I found the Bible page in question and the "message" that was written in the left and top margins was written in typical 20th century letter formation. So, as you stated, it was no doubt added after the name Brady was given to Maj. John's Mary. :-) Joyce **************** > Howdy, > It's 5:45 pm Jawja time - so, I'm not going to dig out the Bible page again > right now. As another Scarlet said, "I'll think about that tomorrow." > > But as to the question about the militia list from the newspaper, I have a > photocopy of the entire front page of the: > "Saturday January 29, 1791, GEORGIA, THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE OF > THE STATE." > There are 3 columns. In the center column under the heading: > "District No. 11" > The following is an explaination of the information under that heading: > "All that part of Columbia County, laying between Brier Creek and Rocky > Comfort (the next line is on the fold so it didn't print) > "All that part of said county, laying between Rocky Comfort and the > Ogechee River" > > "The rank and arrangement of the Militia of Columbia county, are > established this day in the following order:" > > William Few, Esq. Colonel > Jesse Sanders, Esq., Lieutenant Colonel > William F. Booker, Esq., Major > > Troop of Horse. > Clem King Harrison, Capt. > Yancey Sanders, 1st Lieut, > John Williams, 2d ditto > > (After "Troop of Horse" are the First Company through the Twelfth Company > with the names of three ranking officers listed for each company.) > Listed under > "Twelfth Company" > John Hatcher, Capt.; > Edward Van, 1st Lieut.; > Samuel Brady, 2d ditto. > > At the end of the column are the words: > "By Order of the Commander in Chief" > And under those words is a word I'm not sure of but it looks to be > "Attess." then: "J: MERIWETHER, Secretary" > > I shall say "good evening" and have my suppah now. > LOL, > Scarlet > P.S. I've done no research on Samuel Brady. ******************* > > Good morning, Joyce! > > > > You wrote: > > "January 29, 1791 issue of "The Augusta Chronicle" is a list > > of "the Malitia of Columbia Co. GA. In the Twelfth Company: Capt. John > > Hatcher; 1st Lt. Edward Van; and 2nd Lt. Samuel Brady. > > 1794 Warren Co., GA tax list: Samuel Brady with land in Warren Co on Joe's > > Creek, joining Hatcher's land." > > > > Hmmm! Below is what we have on file and it's clear the abstracts I rec'd > weren't complete. > > > > ---------------- > > Augusta Chronicle and Gazette, January 29, 1791, p 1 states that John was > assigned to serve as Captain in the 12th Company of the Columbia County > Regiment of Militia under the command of Colonel William Few, Esq, Lt Col > Jesse Sanders, Esq, and Major William F Booker, Esq. > > > > Another version states: > > > > Augusta Chronical and Gazette of The State, (Sat., Jan. 29 1791), "The > rank and arrangement of the Militia of Columbia County." lists Capt. John > Hatcher as captain of the 12th Company, with 2nd Lt. Samuel Brady. > > -------- > > > > I did not have Edward Van's name (the Van(n) families were all over > EdgefieldCo, SC). But the above does show that John and Sam Brady were well > acquainted with each other first as soldiers (and likely the same rough age) > and were both in ColumbiaCo in 1791. Note the name Lt Col Jesse Sanders - > interesting :-) > > > > I "think" that many of these land grants were given as payment for > military service and it's possible that John and Sam (as close friends?) > arranged (or traded) to have land near each other. > > > > Joyce, have you done any research on Sam's military career and/or state of > birth? I just did a military search on ancestry and have found nada. One > record found of GA soldiers with just his name listed in the index. I will > go now to see if Sam is on Footnote. > > > > Nel > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "If you can't stand the skeletons, stay out of the closet" - Val D Greenwood I'm checking my DeLorme maps.......... "All that part of Columbia County, laying between Brier Creek and Rocky Comfort (the next line is on the fold so it didn't print) Draw 2 vertical lines. The left line is Rocky Comfort creek; the right is Brier creek. Draw another line left of Rocky C. That is Joe's creek where Maj John lived per his 1786 deed. Something like 5 miles between each of them. In 1786 his land was in RichmondCo, in 1790 ColumbiaCo, in 1793 WarrenCo and today it's in GlasscockCo. Nel