Looking for anything on a *JOHN D. HINTON-[J.I.C.] COWETTA, GEORGIA*-(circa-1830's)!!! Looking for anything on ANY "HINTON/ MONTGOMERY/ BROWN/ CLEMENTS/ FOSTER", amongst others---"NC/SC" to "GEORGIA"-(circa-REV.WAR-1800)!!! "GEORGIA" to "ALABAMA"-(circa-1820)!!! THANKS & GOD BLESS SEMPER FI BA- In N.GA!! -----Original Message----- From: georgia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:georgia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JodieK444@aol.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:21 PM To: georgia@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEORGIA] Mary Ann Owen & William T. Cole - Georgia Thanks so much to those who have responded both to the list and privately to my questions about this couple. It appears that William and Mary Ann Owen Cole moved from Meriwether County slightly northward to Newnan in Coweta County where William was listed first as a painter (1860) and then as a dentist (1870). Mary Ann was with him in 1860 but by 1870 William's wife was Lena, maiden name unknown (no marriage record in Coweta). William's children in 1860 were James, Caroline, William L., Charles D. and Jesse. By 1870, he has a new wife. Additional children are Joseph B. 10, Thomas, 4, and Maud, 2. Since I don't know when Mary Ann died, it's hard to tell which children may be hers. Perhaps all of them. Regarding Carole's message on the Meriwether Cole family, I had noticed the will of Nancy Ward Cole online (in Meriwether) and saw that she had a son named William T., but he was too young to be my William. However, one of her children (Sallie) married a Dodds and there are Dodds in Bethel Baptist Church cemetery in Rocky Mount where Mary Ann Owen Cole's parents and brother are buried. My William T. Cole is living next door to Robert D. Cole in 1860, in downtown Newnan, and later goes into business with him. Here's an excerpt from Memoirs of Georgia: "On Dec. 27, 1849, Robert D. Cole settled on the lot where he now lives and continues to work at his trade. "In 1854 he founded the firm of Cole & Barnes, with Thomas Barnes as partner, and began business on a very small scale. In the same year they purchased a small engine, and about this time their friends came to them and advised them to give up the business or they would lose all they had. "Mr. Barnes remained with the company only two years, but Mr. Cole continued as sole proprietor until 1858, when Dr. W. T. Cole and his brother, Matthew Cole, became partners, the firm being then R. D. Cole & Co., which it remained until 1866, when W. T. Cole withdrew and it became R. D. Cole & Bro." (End excerpt) This little business went on to become the famous R.D. Cole Manufacturing which built great things all over Coweta County. The wording indicates that W.T. Cole was not R.D. Cole's brother, but they were contemporaries and the name of William's son, Jesse, fits into the naming pattern of this family. Does anyone have information showing that he was a brother to R.D. Cole? R.D. Cole was born in Newton County to Robert Cole & Elizabeth Fambrough. They came to Georgia from Surrey County, North Carolina. (From "Memoirs." W.U. Anderson's history of Coweta gives a pertinent comment on William : >From Coweta County Chronicles, p. 401 (year was 1911) "Dr. W.T. Cole died May 4, aged eighty-three - a man of versatile talents, a fine draughtsman but especially famed in his profession as a dental surgeon." My William's birth year is estimated at 1827, so this is probably him. Records of Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan provided by a sexton (not shown in regular listings) show a Dr. W.T. Cole, 5 May, 1911, age 85. The same records show Mrs. W.T. Cole, 24 March 1919, 83 years. (Coweta County cemeteries book, p. 413). Conflicting information that fits with my second wife is found in the same reference on page 124, Holly Springs cemetery 5 miles north of Moreland: Sarah E. Pittard Cole, 4 March 1849 - 17 Sep 1892, married W.T. Cole 4 March 1867 (again, not in Coweta Marriage records). Maybe William married a third time. On page 437 of the cemeteries book, there is a diagram of the Presbyterian Church Cemetery part of Oak Hill which shows a plot owned by Dr. W.T. Cole right next to Mrs. Albert T. Smith. Will continue to put the pieces together. If anyone has more, please speak up. Ancestry's census indexers have gotten atrocious. This family was found when someone used Heritage Quest. I searched all day yesterday for them with Ancestry and came up empty. After I found where they were, I went back to Ancestry today and changed the erroneous transcription. At least they let you do that. Hope this will make it easier for the next person. Again, many, many thanks for all the help. Judy K in Newnan