James Groover, was born, reared and married in Bulloch County, Georgia. From there he came to Southwestern Georgia, making his way thither with teams, bringing with him all of his worldly possessions, including his household goods, his stock and his slaves. He located in that part of Irwin county that was later made into Lowndes county, and has since become a part of Brooks county. Buying a tract of timber, he erected a rude log house in the wilderness, and later sawed boards to seal the house and floors. For many years thereafter there were no railroads in this section of the country, all of the cotton produced being hauled to the gulf ports, fifty miles away, it taking a week to make the round trip. Indians were then numerous, and deer, bear and wild game of all kinds inhabited the deep woods. Bert Bass ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M OMelia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 5:24 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Early Time Travel > Early travel in GA during the 1700`s and 1800`s took a lot of time and > several miles between point A and point B. > > Is there anyone privy to old diaries that pointedly describe how many > miles one could make in a day? I realize that as time went by and the > new counties were cut from the old counties it became easier to travel > better and farther. > > But I have not been able to find any defined text that pertained to the > problems of early travel in GA. > > Looking forward to any comments on early travel. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 555 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!