a hundred years before the Expulsion in 1492, and continued for several hundred years after. The bloody pogroms that started in Spain in 1391 forced many Jews to accept Christianity in order to save their lives. These Jews were, from that time forth, under the watchful eyes of the Inquisition, a clerical tribunal set up to apprehend backsliding "New Christians." On the slightest evidence, people were arrested, tortured, and often burned at the stake for the "sin" of secretly practicing Judaism. In spite of the terror of the Inquisition, many Jewish families continued observing the mitzvot in secret. One such family was the Nunez family of Portugal. Over the generations, the secret of their Jewishness had been handed down from father to son and mother to daughter. Three of the family had paid with their lives for their loyalty to their faith: Clara, Isabella and Helen were all sentenced to death in 1632. The family had branches in Spain and Portugal. The Portuguese family was considered among the aristocracy of that country. The head of that family, Samuel, or as he was known in Portuguese, Ribiero Nunez, was the court physician. On the surface Samuel was a loyal Catholic, never arousing the slightest suspicion that he was a secret Jew. But the Inquisition set about to discover his secret. One fanatical member of the tribunal succeeded in planting a spy in his household--a servant who was instructed to note all of the family activities and report back with his findings. Indeed, he returned to the tribunal with the news that the Samuel Nunez family was seen observing certain Jewish rituals. Samuel Nunez's arrest caused a sensation in the land. A personal friend as well as physician to the king, Dr. Nunez was widely admired by the nobility. Although the king normally refrained from interfering with the actions of the Inquisition, he now used his influence to free the doctor. The Inquisition freed him, but on the condition that an observer be installed in his home to watch for any questionable activities. Samuel Nunez decided that he had better plan an escape. It would be difficult to elude the spying eyes in his household, but Dr. Nunez seized upon brilliant idea. Dr. Nunez invited many of his distinguished friends to an elaborate banquet at his home. After the meal he announced that a grand surprise awaited them. His yacht was anchored outside his home on a nearby river, and he would be treating them to a lovely after-dinner cruise. The tipsy guests boarded the ship in happy expectation of more entertainment. By the time they sobered up and realized they were far from shore, the Nunez family was well on their way to freedom in England. For, the "yacht" was a well-appointed British battleship commissioned by Dr. Nunez for the purpose of bringing his family to freedom. The surprised passengers were assured that provisions were in place for their return voyage, but the Nunezes would be remaining abroad, since their lives were in jeopardy in Portugal. Careful planning had led to the success of his secret plan. Relatives in England were waiting for the Nunez family, and when they arrived there, they joined a group of Jewish refugees bound for the British Colonies of America. In the summer of 1733 the Jews arrived in Savannah, Georgia, where Governor Oglethorpe provided them with the land they would need for homes and farming. When a protest was lodged by English trustees of the colony, saying, "We do not wish to make the American Colonies a Jewish settlement," Oglethorpe, an honest, liberal-minded man, ignored it. Angry protests continued to issue from England to disenfranchise the Jews, and although the governor made a pretense of obeying, land records from that time show the Nunez family received the deed to six farms in the Savannah area. Due to the continued anti-Jewish pressure, Dr. Nunez moved his family to Charleston, South Carolina for a time, later returning to Georgia, where he lived out his life. The doctor's son-in-law located in New York, where he became one of the leading members of the Spanish-Portuguese congregation there. Adapted from The Storyteller, Kehot Publication Society.\ >From L'Chaim Weekly

THIS IS FOR THOSE PERSONS ON THE LIST WITH NUNEZ/EUNICE ANCESTORS: GEORGIA'S FIRST PHYSICIAN By Dr. Alfred A. Weinstein Article published in the Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin Summer 1961 Early in 1732 the British Crown granted 10,000 pounds sterling to twenty-one trustees, noblemen, and gentlemen of Great Britain and charged them with establishing a colony named Georgia. This, the last British colony to be founded on American soil was to serve the head, heart and the pocketbooks of George II. It was intended as a buffer state for the protection of Charleston in the north from the Spanish at Saint Augustine to the south; in addition, it was to be a convenient dumping ground for the English poor. Finally, Georgia was to become a source of raw material for English industrialism. Six months later the medical history of Georgia began. Six months later, the medical history of Georgia began at Palace Court, London where a certain Dr. Cox, surgeon, offered his professional services to the immigrants for one year without fee or reward. His only stipulation was that the colonists build him a home and till fifty acres. However history loses all trace of Dr. Cox after this, and the only hunt of his fate is found in a record of grant of land. Garden No. 52 made in Savannah, July 14, 1733 to Frances, widow of Dr. William Cox. Strangely enough, medical help for this colony of Anglicans, when it finally came was furnished by a Jew through the backwash of The Spanish Inquisition which began during the reign of Queen Isabella. Spanish and Portuguese Jews had been forced to make the choice between compulsory conversion to Catholicism or death by fire or torture. Those who could fled to more friendly lands, among these , the Netherlands, Curacao, and the Racife in Brazil. Those trapped in Spain accepted death or conversion. Many of the Catholic Jews or Marranos (Pigs), as they were called, followed the precepts of their religion secretly, much as early Christians in the Roman period. One of the Crypto-Jews living in Lisbon in 1726 was a Samuel Ribiero Nunez. Although he was a member of a distinguished family and an admired physician with an extensive practice in that city, he and his mother, and his wife Rebbca and their two sons Daniel and Moses and daughter Zipporah, and servant Shem Noah were apprehended by the "Familiars of the Inquisition" during a Passover Service, " while seeking the Lord according to their prohibited faith". Thrown into jail, they were tortured repeatedly and would have soon perished except for the intervention of the Grand Inquisitor, a long time patient of the good doctor. The Catholic Ecclesiastical Council reluctantly agreed to release Dr. Nunez so that he could treat the Grand Inquisitor who was afflicted with a prostate obstruction of the bladder. First, however, they made provision for two officials of the Inquisition to live with the family to prevent another relapse into heresy. In his mansion on the banks of the Tagus River, Dr. Nunez frequently entertained the first families of Portugal and of Europe. One evening he was host to the Captain of a British brigantine anchored in the river. When the party was in full swing, the captain invited the guests and the Nunez family (accompanied by their Inquisitor keepers) to visit his ship. As soon as they were on board, anchor was weighed according to prearranged plan, sails unfurled, and the ship put out to sea and arrived safely in England. History does not disclose the fate of the ecclesiastical spies, or the natural history of the Grand Inquisitor's medical problems. London Jews, who had been contributing liberally to the Oglethorpe scheme providing new homes for impoverished Christians in the new colony of Georgia, found it logical to provide transportation for their own poor. They chartered two boats and sent a total of ninety Jews to Savannah in one year. Sailing on the first of these boats was a Dr. Nunez and family, and forty other Jews. They arrived in Savannah on July 11, 1733, six months after General James Oglethorpe and his first batch of colonists. After this boat landed, Captain Thomas Corain, one of one of Oglethorpe's aides, wrote, " Georgia will soon become a Jewish colony." He feared that if this news leaked out, rich Christians would not support the colony, and poor Christians would not settle there . The trustees urged Oglethorpe to remove them but, though he was annoyed by their arrival, he did not press for their departure. He knew that , in addition to the Scroll of law, Hanukah, Candelabrum, cult utensils, circumcis! ion kit and Hebrew prayer books, these Jews also had a knowledge of agriculture acquired in Mediterranean lands. He wanted to use them as tools to create in Georgia a "Mediterranean colony of wine, olive oil, silk and indigo." Dr. Nunez' arrival, however, was more than welcome since an uncontrolled epidemic of "bloody flux" and "malignant fever" was raging. Of the original one hundred and fourteen settlers, twenty-nine were already dead, while the survivors had hardly the strength to bury the victims in shallow graves. The formal remedies at his disposal were limited and were soon exhausted, but his training in botany helped make use of indigenous plants and and with great success. He made extensive use of laudanum (opium) to control the "bloody flux," and lemon extract to treat the scurvy which appeared in debilitated patients. He used ipecacuanha (emetine) empirically without knowing that it had a specific action on the amoeba histolytica. With infusions of cinchona bark (quinine) he treated the "malignant fevers" considered in the medical texts of the period to originate form the evil night miasmas of the marshes (malaria =mal aria= bad air). When his supply of chinchona bark was exhausted, he ! used as substitutes the bark of white oak, red oak, and dogwood. He used tartar emetic to produce vomiting in patients with food poisoning, jimson weed smoked in a pipe for asthma, and sassafras root tea as a "purifier of blood." The epidemic subsided, the colonists returned to their work, and Dr. Nunez built his home and settled his family. General Oglethorpe sent to the Trustees of the Colony a report of the help rendered by the first active practitioner of medicine in Georgia. These gentlemen requested Oglethorpe to pay that humane physician for medical service he had rendered to the colonists. The accounts of the colony do not indicate that payment was ever offered or received. (Received land on Ogeeche River). Dr. Nunez did receive help from another Jew named Abraham de Lyon, who had accompanied him on the original contingent in 1733. De Lyon was a farmer who grew peas, grain and rice. He was also a viniculturist by training, and succeeded in raising "beautiful, almost transparent grapes" in Savannah, from choice cuttings he brought with him from Portugal. He laid out a ten acre tract as a Botanical Garden (Trustees Garden) , and introduced to the colonists foreign plants with valuable medical properties and developed herbs which were native to Georgia. Two years later, Dr. Nunez met John Wesley, who arrived in Savannah with a commission from the Trustees appointing him to the office of "priest of the Church Of England" to the Savannah mission. Wesley courted the society of this Sephardic Jew, but had no illusions about the ease with which he could be converted to Christianity. Pastor Bolzius, the leader of the Salzburg Germans, and George Whitefield, another pioneer Methodist, had offered the Jews conversionist literature, which had been vigorously rejected. He exhibited a great interest in Dr. Nunez's medical practice, and discussed with him the conduct and care of his patients. Said John Wesley, the Methodist, "I began learning Spanish in order or converse with my Jewish parishioners, some of whom seem nearer the mind that was in Christ than many of those who call him Lord." Before Wesley had left England for his priestly mission in Georgia in 1735, he had made "anatomy and physics the diversion in his leisure hours." In Georgia, he met John Regnier, who was a male nurse among the Moravians, and assisted Regnier with the first autopsy in Georgia. The two men listed among the causes of death as "a hematoma of the abdominal wall, among other things"! It was in Georgia that John Wesley became an active practitioner of bodily as spiritual healing among his parishioners, and on his return to England he organized the first free clinic " for the ill and ailing." The Trustees in England showed their interest in Dr. Nunez' work and sent him "casks of wine and packets of drugs" to be used in treating the colonists. With "two barrels containing twenty-three deer skins' weight of Bears' oil" and several parcels of " sea pod, make root, sassafras, china root, sumac, and contra-yerba." Dr. Nunez opened the first pharmacy in Georgia to compound his medications form imported and native grown herbs. Dr. Nunez watched with apprehension while General Oglethorpe made a series of aggressive moves southward toward Spanish Florida form 1735 to 1740. First came the fortifications of St. Simon's Island and then the establishment of the British Fort in Frederica. Finally came the preparations and the disastrous attack and the unsuccessful alege of the Spanish Fort at St. Augustine. The beaten British troops brought news that the Spanish were planning on invading Georgia. The Inquisition was still a reality to Dr. Nunez and his family. His aunt, Abigail de Lyon, who had recently died in Savannah, carried to her grave the marks of the ropes which had tied her to a rack in a Portuguese dungeon. Dr. Nunez had given up an assured position of wealth and affluence in Lisbon to practice the faith of his Jewish forefathers. And he had no desire to expose his family and himself to the uncertain mercy of the Spanish Inquisitors again. Dr. Nunez paid his last visit to his patients, traveling by foot, horse and rowboat. He again assembled his family: his mother , his wife Rebecca, his two sons Daniel and Moses, his Portuguese-born daughter, Zipporah, his Georgia-born daughter Esther and his personal servant Shem Noah, and set sail for Charleston, South Carolina. The Portuguese Inquisition had been responsible for the arrival in Georgia of Dr. Nunez, gentlemen of letters, humane and skillful physician, the first active practitioner of medicine in this colony. The threat of the Spanish Inquisition was responsible for his departure from Georgia after he had helped sustain the colonists for seven long and arduous years. When the threat of Spanish invasion subsided, the family returned to Savannah. Dr. Nunez's name fades in the mist of history but his qualities carried on in his children. His Son Moses became a man of wealth and distinction and a member of Oglethorpe's Masonic Lodge . He served as Indian interpreter and agent for the Georgia Revolutionary forces. In his will he divided his property equally between his children born in and out of wedlock. Moses' great grandson, Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy, was one of the highest ranking naval officers of the Civil War, and it was primarily to his credit that corporal punishment in the U. S. Navy was abolished. He purchased Thomas Jefferson's home in Monticello when it was a disgraceful eyesore, recreated it, and, through his heirs, transferred it to the U. S. Government. The good seed planted by Dr. Samuel Ribeiro Nunez, urbane physician, distinguished man of the world, sturdy self-respecting Jew, matured into offspring who also loved mercy, did justly and clung tenaciously to their own interpretation of God. About the Author: In his own words, " a lover of baked beans and codfish balls," Dr. Weinstein is a graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in Boston and in 1939 entered private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. He also teaches surgery at Emory University. During World War Ii, he saw active duty in the Philippines and was wounded during the Batcan campaign. In 1944, he was taken prisoner and sent to Japan on a "hell ship" to take charge of a P.O.W. hospital in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Because of his demands for food and medicine for his patients, the Japanese saw sent him to a coolie labor camp for three and one half years, and he emerged weighing 105 pounds. He is presently on the staffs of Georgia Baptist, Spalding Pavilion and St. Joseph's Hospitals in Atlanta, and is director of the Spaulding Pavilion for Registered Nurses. In addition to writing for a hobby, Dr. Weinstein's sculpture has appeared in exhibits a the Fogg Art museum in Cambridge and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.

In a message dated 4/10/2002 1:52:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mwbrown@mail.esc4.com writes: > USGS GNIS Map Server Which is the exact site you are using? When searching I found several references. I also found several references to cemeteries as well as other geographical landmarks. Mike

http://www.geocities.com/shezzybug/mysterypix4.html She is on this page Teresa. Fronia Lea Currie. I have some really cute cards she sent my father way back in the early 1950s when he was still single. If she is yours, and you want a larger photo, just let me know. Sharon ================================ Sharon: I don't think (or know) exactly. My grandfather had a half-brother (W.A. Currie) who did move to JAX (for a while) and I have a first cousin who lives in ORL now. My grandfather's sisters may have moved there. Not sure. What site? Will go look.... Teresa Currie Blevins ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== Search the RootsWeb Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.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

Sharon: I don't think (or know) exactly. My grandfather had a half-brother (W.A. Currie) who did move to JAX (for a while) and I have a first cousin who lives in ORL now. My grandfather's sisters may have moved there. Not sure. What site? Will go look.... Teresa Currie Blevins

Teresa, Been meaning to ask you and your post reminded me. Did your CURRIEs move into the Florida area? There is a photo on my website under the "Mystery Photos" that a Downing cousin said he believed was a CURRIE. Sharon

Also, the watershed site has tribal information: http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/tnmap.cfm Teresa Currie Blevins

Hey listers...I just love maps! So, here's your watershed table for Ware County area. http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=03110201 And, the US Map Service has a wonderful site that lists just about any type of information for a specific region. Just follow the instructions and have fun! http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Teresa Currie Blevins

Christopher, You are so right about the creeks and streams playing a part in our families' history. I suppose a source of water has been one of the most important uh...drawing points for a place to settle in every era of history. Common sense would tell us that. One of my grandmothers [Georgia Rosetta Tison] was said to have been born in Coffee County, and the place given was Cherry Creek. I have never been able to find this on a map in Coffee County. I do know that sometimes a topographical map will show creeks and ponds and lakes. I have a couple of the county here in North Florida, where I live. They are called Quadrangle Maps and are Topographic Series, for sale by the U.S. Geological Survey located in Reston, VA. I am looking at one Printed in 1955. It shows many creeks and ponds, and even the location of churches. Maybe I will go check out the page below myself, and look for Cherry Creek again. ;-) Don't know if this URL will work it is wrapping...if not try the one below and choose USGS by State. http://search.usgs.gov/query.html?col=&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=1&la=&qm=1&c t=1816081082 Main Page for USGS http://www.usgs.gov/ I love maps too. I think it so wonderful when you can pinpoint a particular place where someone lived and study the surroundings. Or follow a migratory path an ancestor followed. Then read the history that may have led to this migration. The joys of genealogy! Sharon ------------------------- Sharon, Thanks for sharing Richard Pettys, Jr's Georgia rivers site with us. I found it informative and very interesting. This caused me to wonder if there is a site for creeks and branches in Georgia. I am particularly interested in Camp Branch Creek, Kettle Creek, Big Alligator Creek, Little Alligator Creek, Suwanee Creek, Suwanuchee (Sp) Creek, and Bear Creek. If a creek or stream runs through your property is that section of it your private property of is it like a river which is public property? Does anyone know? Thank you, Christopher