Could the restaurant near the square be the Clinton Restaurant? When I lived there many moons ago (1974-1977), it was the "only" restaurant in town, and we ate there every Friday night because it was seafood night, and payday. Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Parrish <bsparrish@home.com> To: <GAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 11:01 PM Subject: Re: Sandersville, GA : Diane, I visited cemeteries in Oconee with my ELTON cousin, Terry Underwood, : last October. Terry, his mother (she was an ELTON and wife, and I visited a : cemetery up on top of a hill where a lot of his ELTON relatives were buried. : : I love Sandersville and Washington County. I found everyone there very, : very helpful. I stayed at the Villa South because it has the breakfast and : dinner buffets. When I'm researching, I don't stop for lunch, so I need a : really good breakfast and dinner to make up for it. : : Also, if you are in Sandersville on Friday night, they have a seafood/quail : buffet on the town square. I'm not sure of the name of the restaurant, but : you can't miss it. They also have lunch buffets everyday; however, they : only have a buffet at night on Friday. It was really, really good. : : I hope to get back to research some more maybe in September. I probably : will only get to spend one day this year however. : : bp : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: <JDixon8671@aol.com> : To: <GAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> : Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:01 AM : Subject: Sandersville, GA : : : Nancy, Jim, & Betty: : : Re visiting Sandersville, GA to research.......I was born in Oconee, : Washington Cty, GA, and occasionally go back for visits. The library in : Sandersville has a very nice room set aside for genealogy research with a : computer available. I had only a couple of hours to spend there on my visit : but found the library workers quite helpful along with finding some great : information. The Historical Society happened to be closed the day I was : there and haven't had an opportunity to go back when it was open. : : I also recommend the Holiday Inn Express. It's centrally located, new, and : quite nice. : : Regarding the cemeteries....if the following names (COX, PIERCE, AVANT, : TOMPKINS) happen to be in your line, be sure to go to Oconee and visit the : recently reclaimed COX/PIERCE/AVANT cemetery. The descendants (including : myself) were there in March for a dedication ceremony. There is a : Revolutionary War soldier (Moses Cox) and a Civil War soldier (James Ransome : Avant) buried there. The ceremony conducted in March was quite impressive. : It's well worth your time to drive over there. There is a chain across the : drive up to the cemetery but a key is kept by the owner of the only local : store in Oconee. You can't miss it. : : Diane Thompson Dixon : : : ============================== : Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. : RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. : http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi : : : : ============================== : Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. : RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: : http://pml.rootsweb.com/ : :