Members of Wooten ListServ: There is a History of Telfair County written by Floris Mann and published in 1954. Many researchers consider anything published in book form to be gospel, but it aint necessarily so. These excerpts on the various surnames are often times submitted to the compiler by others and just as often contain errors. Use this work as a guideline. If this is YOUR line, then go to the source documents for the counties mentioned, either through your librarys inter-library loan plan (who would go through the States Archives) or through the LDS/FHC. (abbreviations are mine) In the 18th century Wooten of Wales went to England, where he was married. About the close of the Revolution, he with his family emigrated to NC. From this point his descendants scattered out to various sections of the US. The Woottens of this section are descended from Joel Wooten (md. a Miss Jordan), who emigrated to this section in 1806. He came first to Bulloch Cty and later to Telfair. He & 2 sons were on the 1st jury at the lst court held in Telfair Cty. Joel Wooten reared 6 sons, who moved out into other sections of the country--Reddin to Thomas Cty, Bryant to Coffee Cty, and John to Chattahoochee, FL; Richard, Henry & Simon lived and died in Telfair. The latter md. Jane McArthur. For many yrs he was Clerk of the Crt of Telfair Cty. In early life he was a noted singing master and enjoyed wide popularity as a teacher. He was also much in demand at marriage ceremonies, as the ministers were few & far between on those early pioneers days. He reared 5 sons, all of whom rendered valuable services to the Confederacy. Perhaps the most family of these sons was Wm.H., who went to TX just prior to the War Between the States. He was Captain & Quartermaster of the Indian Div. of the Confederate Army. He was held in the highest esteem by both whites & Indians. He d. 1864 at Boggy Branch, Indian Terr., near Ft. Smith, AR & his loss was a blow to that division of the Confederate Army. Reddin D. Wooten volunteered from Telfair & was killed in a battle in VA. His family never heard any more concerning him. A.C. Wooten, another brother, d. in a hospital in VA while in the Army. John A., another brother, a sketch of whom will be found in this section devoted to The Boys in Gray. The Wooten family is one of the most prominent & influential in this section of the state. All hold high social positions & places of honor & trust in south GA. -- Sharleen Johnson Rhinock Ooltewah (a suburb of Chattanooga) TN [email protected]