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. > >

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. 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