>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:05:07 -0500 >From: BevBarney <bev@barney.org> >Subject: [JORDAN-L] Jordon, Jones Co., GA research Part 2. >To: JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com > >George William D. Cook >George was the youngest son of Samuel and Sarah Cook. He was born in >1828, just before his father�s death. Both he and his brother, Samuel >T., were to be educated. Their father left instructions in his will for > >his wife to "...keep them at school or studying some profession until >they are of age..." (Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book C:170). The > >Cook Plantation was sold in 1845 when George was seventeen years old. >He received half of the profits from the sale when he became of age. >George�s father also willed him four slaves, including Sam, Riz, Jane, >Hall, and Sarah (Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book C:172). George >would receive his mother�s slaves, Anna and Ben, when she died. In >1850, George was living in a hotel in Clinton along with fifteen other >patrons ranging in age from 15 to 64 and of various professions >including clerks, a farmer, a mechanic, a shoemaker, students, a tailor, > >and a teacher. George stated his occupation at this time to be a horse >trader. He had no real estate holdings in 1850 (Georgia 1850 Census, >Roll 75:182). In December of that year George married Mary Winship >(Probate Court, Jones County, Marriage Records Book C:155). George and >Mary moved to Atlanta and he was reputed to have become "...a most >promising business man of Atlanta" (Spengler and Spengler 1994). Their >permanent relocation to Atlanta argues against their burial in the >cemetery on Land Lot 20 in Jones County. > >Charles and Jacob Hutchings >Charles Hutchings resided in Bibb County in 1840 before moving to Jones >County (Jackson 1977). He purchased four acres of Land Lot 20 in 1847 >and maintained residency in the county until at least 1850 (Jackson >1976). In 1850 Charles was a 47 year old merchant with real estate >valued at $2000. He and his 34 year old wife, Eliza, had daughters aged > >two and six years old. Another member of the household was 15 year old >Eunice Singleton. Charles appears to have died or left Jones County by >1860 (Acord 1986). Charles was the son of R.H. Hutchings, who at one >point owned Jacob Hutchings. > >Jacob Hutchings was a master stone mason who constructed many of the >stone walls and structural foundations in the county, including the ones > >associated with the old jail and courthouse. He reportedly was born in >March of 1831, in Virginia and came to Jones County in 1842. Jacob >quarried granite from local outcrops, including one near Hitch Hill and >Lite-n-Tie Road (Personal Communication, Mrs. Annie Hamilton). Jacob�s >association with the Land Lot 20 cemetery may lie in the massive stone >cemetery enclosure there, which he probably constructed. He may have >constructed the wall under the ownership of R.H. Hutchings. >Alternatively, Charles may have inherited Jacob from his father, and >used Jacob�s skills to construct the wall on his property. It is >possible, but less likely, that Jacob�s skills were hired out by an >unrelated property owner. It is also possible that Jacob constructed >the wall of his own accord at a later date, perhaps in honor of >relatives buried there. Following the Civil War and ensuing freedom, >Jacob Hutchings became a politician and State Representative in 1866 >(Williams 1957:186). Jacob�s will indicates that he acquired a >relatively large amount of property by the time of his death in 1909 >(Probate Court, Jones County, Will Book E:391). > >Radford Turner >Radford Turner was born in 1814 and first appeared in Georgia census >records in 1850, although he was born in the state. At that time >Radford was a 36 year old farmer with $4000 worth of real estate. >Radford�s household consisted of: Malinda Turner, 50; Willie F. Godard, > >21; and Emiline Godard, 20 (Georgia 1850 Census, Roll 75:211). Malinda >was probably Radford�s mother. Willie was also a farmer and it is >unclear if he and Emiline were related to Radford. By 1860, Radford�s >household no longer included Willie and Emiline, but encompassed Francis > >Goddard, who may have been Willie�s mother. Malinda remained in the >house, along with the addition of Mary Patterson. Mary was a 50 year >old labeled an "idiot". In 1850 she had lived with her 70 and 74 year >old parents who did not appear in the 1860 census and apparently died by > >that time. Apparently Radford took in Mary, who had $7,000 worth of >personal estate in 1860. Francis Goddard owned $8,000 in personal >estate, while Radford�s real estate value increased to $6,000 and his >personal estate was listed at $32,000 (Georgia 1860 Census, Roll >129:562). A 1909 article in the Jones County News reported that Radford >Turner had married the Widow Goddard, of whose plantation he had managed > >in Wilkes County (Spengler and Spengler 1994). When Radford purchased >the Cook plantation in 1860, he tore down the home place and moved it to > >his property near Gray where he added it on to the structure already >standing there (Williams 1957:472). Apparently Radford never did live >on the Cook plantation and therefore, it would be an unlikely location >for his burial. Secondary sources report that he and his three wives >are buried at Gray in the old Patterson burial ground (Williams >1957:472). > >Others >Several other individuals were associated with Land Lot 20. Many of >them left Jones County. John Earnest sold part of Land Lot 20 in 1813 >and the remainder of it in 1817. Three years later John was in Clark >County and by 1840 he moved to Ogelthorpe County. His travels >undoubtedly resulted in his burial outside the Land Lot 20 cemetery. No > >mention of David White was found in the 1820-1860 Georgia census >records, so it is likely that he left the state soon after he sold Land >Lot 20 in 1818. Daniel Rossier remained in Jones County until at least >1820, where he had one boy and one girl under ten in his household and >one woman 16-25 years old (Georgia 1820 Census, Roll 7:131). He >probably left the state permanently sometime between 1820 and 1830, as >he is not listed in any 1830-1860 Georgia census records. Samuel Dennis > >sold his part of Land Lot 20 in 1819. By 1830 he was residing in Troup >County, by 1850 he had moved to Coweta County, where he remained at >least until 1860 (Jackson 1976a, 1976b; Acord 1986). > >Individuals associated with the property did not always leave the county > >immediately. James Jordon sold Land Lot 20 in 1819. He remained in >Jones County until sometime between 1830-1840, when he left Georgia >(Jackson 1976a, 1976b; Acord 1986). Bershababa Jones purchased Land Lot > >20 in 1825. Five years later Bershababa still lived in Jones County >with a household of 21, of which 16 are slaves (Georgia 1830 Census, >Roll 18:465). He either defaulted, died, or left the state, because no >further record of him were located in the 1840-60 Georgia census >documents. Willie Patterson purchased part of Land Lot 20 in 1848. >Prior to this he lived in Jones County at least as early as 1820. >Willie remained in the county from 1820-1850, although he did not appear > >in the 1840 census. By 1850 Willie was 74 years old and had real estate > >valued at $4000. He and his wife, Anna, died sometime between 1850-60 >(see Radford Turner). It is most plausible that Willie and Anna >Patterson are buried at Gray in the old Patterson burial ground. > >Elizabeth Lowther was also associated with Land Lot 20. Elizabeth had >married William Lower in 1837 (Probate, Jones County, Marriage Record >Book B:159). In 1840 Elizabeth had 19 slaves. She apparently became a >widow by 1840 and purchased part of Land Lot 20 in 1848. At the time of > >her purchase she was probably between the ages of 58-67 and appears to >have died in the ensuing two years (Georgia 1840 Census, Roll 44:147; >Jackson 1976 et al). Elizabeth Lowther already had property in the area, > >and it is possible that if she owned that part of Land Lot 20 containing > >the cemetery at the time of her death, then she might have been buried >there. > >Eliza Cox and T.J. Cox owned land Lot 20 sometime after 1848 until 1860 >(Probate Court, Jones County, Marriage Records Book B:159). In 1850, >Thomas J. Cox was a 31 year old overseer. He and his 26 year old wife, >Eliza, had four children from six months to eleven years old. While the > >deed dated December 22, 1860 states that Eliza and T.J. are of Jones >County, the 1860 Census places them in Catoosa County (Superior Court, >Jones County, Deed Book S:396; Georgia 1860 Census, Roll 129:989). >Apparently the Coxes sold the property and moved to northwestern Georgia > >immediately before or during the sale and they are unlikely candidates >for interment in the Land Lot 20 cemetery. > >Individuals Who May Be Buried in the Cemetery >Mrs. Samuel Cook (1st wife) >Little is known about the first wife of Samuel Cook. They married prior > >to arriving in Jones/Baldwin County. Apparently she lived and died at >the Cook Plantation. A newspaper article describes her sudden death as >follows: The first wife of Mr. Cook, Sr., while standing in her front >veranda one afternoon with her baby boy in her arms was by an unlooked- >for stroke of lightning killed, while the baby was but slightly >shocked"(Spengler and Spengler 1994). Mrs. Cook�s life and death at the > >Cook plantation suggests that she would likely be buried in a cemetery >on the grounds. > >Samuel Cook >Land deed records, an obituary notice, and numerous secondary sources >state that Samuel Cook lived and died on his plantation. There are no >marked graves with his name on them in the Clinton Methodist Cemetery. >This evidence strongly suggests that Samuel Cook is one of those >interred at the unmarked cemetery on Land Lot 20. > >Elizabeth Lowther (see discussion above). > >African-Americans >Enslaved African-Americans associated with any of the owners of Land Lot > >20 may have been interred within the cemetery. It is most likely that >those who died during the Cook ownership would be the most likely >candidates for burial there. Unfortunately, little documentary evidence > >exists for these mortalities. Census records can suggests some of the >ages of enslaved African-Americans and some of the information from >Samuel Cook�s will provides names of surviving slaves, however, those >who died are less easily traced. Another African-American connection >may be present in the work of stone mason Jacob Hutchings. (See >discussion above for further details). > >Summary >It is much easier to rule out who is buried in the Land Lot 20 cemetery, > >than to determine who is buried there. The lack of detailed >documentation from the early nineteenth century makes it particulary >difficult to trace individuals. This is especially true of mortality >information and documentary records relating to African-Americans. The >narration above attempts to rule out who is buried in the cemetery and >offers some logical deductions concerning who may be interred there. >Unfortunately, no records have come to light with direct evidence, such >as family bibles indicating interment locations or tombstone records, >etc. The chain of title information may provide one clue. The property > >was divided around 1813, and a two acre parcel was delineated >separately and sold to Samuel Cook. This parcel grew to 4.25 acres and >appears to have maintained its size and distinct status until 1819 when >Samuel Cook regained ownership of the entire Land Lot. The four acre >tract was again sold separately in 1847, when Charles Hutchings >purchased it from Samuel T. Cook. It may have been at this time that >Charles Hutchings had Jacob Hutchings construct the granite wall around >the cemetery, or what was visible of the cemetery nineteen years after >Samuel Cook may have been buried there. > Bibliography Cited > >Acord, Arlis, Martha S. Anderson, and others >1986 An Index For the 1860 Federal Census of Georgia. Family Tree, >LaGrange, Georgia. > >Cawthon, William Lamar, Jr. >1984 Clinton: County Seat on the Georgia Frontier 1808-1821. M.A. >Thesis, University of Georgia. > >Jackson, Ronald Vern, ed >1976a Georgia 1820 Census Index. Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc. >Salt lake City. > >1976b Georgia 1830 Census Index. Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc. >Salt Lake City. > >1977 Georgia 1840 Census Index. Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc. >Salt Lake City. > >Jackson, Ronald Vern, Gary Ronald Teeples, David Schaefermeyer >1976 Georgia 1850 Census Index. Acceleerated Indexing Systems, Inc. >Salt Lake City. > >Probate Court, Jones County >Marriage Record Books B, C > >Probate Court, Jones County >Will Books C, E > >The Recorder >1828 "Communicated", July 26, 1828, Milledgeville, Georgia. > >Spengler, Bruce G. and Walter W. >1994 Griswoldville: A Collection of Maps, Pictures, Stories and Personal > >Comments About the Man, the Town, the Battle, The Family, vol. 4. >Heritage Research, no location. > >Superior Court, Baldwin County >Plat Book PP > >Superior Court, Jones County >Deed Books B, D, E, G, J, K, N, R > >United States Census Office >1820 Fourth Census, Population Schedule. Bradley Memorial Library, >Columbus, Georgia, Roll 7. > >1830 Fifth Census, Population Schedule. Bradley Memorial Library, >Columbus, Georgia, Roll 18. > >1840 Sixth Census, Population Schedule. Bradley Memorial Library, >Columbus, Georgia, Roll 44. > >1850 Seventh Census, Population Schedule. Bradley Memorial Library, >Columbus, Georgia, Roll 75. > >1860 Eighth Census, Population Schedule. Bradley Memorial Library, >Columbus, Georgia, Roll 129. > >Williams, Carolyn White >1957 History of Jones County, Georgia, For One Hundred Years, >1807-1907. J.W. Burke Co., Macon. > > > > >-- >Bev Barney, P O Box 956, Grantham, NH 03753 PH: 603-863-2810 > > > >==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== >Visit Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - http://www.CyndisList.com >