Note: The St. Mary's site is still in it's development stage. There are no pictures on that site and it has nothing to do with Crackers' Houses. The Crackers' Houses site is a new site and probably hasn't made it to any search engine yet. I don't think sending the name of the page out will get to the CRACKER webpage yet. I have numerous webpages under grannyapple and AudreyShieldsHancock and moderate numerous discussion lists, and posted hundreds of queries, so you will find me many times in Google listings. Sorry for the difficulty at getting to my CRACKERS' HOUSES website. This is a common problem when e-mailing lengthy URLs, so you may run into this problem again. Just copy and paste and manually type in the rest of the URL to include .html as Sue did. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Binstein" <just-bob@pacbell.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Mary, good morning, I also had a problem getting to your web page, however, I > then went to google and just typed in grannyapple. > That took me to ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 57'.That looks great by the way. > > That was the easy part. After 5 min the pictures never loaded. > Your special list came up fine. > > This is the URL > http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/StMarys1957/StMarys 1957HOME.html > > This is evidently incorrect as the URL says nothing about crackers. > Even tried typing in tour name and got directly to your message' at the USGENWEB > PROJECT. > > Have you tried just sending your page out instead of the url? > > Warmest Regards > > Bob > > Audrey Shields Hancock wrote: > > > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > > including the ".html". > > > > Audrey > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > > rHouses.html

If you'll look closely at the URL below, you'll find that it has "wrapped"...i.e. it appears on two lines. Copy the second line into your browser (highlight it and do Crtl +C) Click on the (partial) link in the line above it. the browser will telll you you've attempted to access a page which does not exist. Add the 2nd line of the URL which you copied into your browser by putting the cursor there and using Ctrl+P That should give you the complete URL ~malinda Mary Margaret Meyer wrote: > Audrey: > > I must really be dumb, but neither copying and pasting the url or double > clicking on your message will allow me to access this page - it does go > through to Rootsweb, but cannot get the page to come up. Are you certain > you have it posted correctly. Since I apparently am not the only person > having this problem, would you please double check your message? > > Thank you > mmm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information > on > > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through > and > > including the ".html". > > > > Audrey > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > > rHouses.html > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/

Aubrey, didn't have any trouble copying and pasting your address except I had to add the last part manually. Next time I go to Florida, I'll make some pictures of the houses around Palm Harbor. They are building new "cracker houses" there and have also old ones around Sue > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com >

This is not a hyperlinked URL, as part of the hyperlink is cut off (truncated) and thus it is not clickable. You have to copy and paste the URL to the Address part of your browser window and then make sure that you have the entire URL clear through and including the .html It is correct, as I just copied, pasted, and finished off the missing part and it went right to the webpage. I will send you the URL in another way using HTML formating which is clickable because I can change the font size. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com >

Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and including the ".html". Audrey http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke rHouses.html

Audrey: I must really be dumb, but neither copying and pasting the url or double clicking on your message will allow me to access this page - it does go through to Rootsweb, but cannot get the page to come up. Are you certain you have it posted correctly. Since I apparently am not the only person having this problem, would you please double check your message? Thank you mmm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com > >

Your computer is infected with a virus ----- Original Message ----- From: WILLIAM FIELDS <_w.c.joyfields@worldnet.att.net> To: <swarren2@prodigy.net> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:49 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [HANCOCK-L] Watch out for viruses

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mary, good morning, I also had a problem getting to your web page, however, I then went to google and just typed in grannyapple. That took me to ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 57'.That looks great by the way. That was the easy part. After 5 min the pictures never loaded. Your special list came up fine. This is the URL http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/StMarys1957/StMarys1957HOME.html This is evidently incorrect as the URL says nothing about crackers. Even tried typing in tour name and got directly to your message' at the USGENWEB PROJECT. Have you tried just sending your page out instead of the url? Warmest Regards Bob Audrey Shields Hancock wrote: > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="just-bob.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob Binstein Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="just-bob.vcf" begin:vcard n:Binstein;Bob tel;home:818-341-7229 x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:just-bob@pacbell.net x-mozilla-cpt:;11952 fn:Bob Binstein end:vcard --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5--

Keith, your computer is infected. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kelli Miller <_KJEFFREY@peoplepc.com> To: <swarren2@prodigy.net> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Watch out for viruses

very good theory on crackers.think you may have something there.as for middlin well when ask around here how are you feeling they say fair to middelin.and to the person from ky well my family came from ky and some went to ky. a lot of them travel our roads and we think they got there drivers license out of Sears and Roebuck.My husband came from Ky and I don't know where he thought he learned to drive .Probably from gamma goats in Army .Good luck to all on your search as my Hancock is an alien from out there someplace. Tamara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Binstein" <just-bob@pacbell.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------6646575654E930DE394D6474 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Give this a thought.. > Georgia share raised two main crops. Cotton, grown by the wealthy and those > well off enough to have slaves to do the picking. Other wise you share cropped > and raised peanuts as your main crop. When time were badd or there where a lot > of share croppers, because the land owners made a living by letting out the land > fore use; these farmers subsisted on their own crop. Peanuts... THEY CRACKED THE > SHELLS. > So they became crackers. Also there is a chance that the emty shells were left > around. Again you would have been called a cracker. > > Next time ask about the word middlen. (in as, how are you doing? oh middlen > well.) > > Regards to all.. > > TAMARA POWELL wrote: > > > Hoosier came from when someone came and knocked on door the would say who's > > there. that is what they taught us in school here in good ole Indiana > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:52 AM > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > Thank you, Alvis, > > > > > > I truly appreciate the information that you shared. I will add this to my > > > little historical summary on what I learned about them. This is very > > > historically interesting to me, as I had never heard of them before or the > > > term. They certainly then were even some of the pioneers of Georgia. > > Such > > > a shame that they were exploited and the butt of many jokes. I understand > > > from the reading that I did do that they were predominantly in Georgia and > > > Florida. > > > > > > Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears > > there > > > is a debate as to the origin of the word, just as there is a debate as to > > > where the term HOOSIER originated. > > > > > > Thank you again for this most interesting information. > > > > > > Audrey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Reb612000@aol.com> > > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:32 PM > > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > > > > > > Audrey: > > > > I guess you're referring to the "Georgia crackers". The > > "crackers" > > > > were > > > > the poorest of the poor white folks living in Georgia, They were > > usually > > > > unable > > > > to read or write, and lived about one jump away from starvation. They > > > were > > > > used as the butt of many jokes from the white elite. And they were > > also > > > > ruthlessly exploited politically. Alvisi > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > --------------6646575654E930DE394D6474 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="just-bob.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Bob Binstein > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="just-bob.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:Binstein;Bob > tel;home:818-341-7229 > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > email;internet:just-bob@pacbell.net > x-mozilla-cpt:;11952 > fn:Bob Binstein > end:vcard > > --------------6646575654E930DE394D6474-- > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking for. > >

would anyone happen to know where Layin over to catch meddelers came from??? Am almost sure its a Floridian or Georgian saying because most of my ancesters were from those two states. Lesliei BOBHOP@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/1/01 1:54:59 PM, AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net writes: > > <<Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears there > > is a debate as to the origin of the word,>> > > Audrey, et al- > > Florida is the second largest producer of beef in the USA. The original > cows came from Spain and many (most) became wild an lived in the brush of the > wet lands. As the States population increased a railroad was built and meat > became a viable crop in the north. Cowboys, vaqueros and cattle hunters begin > corralling and driving stock to the market. While guns were utilized for > protection and herding, the whip was most common. The herd leaders were > trained to the command of the whip cracking on an ear or rump. These herders > and cowboys were called "Crackers". > Some of the "hammocks" where roundups were staged are still standing. At > one time I lived about a mile from one of the more famous hammocks. BobHop > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking for.

Your husband learned to drive in Princeton, Ky. We always say, "If you can drive in Princeton, you can drive anywhere". Sue > very good theory on crackers.think you may have something there.as for > middlin well when ask around here how are you feeling they say fair to > middelin.and to the person from ky well my family came from ky and some went > to ky. a lot of them travel our roads and we think they got there drivers > license out of Sears and Roebuck.My husband came from Ky and I don't know > where he thought he learned to drive .Probably from gamma goats in Army > .Good luck to all on your search as my Hancock is an alien from out there > someplace. > Tamara > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Binstein" <just-bob@pacbell.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 11:50 AM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --------------6646575654E930DE394D6474 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Give this a thought.. > > Georgia share raised two main crops. Cotton, grown by the wealthy and > those > > well off enough to have slaves to do the picking. Other wise you share > cropped > > and raised peanuts as your main crop. When time were badd or there where a > lot > > of share croppers, because the land owners made a living by letting out > the land > > fore use; these farmers subsisted on their own crop. Peanuts... THEY > CRACKED THE > > SHELLS. > > So they became crackers. Also there is a chance that the emty shells were > left > > around. Again you would have been called a cracker. > > > > Next time ask about the word middlen. (in as, how are you doing? oh > middlen > > well.) > > > > Regards to all.. > > > > TAMARA POWELL wrote: > > > > > Hoosier came from when someone came and knocked on door the would say > who's > > > there. that is what they taught us in school here in good ole Indiana > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> > > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:52 AM > > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > > > Thank you, Alvis, > > > > > > > > I truly appreciate the information that you shared. I will add this > to my > > > > little historical summary on what I learned about them. This is very > > > > historically interesting to me, as I had never heard of them before or > the > > > > term. They certainly then were even some of the pioneers of Georgia. > > > Such > > > > a shame that they were exploited and the butt of many jokes. I > understand > > > > from the reading that I did do that they were predominantly in Georgia > and > > > > Florida. > > > > > > > > Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears > > > there > > > > is a debate as to the origin of the word, just as there is a debate as > to > > > > where the term HOOSIER originated. > > > > > > > > Thank you again for this most interesting information. > > > > > > > > Audrey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Reb612000@aol.com> > > > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:32 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > > > > > > > > > Audrey: > > > > > I guess you're referring to the "Georgia crackers". The > > > "crackers" > > > > > were > > > > > the poorest of the poor white folks living in Georgia, They were > > > usually > > > > > unable > > > > > to read or write, and lived about one jump away from starvation. > They > > > > were > > > > > used as the butt of many jokes from the white elite. And they > were > > > also > > > > > ruthlessly exploited politically. Alvisi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > --------------6646575654E930DE394D6474 > > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > > name="just-bob.vcf" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Content-Description: Card for Bob Binstein > > Content-Disposition: attachment; > > filename="just-bob.vcf" > > > > begin:vcard > > n:Binstein;Bob > > tel;home:818-341-7229 > > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > > adr:;;;;;; > > version:2.1 > > email;internet:just-bob@pacbell.net > > x-mozilla-cpt:;11952 > > fn:Bob Binstein > > end:vcard > > > > --------------6646575654E930DE394D6474-- > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please > post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking > for. > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Where to send messages to the list..... > HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >

In a message dated 12/1/01 1:54:59 PM, AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net writes: <<Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears there is a debate as to the origin of the word,>> Audrey, et al- Florida is the second largest producer of beef in the USA. The original cows came from Spain and many (most) became wild an lived in the brush of the wet lands. As the States population increased a railroad was built and meat became a viable crop in the north. Cowboys, vaqueros and cattle hunters begin corralling and driving stock to the market. While guns were utilized for protection and herding, the whip was most common. The herd leaders were trained to the command of the whip cracking on an ear or rump. These herders and cowboys were called "Crackers". Some of the "hammocks" where roundups were staged are still standing. At one time I lived about a mile from one of the more famous hammocks. BobHop

Brenda, Yes Bok Tower Gardens does have one and there is one by the small Railroad Archives building. I also managed to make it by Spook Hill while I was there as well. Leslie Brenda De Arth wrote: > I was unable to access the photos, by either method. But I seem to remember > visiting one of these houses when I visited the Bok Tower Gardens near > Highland Park, FL. If you haven't been there, I recommend the trip! > > Brenda Thornton DeArth > Washington state - USA > > Anderson, Arnold, Bolling, Brackman, Byerley, Cox, Dailey, Davis, Dillard, > Dougherty, Dye, Gardner, Goad, Green, Harrill, Herald, Hudson, Kelly, Lane, > Locke, Lookabill, Markham, McBeth, Merry, Parke, Potter, Randall, Ray, > Reist/ Rist, Sappenfield, Schafroth, Sechrist, Shockley, Silence, Stettler, > Street, Swearingen, Thornton, Washburn, Weathers, Whiteside, Whitmore, > Willey, Young > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/

Audrey, I was told, while living in Florida,that the Crackers of Florida were named for the big bull whips they used to round up the cattle. They made a great big "crack' when they used them. Sue > Tamara, > My husband is a HOOSIER and I was reared a HOOSIER, and there is a debate as > to where the term originated among many historians in Hoosierland. So...I > am interested in learning as to where the CRACKERS term originated and why > in GA & FL. HOOSIER is a surname also and some historians say the term > originated from the surname. > > If anyone wishes to write me from now on, please direct e-mails to me, so > that we don't clutter the HANCOCK list with discussion of these terms. My > original entry was because my HANCOCK brother-in-law took the CRACKERS' > HOUSES pictures and I knew there were some GA HANCOCKs on the list, so > thought someone might be able to enlighten me concerning the homes and/or > term. > > Appreciate any tidbits of historical information. > > Thank you. > > Audrey at AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TAMARA POWELL" <homelite@epowerc.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:30 AM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > Hoosier came from when someone came and knocked on door the would say > who's > > there. that is what they taught us in school here in good ole Indiana > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:52 AM > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > > > Thank you, Alvis, > > > > > > I truly appreciate the information that you shared. I will add this to > my > > > little historical summary on what I learned about them. This is very > > > historically interesting to me, as I had never heard of them before or > the > > > term. They certainly then were even some of the pioneers of Georgia. > > Such > > > a shame that they were exploited and the butt of many jokes. I > understand > > > from the reading that I did do that they were predominantly in Georgia > and > > > Florida. > > > > > > Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears > > there > > > is a debate as to the origin of the word, just as there is a debate as > to > > > where the term HOOSIER originated. > > > > > > Thank you again for this most interesting information. > > > > > > Audrey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Reb612000@aol.com> > > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:32 PM > > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > > > > > > Audrey: > > > > I guess you're referring to the "Georgia crackers". The > > "crackers" > > > > were > > > > the poorest of the poor white folks living in Georgia, They were > > usually > > > > unable > > > > to read or write, and lived about one jump away from starvation. > They > > > were > > > > used as the butt of many jokes from the white elite. And they were > > also > > > > ruthlessly exploited politically. Alvisi > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ >

Tamara, My husband is a HOOSIER and I was reared a HOOSIER, and there is a debate as to where the term originated among many historians in Hoosierland. So...I am interested in learning as to where the CRACKERS term originated and why in GA & FL. HOOSIER is a surname also and some historians say the term originated from the surname. If anyone wishes to write me from now on, please direct e-mails to me, so that we don't clutter the HANCOCK list with discussion of these terms. My original entry was because my HANCOCK brother-in-law took the CRACKERS' HOUSES pictures and I knew there were some GA HANCOCKs on the list, so thought someone might be able to enlighten me concerning the homes and/or term. Appreciate any tidbits of historical information. Thank you. Audrey at AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "TAMARA POWELL" <homelite@epowerc.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Hoosier came from when someone came and knocked on door the would say who's > there. that is what they taught us in school here in good ole Indiana > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:52 AM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > Thank you, Alvis, > > > > I truly appreciate the information that you shared. I will add this to my > > little historical summary on what I learned about them. This is very > > historically interesting to me, as I had never heard of them before or the > > term. They certainly then were even some of the pioneers of Georgia. > Such > > a shame that they were exploited and the butt of many jokes. I understand > > from the reading that I did do that they were predominantly in Georgia and > > Florida. > > > > Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears > there > > is a debate as to the origin of the word, just as there is a debate as to > > where the term HOOSIER originated. > > > > Thank you again for this most interesting information. > > > > Audrey > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Reb612000@aol.com> > > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > > > > Audrey: > > > I guess you're referring to the "Georgia crackers". The > "crackers" > > > were > > > the poorest of the poor white folks living in Georgia, They were > usually > > > unable > > > to read or write, and lived about one jump away from starvation. They > > were > > > used as the butt of many jokes from the white elite. And they were > also > > > ruthlessly exploited politically. Alvisi > > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > >

I was unable to access the photos, by either method. But I seem to remember visiting one of these houses when I visited the Bok Tower Gardens near Highland Park, FL. If you haven't been there, I recommend the trip! Brenda Thornton DeArth Washington state - USA Anderson, Arnold, Bolling, Brackman, Byerley, Cox, Dailey, Davis, Dillard, Dougherty, Dye, Gardner, Goad, Green, Harrill, Herald, Hudson, Kelly, Lane, Locke, Lookabill, Markham, McBeth, Merry, Parke, Potter, Randall, Ray, Reist/ Rist, Sappenfield, Schafroth, Sechrist, Shockley, Silence, Stettler, Street, Swearingen, Thornton, Washburn, Weathers, Whiteside, Whitmore, Willey, Young

Alvis, I'm from Kentucky and we have a lot of other theorys of where the term Hoosiers came from. Hee-Hee

Hoosier came from when someone came and knocked on door the would say who's there. that is what they taught us in school here in good ole Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Thank you, Alvis, > > I truly appreciate the information that you shared. I will add this to my > little historical summary on what I learned about them. This is very > historically interesting to me, as I had never heard of them before or the > term. They certainly then were even some of the pioneers of Georgia. Such > a shame that they were exploited and the butt of many jokes. I understand > from the reading that I did do that they were predominantly in Georgia and > Florida. > > Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears there > is a debate as to the origin of the word, just as there is a debate as to > where the term HOOSIER originated. > > Thank you again for this most interesting information. > > Audrey > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Reb612000@aol.com> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:32 PM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > > Audrey: > > I guess you're referring to the "Georgia crackers". The "crackers" > > were > > the poorest of the poor white folks living in Georgia, They were usually > > unable > > to read or write, and lived about one jump away from starvation. They > were > > used as the butt of many jokes from the white elite. And they were also > > ruthlessly exploited politically. Alvisi > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > >

Thank you, Alvis, I truly appreciate the information that you shared. I will add this to my little historical summary on what I learned about them. This is very historically interesting to me, as I had never heard of them before or the term. They certainly then were even some of the pioneers of Georgia. Such a shame that they were exploited and the butt of many jokes. I understand from the reading that I did do that they were predominantly in Georgia and Florida. Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears there is a debate as to the origin of the word, just as there is a debate as to where the term HOOSIER originated. Thank you again for this most interesting information. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <Reb612000@aol.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Audrey: > I guess you're referring to the "Georgia crackers". The "crackers" > were > the poorest of the poor white folks living in Georgia, They were usually > unable > to read or write, and lived about one jump away from starvation. They were > used as the butt of many jokes from the white elite. And they were also > ruthlessly exploited politically. Alvisi