Maynard, Hardyman witnessed a deed for a Green? Do you have this? Was it in GA? Crystal -----Original Message----- >From: "John M. Poythress" <brerfox@bellsouth.net> >Sent: Dec 31, 2005 12:22 PM >To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: Write-ups sought for East Georgia settlers > >Interesting that "their ground" is really NORTH-East >Georgia inasmuch as it excludes Screven & Burke, both of which are dead >in the middle of Georgia latitude and about as far east as you can >get....if one swims the next 150 yards east from Burke or Screven (the >Savannah R. in theory belongs to GA) he or she is then out of GA and I'm >reckoning that's about as far east as one can get. <g> > >Whatever, they're paying the dues, they can call their tune. > >I will be following their webpage though....they include Greene County >to which (I'm trying to convince myself) a Francis Poythress immigrated >independent of (and likely before)the Thomas crowd that went to Burke. >I'm also inclined to think that the Hardiman Poythress fellow who shows >up only once witnessing a Greene deed or something is his brother or >perhaps son. > >And George himself fiddled around with some real estate in Wilkes County >when he got his hands on his rich new wife's money. > >Thanks for keeping us posted, Barb. > >Maynard > >-----Original Message----- >From: Barbara P. Neal [mailto:bp_neal@earthlink.net] >Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:24 PM >To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Write-ups sought for East Georgia settlers > >A friend mentioned this to me & I thought the below appeal would be of >interest to some of you who may have had ancestors who were early >settlers in east Georgia. > >Faye Poss (fayeposs@aol.com) and Patsy Harris (patsydudney@yahoo.com) >have been working hard the last few years editing, researching, and >indexing 150+ family sketches that have been sent in for publication >in "East Georgia Settlers." They need more articles. Each >sketch/article should be regarding one family group who moved to one of >the EGGS counties from some other area. If you have any questions, or >want to see a sample sketch/article, email either of these ladies with >EGGS: >Patsy Harris (patsydudney@yahoo.com) >or Faye Poss (fayeposs@aol.com) > >EGGS counties are: Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, >Franklin, Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper, >Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, >Rockdale, Stephens, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren and Wilkes. > >The EGGS has a website you may wish to see: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs/ > >One does not have to be a member of EGGS (East Georgia Genealogical >Society) to enter a sketch/article. Again, for more info, or questions, >or if you want to see a sample sketch/article, email either of these >ladies with EGGS: >Patsy Harris (patsydudney@yahoo.com) >or Faye Poss (fayeposs@aol.com) > > >==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >Visit www.poythress.net > > > > > > > > > > >o learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > >==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. To learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ >