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/ > >
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--
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/ > >
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/ >