Lumpkin County is southwest of Tallulah Falls and Forsyth is north of Atlanta, part of metropolitan Atlanta....so, close to our area. If this proves to be yours, I have other info. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "K McGee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help?/ Cobb > Pat that is wonderful -- but I think that this Rocky Bottom is just a > little too young (maybe by 20 years) to be mine. The area could be close > enough to Lumpkin and Forsyth Counties to be a possible. This is the > absolute closest we've ever come to finding ours!! Thanks so much for > taking a chance that you had him and sharing the information with me! > K McGee > > At 06:43 PM 4/18/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >John F. "Rockybottom" Smith > > > >John F. smith, well known in his mature years by the nickname of "Rocky > >Bottom" was an orphan boy who livd with James Stonecypher in Franklin > >county, in what is now the Eastannollee community, and came from that county > >into the Tallulah district with him. After a few years he married Sarah > >Fuller, a daughter of Samuel Fuller. > > > >"Rockybottom" was born 4/3/1824 in Georgia. He married on December 1, 1844 > >Sarah M. Fuller (5/11/1824-3/27/1908), d/o Ransom and Nancy Love Fuller. > >Ransom Fuller was born in North Carolina about 1797 and Nancy Love in South > >Carolina about 1800. > >excerpt from: "Rabun County Roots" by Harold and Janic Jackson Ivester > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "K McGee" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:25 AM > >Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help?/ Cobb > <snip> > > > we do have a connection to a man called Rockybottom Smith who was NA . . . > > > but that man has yet to be found -- he was probably born before 1800 in or > > > close to SC and Old Pendleton District. > > > > > > Fingers crossed! Hope someone can help. > > > K McGee > > > > > > <snip> > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Genealogy Resources on the Web > http://www.ancestry.com > >