Try the following counties in Georgia. (Gilmer, Fannin, and Union in Georgia) There are lots of Fowlers in those areas. Also Polk County, Tennessee. JodieK444@aol.com wrote: > Seeking descendants, relatives, cousins, info, whatever, on children of Kelly > Fowler and Sarah Perry, married 14 Sept 1853 in Gwinnett Co., GA. Kelly was > the son of Nathan Fowler and Elizabeth Pepper of Gwinnett County. He was killed > in Montgomery, AL 8 May 1863 while on courier duty (Civil War). Sarah farmed > the girls out to other families in Gwinnett (Chandler, Hutchins, Gossett) by > 1870 and took them to Clarke County by 1880 where they all appear to be working > in the mill. > > 1880 Clarke County, GA census, Dist. 16, Puryears, #? > ...Fowler, Sarah, self, WF, 49, keeping house, SC, SC, SC, > ...Fowler, S.S., dau, WF, 20, works in cotton mill, GA, GA, SC > ...Fowler, Nancy, dau, WF, 20, works in cotton mill, GA, GA, SC > ...Vernon, Lizzie, dau, WF, 23, works in cotton mill, GA, GA, SC > ...Fowler, Mary, dau, WF, 18, works in cotton mill, GA, GA, SC > > Elizabeth Fowler, (b. abt 1856) married Unknown Vernon, location unknown. > Possibly married in Gwinnett. Children unknown. No further info. > > Samantha Fowler (b. Aug. 1859), married Benjamin P. Williams 23 Aug 1882 in > Clarke County. They are found in 1900 in Oconee County, married 19 years, had > no children. No further information. > > Nancy Fowler, also b. 1859 (may be twin to Samantha) married John Osley (b. > abt 1856) 18 May 1884 in Clarke County. There is a Nancy Osley buried at > Princeton UMC Cemetery, Athens, b. 29 May 1863, d. 11 Nov 1915, which may be her, > but birth date is off about 4 years. Not unusual when survivors give info for > gravestone. A John Osley, age 64, is found in Harrison, Madison County, GA, in > 1920 with a wife, Ida, age 55. He was married first at age 18 and she at 30, so > this apparently is a second wife. Think this may be the same John Osley > married first to Nancy Fowler. Children unknown. > > Mary Fowler (b. 1862) married Matthias Boley Davis Butler 6 March 1884 in > Clarke County. She died in 1898, supposedly in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA. Matthias > moved to Salt Lake City where he is found in 1900, a widower. They had two > known daughters, Delila Ada and Maggie Lee Melissa. Both moved to Salt Lake. > > Thanks to Sharlene Nicolaides of Salt Lake for a lot of the above > information. She is descended from Kelly's daughter, Mary Fowler Butler. I am descended > from Kelly Fowler's brother, John Fowler, and his wife, Sarah Ann Norris, who > moved from Gwinnett to Campbell County in the 1860s. John died sometime after > 1873 and Sarah Ann moved to Cleburne County, Alabama with all her children. > > Will take anything I can get, share anything I have on the Fowlers and > related lines. Kelly's line has been particularly frustrating. > > Many thanks in advance, > Judy Fowler Kilgore > Newnan, GA > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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