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