Families

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William MITCHELL Family
William RUFF Family
STEWART

APPLING

Searching for descendants of and information on William "Walter" APPLING; born 1868 in Gwinnett County, GA to William "Milton" APPLING (1844-1880) and Nancy Matilda MARTIN, (1845-1871). Most of the extended APPLING family relocated to Clayton County by 1890 from Gwinnett County. By 1920 census I find Walter & Jackie Appling living in South Bend, Fulton County, GA. I believed Walter had died when his mother died in 1871 so this new line has been a wonderful surprise to find. Any help is greatly appreciated.

1 William "Walter" Appling 1868 -
. +Matilda "Jackie" Mayo 1871 -
..... 2 Thomas Arthur Appling 1892 - 1967
......... +Ruby 1905 - 1991
..... 2 Alice Appling 1893 - 1982
......... +? Baker
..... 2 Ollie Appling 1895 -
..... 2 Effie Appling 1896 -
..... 2 Edgar Appling 1897 -
......... +Denise
..... 2 Bessie Appling 1899 - 1910
..... 2 Gussie Couch Appling 1902 - 1980
..... 2 James Early Appling 1904 - 1969
..... 2 William Rudolph Appling 1908 - 1974
..... 2 TJ Appling 1909 -

Thank you!
Ellen Martin

BURKS Family

Joshua Jonathan BURKS (son of William & Lucinda (NORMAN) BURKS) was born Oct 10, 1847 in Arkansas. He was named after his father's brother who was Jonathan Joshua Burks. His mother died in Arkansas, and William returned to Georgia with J.J. and his sister Mary E. who was born circa 1850.

According to family tradition, William remarried, but the wife (name unknown) was so cruel to the children that the marriage soon ended. On the 1860 Census of Coosa County AL, Mary E. and Joshua are shown living in the household of William's aunt, Unity (FOWLER) BURKS, the widow of Jonathan Burks.

(Jonathan and Unity were married on Oct 30, 1823 in Madison Co GA.)

It is possible that William had already died by the time of the 1860 Census, as he is not found on any census taken that year. After William's death, Unity had seven of her own children, plus the two stepchildren. J.J. went back to Clayton County, Georgia to live with his uncle Dave NORMAN. It is not known if his sister Mary E. stayed with Unity, or if she had possibly died by that time.

During his early years, J.J. went to school only long enough to learn to read, but not to write. After he was living with the NORMAN family in Clayton Co GA, he went to a writing school with the help of his cousin Yancy BARTON. (Yancy's mother was a sister to J.J.'s mother, Lucinda (NORMAN) BURKS)

On Dec 24, 1871 in Clayton County GA, J.J. married Elmina MITCHELL (daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL) in a civil ceremony conducted by A.P. Adamson, Justice of the Peace. Elmina was born Aug 17, 1851 in Clayton County GA.

J.J. and Elmina lived in Clayton County for approximately six years, then moved to the Brachfield Community of Rusk County TX in the early months of 1877. There they began farming and raising their family. They joined the Zion Hill Baptist Church in July 1877. Being active and faithful members of that church, J.J. was ordained as a deacon on July 31, 1886. According to church records, on Sep 2, 1893 he was recognized as "having the gift of exhortation." On Jan 4, 1901 he was ordained as a minister and began pastoring churches all over Rusk County.

Elmina had learned the art of being an herb doctor from her mother Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL, back in Clayton Co GA. She continued that skill in the Brachfield area. Regrettably, none of her children or grandchildren ever went with her into the woods and fields to gather the plants she used for medicine nor did they learn how she processed and administered them.

For a time he was a circuit riding missionary, serving churches as far away as the Flatwoods Community in the extreme southeastern portion of neighboring Panola County. J.J. loved to sing religious music. His daughter Lee (BURKS) CRAWFORD remembered his favorites as being some of the Sacred Harp songs such as #288 "White", #418 "Rees" and #470 "There We Our Jesus Shall Adore". On Aug 28, 1913, the family was gathered so the men could help Dr. Tim Deason cut hay. After lunch J.J. suddenly felt ill. Someone fixed him a pallet on the porch of his house so the afternoon breeze could help him stay cool. He laid down and requested that the women and girls go on singing hymns as they had been doing to amuse themselves. Suddenly he turned very blue and said simply, "I'm gone! " and he died. He was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery near his home.

Elmina then became the strong head of the family, continuing to live on in the home J.J. had built upon their arrival in Texas. A quiet, unassuming woman, Elmina loved her family and worked hard at keeping the family unit strong. Elmina died June 21, 1940 at her home and was also buried in Zion Hill Cemetery. Two months after her death, her children, remembering how they had always gathered to celebrate her birthday, decided the most fitting memorial to their mother would be to hold a family reunion each year on the Sunday closest to her birthday. That tradition, begun in 1940, continues today, reinforcing the family ties she felt were so important.

DARNELL

I am seeking information on the family of William Wade Darnell. His sister (?) Laura Darnell was b abt 1866, Sarah b abt 1849 m William FLEMING and is listed with him in the 1870 census. Parents of this family are shown on Sarah Fleming Darnell's death certificate as William & Sally Darnell. William Wade Darnell m Sarah Almeda LYLE. They are buried in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery on the Fayette-Clayton line. Laura is last found on the 1900 census. Any information appreciated. Jane

DEVAUGHN

Hello my name is Millie Schweitzer I am related to the DeVaughn's. In fact Isham and Eliza were my gggggrandparents, William Wilson was my ggggrandfather who died in 1855. His son John F. was my great grandfather. He is the one who married Sarah Hilderbrand the Indian Girl in Bomham Texas on Oct.30 1886. I have their marriages license. If you have the Devaughn Book you will find William Wilson on page 108. You will find John France on page 111. Daniel Riley who was my grandfather and all on 112 113 are some of John Brothers. Let me hear from you. Millie millie762004@yahoo.com

FITZGERALD

Philip FITZGERALD
Born: 1798 Place: Lagistown, Tipperary, , Ireland
Died: 12 May 1880 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Buried: May 1880 Place: Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia
Married: Dec 1837 Place: Near Columbus, Harris, Georgia
Father: James FITZGERALD
Mother: Margaret O'DONNELL
Wife: Eleanor Avaline MCGHAN
Born: 1818 Place: Near Madison, Morgan, Georgia
Died: 1893 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Buried: 1893 Place: Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia
Married: Dec 1837 Place: Near Columbus, Harris, Georgia
Father: James MCGHAN
Mother: Eleanor O'REILLY
Children of Philip and Eleanor Avaline (MCGHAN) FITZGERALD
1. F Agnes FITZGERALD
Born: Abt 1846 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Marriage: Abt 1862 Henry "Harry" RANSFORD , , Georgia
2. F Anne Elizabeth FITZGERALD
Born: 1844 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Died: 1934 Place: , , Georgia
Buried: 1934 Place: , , Georgia
John STEPHENS=Marriage: 14 Apr 1863
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
3. F Mary Ellen "Mamie" FITZGERALD
Born: 1840 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Died: 1926 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Buried: 1926 Place: Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia
4. Phillip FITZGERALD
Born: 1842 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Died: 1843 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Buried: 1843 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
5. Sarah "Sis" FITZGERALD
Born: 1849 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Died: Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Buried: Place: Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia
6. F Adele "Dellie" FITZGERALD
Born: 1852 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Died: May 1943 Place: Macon, , Georgia
Buried: May 1943 Place: Macon, , Georgia
Marriage Spouse: F. J. M. DALEY
Abt 1868 , , Georgia
7. F Katherine FITZGERALD
Born: 1855 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Marriage(s): William STEPHENS v Abt 1871 , , Georgia
8. Isabelle "Izzie" FITZGERALD
Born: 1857 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Died: May 1932 Place: , Fayette, Georgia
Buried: May 1932 Place: Fayetteville, Fayette, Georgia
Marriage
Spouse: Paschal J. MORAN - Marriage:
Abt 1878 , , Georgia

Charles W. Mitchell
Three years ago we communicated about my AA Mitchell family research. My ggrandfather Charles W. Mitchell was born 1859 in GA.

I'm now focused on Phillip Fitzgerald. According to my elderly cousin - before the war ended, all of Amelia's children were sent away -- and she was allowed to keep one child, she kept Charles. My ggrandfather was a favorite of his father - especially since he had no sons. When the war ended, he gave Charles the option of staying or going with his mother. He choose to go with his mother -- and was given two gold bars.

I still haven't determined how they ended up in Caddo Parish, LA by 1870. Do you know of a Fitzgerald or Mitchell connection to Louisiana?

Diane Turner

JONES

I would love to find info on this family. William 'Tom' Jones was the brother of my grandmother. I have some great pictures of this family. They lived in Riverdale section of Clayton Co. I found a marriage of a Wallace Jones to a Spivey, but do not know if this is right. I feel sure that these burials in King Cemetery are of this family. Dates seem to match. I have much ancestry for this Wm. Thomas Jones but nothing down from him. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, Wynelle Chaney Holden researching Jones, Reeves, Thombs, Patterson, all of Fayette Co.

1900 Census Clayton County, Georgia 81-82
Jones, William T. Head W M Sept 1864 35 M 17yrs. GA GA GA
Jones, Thomas C.? wife W F Sept 1859 40 M 17yrs. GA GA GA
Jones, Maggie dtr. W F May 1886 14 Single GA GA GA
Jones, Isac C. son W M Feb 1889 11 Single GA GA GA
Jones, Lilly D. dtr. W F Sept 1891 8 Single GA GA GA
Jones, Jessy L. son W M Apr 1896 4 Single GA GA GA

Clayton Co., Georgia marriages; W.T. Jones m Laura Hutchinson 7-15-1906
1910 Clayton County Georgia Census Riverdale Dist. 199-201
Jones, William T. Head W M 45 md 4yrs. GA GA GA
, Laura W F 27 md 4yrs. 2 child 2 liv GA GA GA
, Maggie dtr W F 23 Single AL GA GA
, Jesse son W M 14 Single AL GA GA
, Wallace son W M 2 Single GA GA GA
, Edna dtr. W F 1 8/12 Single GA GA GA

Notes from Sandra Sartin:

Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS JONES:
Tom went back to Georgia from Alabama when he was 17 years old. He lived in Clayton Co., GA in 1920.

Children of WILLIAM THOMAS JONES are:
i. ISAAC4 JONES.
ii. JESSE JONES.
iii. MATTIE JONES.
iv. WALLACE JONES.
v. EDNA JONES.

King Cemetery, Clayton Co., GA.
Jones,Jesse Lee Apr. 22,1896---Nov. 23,1970
Annie D Apr. 13,1897---Mar. 5,1986
Jones,R.Wallace July 10,1907--Nov.20,1969 Shrine emblem
Mattie E. March 17,1904--
Jones ,Lauren May 2,1883----Nov.19,1960
William T. Sept.15,1862---Sept. 14,1940

Don Holden

Thomas Mitchell Family

THOMAS MITCHELL was b 11 May 1808 in Wilkes Co, GA (son of John Hinche and Margaret (THOMASSON) MITCHELL) and d 02 Feb 1897 in Clayton Co, GA and is bur Old Williams Chapel Meth Ch Cem, Morrow, Clayton Co, GA. He mar ELIZABETH RUFF (dau of William and Rebecca (MARTIN) RUFF) in Henry Co, GA. Elizabeth was b 30 Aug 1812 in Morgan Co, GA and d 17 Oct 1912 at her home near Morrow, Clayton Co, GA, also bur Old Williams Meth Ch Cem.

Thomas was a farmer and was obviously quite successful as the 1870 Census of Clayton Co, GA lists him as owning real estate valued at $4,400 and personal property valued at $1,250 - and this was after the total devastation of the state of Georgia during the long years of the Civil War, and after many landowners had been driven into bankruptcy by the Yankee carpetbaggers!

Around 1843, Thomas and Elizabeth settled in what was to become the family homestead. This was located approximately 13 miles south of Atlanta GA, on what was known as the McDonough Road. The home of Thomas & Elizabeth is still standing in present day Morrow, GA; however, many additions to the house have been made in the passing years by a number of owners, leaving no indication of what the original structure looked like. The home now is a graceful, one-story structure, flanked by white columned porches, a pleasing picture for anyone who is searching for their ancestral dwelling.

Neither Thomas nor Elizabeth were large people in size. The one picture available of them shows two rather short people of average weight. However, their devotion to their families and the devotion of their families to them, seems to have been of enormous proportions. Their home was the traditional gathering place on all holidays and special occasions. In Thomas' later years he reportedly became quite senile, but his family still continued to honor him with love and affection.

After his death, Elizabeth still continued to gather her family around her whenever possible. The occasion of her 100th birthday in 1912 was marked by an enormous gathering of her extended family, with even those in TX making the long trip for the event. In her later years her eyesight began to fail and her hearing became greatly impaired, but her mind remained ever lively and alert. When she was 80 years old and her eyesight already quite dim, she worked the letters of the Ten Commandments on perforated cardboard, using threads of many colors. This she had framed and instructed that, on the occasion of her funeral, this hand-work was to be carried along with her body to the Old Williams Chapel Methodist Church and be left there as her gift to her church. This was done and the needlework remained on display there until a few years ago when it was returned to the MITCHELL family. It is now in the possession of a son of Mrs. Janie Mitchell who lives in Forest Park, GA.

Elizabeth joined the Methodist Church at the age of 13 and at the time of her death boasted of a continuous membership of 87 years! Her name appears as entry #34 on the original church roll at Old Williams church, so she could have well been one of the charter members of the congregation following its organization in 1870. Thomas' name does not appear on the official roll of that church, but their joint tombstone contains the statement that they were both faithful members of the Methodist Church. The Bible of Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL is now on exhibit in the Atlanta Archives, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA. It is possible that this Bible was originally owned by Elizabeth's mother, Rebecca (MARTIN) RUFF, as it lists the date of birth for all RUFF family members, except Rebecca, and it is common practice for the record keeper not to record his/her own birth date.

A 1907 article in The Atlanta Journal stated that Thomas & Elizabeth were the parents of 15 children, 13 of whom lived to be "grown up". Although Elizabeth lived to be 100 years old, nine of her fifteen children were still living at the time of her death. The 1907 article lists her as having 78 grandchildren, 180 great grandchildren and 40 great-great grandchildren. These, plus her own 15 children gave her, at that time, a total of 313 descendants!

Newspaper article printed in The Atlanta Journal, April 1907

"Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, Aged 95, Living Near Atlanta, Has a Most Remarkable Family of Descendants"

"(Special Dispatch to The Journal) MORROW, GA, April 6 - There is now living in 13 miles of Atlanta GA. on the McDonough road, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, formerly Miss Elizabeth Ruff, who was born on the 31st day of August 1812. She married Mr. Thomas Mitchell when she was about 18 years old. They had born to them 15 children 13 of them reared to be grown. Two of them died in infancy. She is living now on the same place she and her husband settled about 75 years ago.

"She still has living the following children: Mrs. Mary A. Wiggins of Rex, GA; Mrs. Elizabeth Autrey of Atlanta, GA; Mrs. Miriah Jones of Alabama, Mr. William R.R. Mitchell of Morrow, GA; Mr. Thomas H. Mitchell of Morrow, GA; Mr. Martin L., Mitchell of Texas; Mrs. Elmina Burks of Cass County Texas; Mrs. Georgia A. Cates of Cass County Texas. She has 78 grandchildren, 180 great grandchildren and 40 great-great grandchildren. Add her own 15 children to the number, gives a total of 313 in all.

"Her sons, who were old enough, were in the war.

"And all of her male descendants living in Georgia were strong for Hoke Smith for governor last year.

"It is certainly a remarkable family and she is still in good health and bids fair to stay many years yet."

Obituary - MRS. ELIZABETH RUFF MITCHELL

Age More Then 100 Years
Died in Clayton County, GA

On the 17th of October at her home, in this county, where she had lived seventy-eight years of her life, Mrs. Elizabeth Ruff Mitchell departed this life about four o'clock in the morning, age 100 years, one month and eighteen days. She was a South Carolinian by birth, but came to Georgia when a little child.

She was born August 10, 1812, joined the Methodist Church at 13 years of age and, hence, at her death bed, had been a continuous member of the communion for 87 years, very likely reaching the distinction of being, at her death, the oldest member of that denomination on earth. She lived under the administrations of twenty-four of the twenty-seven presidents of the United States - all but Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Mrs. Mitchell was the mother of fifteen children, nine of whom survive her. He descendants numbered at her death about four hundred people, reaching to one of the sixth generation. It was a custom of many of her descendants to annually meet at the old homestead and hold a reunion, when the aged matriarch greeted her loved ones with joy and pleasure followed by a feast of good things.

As old age came on Mrs. Mitchell began to lose her eyesight, and for many months she was blind, and her hearing also became greatly impaired. She seemed to never lose interest in religion and was pleased to have the Scriptures read and the Songs of Zion sung and the voice of prayer uttered in her home. When some eighty years old she, with trembling fingers and dimming eyesight worked the letters and words of the Ten Commandments on perforated cardboard, suing threads of different colors, making a very pretty and useful ornament. This she had framed and requested that when her funeral occasion arrived that this work should be carried along with her body to the church and left there as a present from her. And this was done.

Her funeral was preached at Williams Chapel M.E. Church, South, October 18th, in the presence of a large concourse of people, including many of her relatives, friends and acquaintances. The sermon was from the text in the 90th Psalm, "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom" and was delivered by her pastor Rev. W.O. Butler of the Stockbridge circuit, assisted by Rev. W. Jones of the Jonesboro circuit.

Thus ends the earthly career of a good woman, who served her day and generation by the will of God and fellowship, amidst the tears and sympathy of relatives, friends and acquaintances, awaiting the voice that shall wake the dead on the resurrection morn.

Her Pastor,
Rev. W.O. Butler

(NOTE: I do not know if this was from an obit that was printed in a newspaper, or exactly what was its origin. What I have is an old piece of paper with the information typed on it. It was a great treasure to my grandmother, Eddie Ollie Lee (BURKS) CRAWFORD, the daughter of Elmina MITCHELL and Joshua Jonathan BURKS and the granddaughter of Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL. --Marylee Watson Knight)

Miscellaneous Notes

ANN F. MASSENGALE lived with ELIZABETH (RUFF) MITCHELL for some time prior to Elizabeth's death, as Elizabeth's will provided "$200, bedding and a bedstead" for Ann with the statement that she is "my niece who has faithfully waited on me for a number of years". The parents of ANN F. MASSENGALE are unknown at this time..

The 1870 Census of Clayton Co, GA lists the following persons as living in the household of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL: William Phillips - Age 11 - White/Male - Farm Laborer; Ned Mitchell - Age 8 - Black/Male;
Robert Green - Age 16 - Black/Male - Farm Laborer

Thomas and Elizabeth (Ruff) Mitchell's known issue: 15 (2nd Generation)
1 - Ollie Susan Mitchell (1832-1864)
2 - Harriett L. Mitchell (ca 1834-?)
3 - Cecily Mitchell (ca 1837-?)
4 - Nancy Jane "Nannie" Mitchell (1839-1870)
5 - Elizabeth Young Mitchell (ca 1842-?)
6 - Mariah Josephine Mitchell (ca 1843-?)
7 - William Riley Ruff Mitchell (1844-1931)
8 - Thomas Hinchey Mitchell (1846-1935)
9 - Martin Luther Mitchell (1847-1926)
10 - L.C. Mitchell (ca 1850-?)
11 - Elmina Mitchell (1851-1940)
12 - Georgia Ann Mitchell (1853-1940)
13 - Martha E. Mitchell (1839-1900)
14 - Mary Ann Mitchell
15 - Ronea Mitchell

II(1) OLLIE SUSAN MITCHELL 1st child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 03 Nov 1832, d 7 Feb 1864, bur Elam Primitive Bapt Ch Cem, Forest Park, Clayton Co, GA. She was the 1st wife of JACOB H. EBERHART. Jacob's 2nd wife was Susan's sister Martha.

II (2) HARRIET L. MITCHELL 2nd child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b ca 1834. She mar a MR. FRASIER. She d prior to 1907 according to a newspaper article of that date.

II (3) CECILY C. MITCHELL 3rd child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b ca 1837. She mar HENRY C. ADAMSON. On the 1860 Census of Clayton Co, GA - Henry is listed as a Farm Laborer. When Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL's estate was settled in 1914, the probate packet included an affidavit signed by a Mrs. H.O. Copeland in Fulton Co, GA. That affidavit stated that Cecily C. ADAMSON was dead, as well as her daughter Miss Lula ADAMSON, both of whom died without any other heirs. Therefore, Mrs. Copeland was asserting her claim to the full amount of $116.38 due to Cecily as her portion of Elizabeth's estate. From this affidavit it would be assumed that Mrs. Copeland was a daughter of Cecily. As census records show Cecily to have been the mother of three daughters (none named Lula) and the first name of Mrs. Copeland is unknown, there is no way of determining how many members of this family had died prior to 1914. She d prior to 1907 according to a newspaper article of that date.

II (4) NANCY JANE "NANNIE MITCHELL 4th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 27 Jan 1838, d 30 Aug 1870, bur Tanners Road Bapt Ch Cem, Ellenwood, Clayton Co GA. She mar THOMAS SNEED.

II (4) ELIZABETH YOUNG MITCHELL 5th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b ca 1842. She 1st mar G.W. COKER on 20 Dec 1860 in Clayton Co, GA. She 2nd mar ELIJAH NEWTON AWTREY. Newton, a saw mill worker, was b ca 1844 in VA. Elizabeth was still alive in 1914 when her mother's estate was settled. She and Newton are both bur Old William Chapel Meth Ch Cem, but their stones show only their names, no dates. As evidenced by the birthplaces of their children, Nannie & Newton moved around a lot during their marriage. In 1907 she was living in Atlanta GA.

II (6) MARIAH JOSEPHINE MITCHELL 6th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b ca 1843. She mar DANIEL S. JONES. When Elizabeth's estate was settled on 1914. Josephine was evidently living in or near Birmingham, ALA as that was where she cashed her check from the estate.

II (7) WILLIAM RILEY RUFF MITCHELL 7th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 22 Oct 1844, d 05 Dec 1931, bur The Rock Bapt Ch Cem, Rex, Clayton Co, GA. On 10 Aug 1869 he mar MARTHA JANE WYATT in Clayton Co, GA. Martha was b 1849, d 1907, bur The Rock Bapt Ch Cem. He 2nd mar AMANDA (?), she was b 25 Oct 1852, d 24 June 1917, bur The Rock Bapt Ch Cem, where her tombstone states, "Wife of W.R.R. Mitchell", no further information known. He was named as the administrator of the estates of both Thomas & Elizabeth, probably because he was their oldest son.

II (8) THOMAS HINCHEY MITCHELL 8th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 13 Dec 1846 in Ellenwood, Clayton Co, GA, d 14 Nov 1935 at his home, bur Tanners Road Bapt Ch Cem, Ellenwood. He mar MATTIE SNEED. She was b 05 Mar 1849, d 20 May 1932, bur Tanners Road Bapt Ch Cem.

II (9) MARTIN LUTHER MITCHELL 9th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 17 Oct 1847 in Clayton Co GA, d 18 Nov 1926 at Spanish Fort, Montague Co, TX. On 15 Dec 1871 in GA he mar MARY M. CATES, who was b 21 Aug 1847, d 10 Jul 1919, at Spanish Fort, TX. They were both originally bur at Spanish Fort, but their remains were later moved to a cemetery in Illinois Bend, Montague Co, TX where other family members were buried. Martin and Mary came to TX ca 1880 and first settled in Saint Jo, Montague Co, TX, then later moved to Spanish Fort near the Oklahoma border. In 1914, following the settlement of the estate of his mother, Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL, Martin cashed his estate settlement check in Nocona, Montague Co, TX.

II (10) L.C. MITCHELL 10th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was a female b ca 1850. She appears on the 1860 Census of Clayton Co, but does not appear with the rest of the family on the 1870 Census. She is evidently one of the two MITCHELL children "that died in infancy" as mentioned in a 1907 newspaper article. The report of her early death is supported by the fact that, in 1914, no portion of Elizabeth's estate was claimed in her name or on her behalf.

II (11) ELMINA MITCHELL 11th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL) was b 17 Aug 1851, d 21 Jun 1940 in Rusk Co, TX, bur Zion Hill Bapt Ch Cem, Henderson, Rusk Co, TX. (NOTE: It became a family tradition that her name was "Mary Elmina", but several family and legal records show her name simply as "Elmina" and a younger sister as being named "Mary Ann".) On 24 Dec 1871 in Clayton Co, GA she mar JOSHUA JONATHAN BURKS. J.J. was b 10 Oct 1847 in ARK, d 28 Aug 1913 in Rusk Co, TX, bur Zion Hill Bapt Ch Cem. Elmina & J.J. moved to the Brachfield Community, near Henderson, Rusk Co TX in 1877 lived in that location until their deaths.

II (12) GEORGIA ANN MITCHELL 12th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 12 Jun 1853 in Clayton Co, GA. On 04 Dec 1873 in Clayton Co, GA she mar WILLIAM M. CATES (son of Isaac & Surena (?) CATES). WILLIAM was b 21 Feb 1851. After they mar, they left Clayton Co and lived in Jasper Co, GA for a while before moving to Rusk Co, TX to join her sister Elmina (MITCHELL) BURKS and her family. William d 14 Jul 1905 and Georgia d 09 Aug 1908 and both are bur Zion Hill Bapt Ch Cem, Rusk Co, TX.

II (13) MARTHA E. MITCHELL 13th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was b 29 Nov 1839 in Clayton Co, GA. She was the 2nd wife of JACOB H. EBERHART after the death of her sister Susan in 1864. Jacob was b 08 Sep 1825, d 22 Feb 1906. Martha d 21 Jul 1900, both bur Forest Park City Cem, Forest Park, Clayton Co, GA.

II (14) MARY ANN MITCHELL 14th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL mar a MR. WIGGINS. In 1907 she was living in Rex GA. Mary Ann was still living in 1914 when her mother's estate was divided.

II (15) RONEA MITCHELL 15th child of Thomas & Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL. She 1st mar a MR. COOK and in 1907, according to a newspaper article, they were living in Moultrie GA. She 2nd mar a MR. THOMAS. In 1907 she was reportedly living in Rex, Clayton Co GA. She was still living in 1914 when Elizabeth's estate was probated.

William Mitchell Family

William MITCHELL (son of Thomas & Mary Ann (BARNETT) MITCHELL) was b 08 Dec 1777 in Edgefield District, SC; d 24 Feb 1859 in GA. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and a farmer. Abt 1800 he mar ELEANOR THOMASSON (dau of John & Eleanor (DIAMOND) THOMASSON), both Irish emigrants who were living in Elbert Co, GA. Eleanor was b 25 Sep 1781, d 04 Aug 1860.

William Ruff Family

I (1) William RUFF (some records spell the last name as "Rough") was b 1769 and d 4 Oct 1836 in Henry Co GA. He mar Rebecca MARTIN, she was b ? and d 1852 in Henry Co GA. In 1812 William & Rebecca were living in Morgan Co GA, but by 1822 they had moved to Henry Co GA according to land records. Apparently William operated a mill of some type on Walnut Creek in the 7th District of Henry Co GA as Deed Book "A" mentions land owned by William Hardin (Jan 1824) and notes that the land "ever may be covered by waters raised at William Ruff's mill dam".

Following William's death in 1834, the legal settlement of his estate reveals many interesting details. The June 1837 inventory of his estate as presented to the Probate Court included the following items: 6 horses (worth $440), 16 sheep, 14 cows, 20 hogs, 17 geese, 1,067 pounds of cotton, 4 stacks of fodder, 1 rifle (worth $11.50), 1 clock (worth $10), a side saddle and a Bible (together worth $5), 43 barrels of corn, plus many tools and household items. In Feb 1838 a tract of 268" acres of land was sold to the highest bidder for a total of $861. At that same time two slaves were also sold: George for $495 and Fielding for $795. After the two slaves were sold, their new owners, Garrett & Adamson, allowed them to work for one more month at Ruff's mill and were paid $25.04 for the work they performed. When the settlement of William's estate was completed in 1838, Rebecca received 135 acres of land and $301.32 in cash as her widow's portion. Additionally, each of their 13 children received $376.55 in cash as their portion of his estate. This means that the settlement of William's estate yielded a total of $5,080.77 in cash making him an extremely wealthy man for that time! After Rebecca's death in 1852, her 135 acres of land were sold to the highest bidder for a total of $475 and that money was divided among her surviving children and the heirs of her deceased children.

OWN ISSUE: 13 (2nd Generation)

II (1) Susannah RUFF b 24 Dec 1801, d 10 May 1890, mar Hardy SMITH, in 1850 they lived in Coweta Co GA
II (2) John M. RUFF b 4 May 1805, d ?
II (3) Martin L. RUFF b 7 Mar 1806, d 1885, mar Judith Mead LOVEJOY
II (4) Mary RUFF b 20 Jan 1808, d Feb 1839, mar Daniel WALKER
II (5) Maria RUFF b 3 Dec 1810, d 10 Nov 1850, mar William GARRETT
II (6) Elizabeth RUFF b 10 Aug 1812, d 17 Oct 1912, mar Thomas MITCHELL (See MITCHELL section for details of their family)
II (7) Berella RUFF b 1814, d ?, mar Nelson GRAY
II (8) Francis RUFF b 1 Dec 1816, d ?
II (9) William R. RUFF b 6 Dec 1818, d 16 Feb 1839
II (10) Hardema RUFF b 28 May 1820, d ?, mar William THOMPSON
II (11) Benjamin F. RUFF b 15 Feb 1821, d ?, on 14 Jun 1840 he mar Catherine HUDGINS
II (12) Nancy RUFF b 21 Jul 1823, d Aug 1843, mar James COLLINS
II (13) Malinda RUFF b 13 Jan 1825, d ?, mar Mathew Dewitt MITCHELL, son of William & Eleanor (THOMASSON) MITCHELL. He was b 11 Mar 1819, d ? (Note: In the family records of William & Eleanor MITCHELL'S family, Mathew's wife is listed as "Matilda" but in the family records of the RUFF family her name is shown to be "Malinda"

The birth and death dates in the above information are from a Bible that was owned by ELIZABETH (RUFF) MITCHELL, listed above as the 6th child of William & Rebecca (MARTIN) RUFF. This Bible is now on exhibit in the Atlanta Archives, Atlanta, Fulton Co GA. It is possible that this Bible originally was owned by Rebecca (MARTIN) RUFF as it carefully contained the date of birth for all family members except Rebecca. It is a common practice for the record keeper not to record his/her own birth date.

The names of the spouses are from the probate papers used to settle the estates of William & Rebecca (MARTIN) RUFF. These papers were filed in 1853 and remain on file at the Henry County Courthouse, Mc Donough, Henry Co GA.

Also gleaned from the probate papers of Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL was the information that, after the probate papers of William & Rebecca (MARTIN) RUFF'S estate were filed in 1853, apparently one of the RUFF daughters became a widow and had a second marriage to a Mr. MASSINGALE. This marriage is assumed as the will of Elizabeth (RUFF) MITCHELL, filed in 1912, details some household items that are a bequest to her "Niece Ann F. Massengale, who has faithfully waited on me for a number of years".

The surname "Massengale" does not appear on the 1870 Census of Clayton Co GA as an individual household; however, it lists Berella (RUFF) GRAY as a widow and head of a household that included Berella's daughter, Sarah B. Gray, age 18, and Mary Massengale, relationship unspecified, age 3. This Census record would put the date of Mary Massengale's birth as ca 1867. If the relationship is clearly understood, the mother of Mary and Ann would have to be either Susannah (RUFF) SMITH, Hardema (RUFF) THOMPSON or Malinda (RUFF) MITCHELL, as the records indicate they were not the daughters of either Berella or Elizabeth. The family Bible records show three RUFF daughters : Mary WALKER (d 1839), Maria GARRETT (d 1850) and Nancy COLLINS (d 1843) so they were all deceased long before Mary MASSENGALE'S birth ca 1867.

WILLIAM RUFF (ROUGH) PROBATE PAPERS
Henry County, GA
Sale of the personal property of William Rough, dec.d
6 Horses $205-$100-$122-$58-$25-$50 440.25
16 Sheep 21.18-1/2
5 Cows and calves 54.06-1/4
1 Cow and calf 11.00
8 Dry cattle 37.75
6 fattening hogs 6.00
1 Sow and 8 Shoats 15.00
2 Sows and pigs 11.25
1 Road Waggon 110.00
1 Log chain 3.93-5/6
1 X saw 6.00
1 Cutting Box 2.50
1 Axe and wedge 2.25
5 Plough hoes 2.37-1/2
15 lbs iron @ 10 cents per pound 1.50
1 Froe 1.00
4 Ploughs 3.73-1/2
1 Hand saw 1.93
Lot of old iron 0.18
Sythe cradle and auger 2.72-1/4
1 Bld gin head 16.00
5 Spinning Wheels 3.68
1,067 lbs cotton @ 18-1/4 cents per pound 358.07
4 Hides 1.30
2 Pair chairs 1.12-1/2
3 Sides leathers 9.25
3 Jars & ____ 1.56-1/2
Keg and 3 barrels 0.68-8/10
5 Stacks oats 32.93
r Stacks fodder 27.31
1 Side boards 32.00
1 Clock 10.00
Rifle gun 11.50
1 Table chest & _______ 4.25
1 Book case 0.25
1 Glass and 6 bottles 0.87-1/2
1 Lot crockery 0.37-1/8
2 Bed Steads 20.00
8 Charis 0.50
1 Small table 0.50
1 _____ and saddle 0.93-3/4
1 Loom 2.75
2 Tubs and Large pot 4.62-1/2
1 Cutting machine 12.00
1 Cupboard 7.50
2 Beds 38.00
7 Corn beds 31.75
2 Water buckets 2.50
1 Lot Sundries 1.06-1/2
1 Lot Crockery 3.68-1/4
3 Pots and 2 ovens 4.56-1/2
1 Skillet _______ & mattock 2.00
1 Grind stone shears & 3 pat. Axes 8.56-1/2
S_____dows 1.00
1 Pat. Ax 1.75
43 Barrels corn 145.56
1 Side Saddle 14.12-1/2
17 Geese 7.00
1 Side saddle and 1 Bible 5.00
1 Pair Steelyards & Lantern 2.25
Notes to the amount of $1,125.82
Due Rough & Mabley $163.37-1/2
Credit on the same $197.62-1/2
Rent of Ca__a 103.25
Hire of Negroes 286.00
1 Steer 14.00
Sundreis 12.89

Sworn to and subscribed to before me this the 5th day of June 1837.
C. Bayles, .C.O.
Her
Rebecca "X" Rough, Admx
Mark

STEWART

Three brothers, sons of George Stewart from Pike County, GA. were Andrew, John, and James. George moved to Pike County from Fayetteville, N.C. sometime after 1845.

Andrew was born Dec 6, 1830. Joined the army. Lost in the war. No one knows where. Don't know when he moved to Jonesboro.

John was born Aug 2, 1833, in Fayetteville, N.C. died Jan 28, 1894 in Griffin, GA. . Moved with his parents to Pike County. Later moved to Jonesboro. Don't know when. Joined the army out of Jonesboro. Returned from the army and went to Griffin, GA., and served his county in the State Legislature. He later went on to serve Georgia in the U.S. Congress.

James was born Aug 12 1840 in Fayetteville, N.C. Moved with his parents to Pike County. Later moved to Jonesboro. Don't know when. Joined the army out of Jonesboro. Died May 10, 1864. Killed in Spotsylvania. Master scroll of Co. I. . . 30th Reg. GA Volunteers, Infantry, Army of Tenn, CSA. Clayton County Georgia. Clayton Invincibles. James H. Stewart, 2nd Lt. Sept 25, 1861. Retired May 1862. Elected 2nd Lt. June 15, 1862, in 44th Reg. Infantry. Killed Spotsylvania, VA. May 10, 1864.

His younger brother, William Blalock Stewart, born in 1845, moved to Jonesboro from Pike County in 1865. At the age of 15, he went to Virginia to work in the saltpeter mines, getting out saltpeter for ammunition for the Civil War. He had several stores on South Main Street selling dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, groceries, lumber, coal, furniture, coffins and undertaker goods. He was the first undertaker in Jonesboro. He also owned and operated several farms. Among those who supplied themselves and their tenants from his store were Miss Mamie and Miss Sally Fitzgerald, great aunts of Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind". Miss Mamie, the business manager of the family, consulted Mr. Stewart for his advice in business matters concerning the plantation which supplied the family finances. When they were young, they and Margaret Mitchell's grandmother boarded in Fayetteville during the week with Mrs. Bennett (William Stewart's mother-in-law) and attended the Fayetteville Academy mentioned in "Gone with the Wind". Some of the foregoing is taken from the book, "History of Clayton County, Georgia, 1821-1983", by J. Henry Hightower Moore, pages 478 and 479.

Please note that I just sent you information on the three Stewart brothers who served in the Civil War. For clarification I wanted to also add that there were more than three brothers, but these three were the only ones that served. The others were too young to serve.

Stan Stanley mpstanley@sbcglobal.net

Thames Family Memories of By-Gone Days in Clayton County, Georgia

This is H. D. Thames, Sr., better known as Hewlett Thames. I am a son of James Allen Thames and Bernie Cowan. Grandson of James T. Thames and Mary E Allen and great grandson of William Thames b 1796 d 1892 and Rachel Taylor b 1893 d 1861 both buried Tanners Baptist Church, Ellenwood, Clayton County, Georgia.

I was born where the Georgia State Farmers' Market now stands 30 March 1908 in Clayton County, Georgia. 1908 the road that now is called Forest Parkway was known as Thames Rd. When the Farmers Market was built the mayor of Forest Park thought "Thames Rd." was not sophisticated enough so it was renamed. Near the entrance of the present-day Farmers' Market was road that branched off and it was called Old Stagecoach Rd.

I started to school when I was six years, in a one room school house that stood in the vicinity of where Lake Mirror stood behind where the GA. Power place presently stands on old 41 Hwy. I went to school until I was in the 6th grade and that my father gave property and moved the school down to where the GA. State Farmers' Market stands. My teacher at the time was Miss Welch. She married Mr. Dan McKibben. I went to Forest Park High School. Mrs. McKibben would drive her horse to our house and I would saddle it and ride it to Forest Park to School. She would hitch it up and drive it back to town in the afternoon.

There was a big two-story house in which the Reeves family lived in on Old Stagecoach Rd. There was at one time a steel plaque with a memorial about the Civil War telling about soldiers spending the night there on the way to Forest Park to burn the wood shed. The soldiers were to tear up the track, burn the wood shed and destroy the railroad in any way possible to keep supplies from being sent to Atlanta.

My grandfather James T. Thames was in the Civil War. My father told me that when the war was over, it seemed they got most of the soldiers who lived south of Atlanta back to Atlanta. From there they walked from Atlanta to their homes. When my grandfather, James T Thames got to the branch which was below their house, he called for my grandmother, Mary to bring him matches, soap, wash clothes and clean clothes. She carried them to him. He pulled off his clothes at the little branch that started under where Davis Bros. Cafeteria now stands (1982) in the Farmers' Market and runs SW down towards the highway. He took a bath, burned his clothes and went home. He was covered with lice and did not want to infect the family. Soldiers had to fight not only the war but a lot of other problems during the war.

We had one practical nurse who lived with the Reeves by the name of Mrs. Leth Tanner. She had lost her husband very early after they married. She was always there when anyone needed her during sickness.

The railroad which ran from Atlanta to Warm Springs is the same track that brought President Roosevelt back to Atlanta when he died at Warm Springs. This cross was '"Thames Crossing." The train would stop and take on passengers and let passengers off.

Miss Gray Miller, Fayetteville, GA taught school at Howard's Academy for two years. She boarded with my mother and father.

My father's, sister Aunt Lizzie McNair, d/o of James T Thames and Mary Allen, lived close by and she had a family of 10 children. 1982 only one is left - Mrs. Berna Hines.

Up the road a little farther my Uncle Joseph Hampton Thames who married Mary Viola Kennedy lived. They had two daughters and one son. All living (1982)

We get to the top of the hill where my father was born and raised. My aunt Emma Mabry lived there. It was the old home place for the Thames Family. It was quite a house. If a man had that kind of house today, he would certainly have something to cherish. It was built with wide boards, two story with a fireplace in each room. Aunt Emma Mabry had four children, three boys and one girl. (All living 1982).

We lived directly across the road from the entrance to the Farmers' Market. I sold the property in 1955 to the Central of Georgia Railroad, they in turn sold to the State of Georgia to build the Farmer's Market on.

At our house Old Stagecoach Rd. branched and went into old 41 Hwy., at the tourist camp. Mr. & Mrs. Swaney ran the tourist camp. GA Power built on the property and it backs up against the Old Mirror Lake property.

The road that ran from Clark Howell Hwy. to Forest Park was "Thames Road" until one of the mayors of Forest Park wanted to change it to Forest Parkway Dr. when it was widened. I tried to get something done about it but failed. The young mayor who was determined to have it Parkway Dr. and that is what it is today. (1982)

Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Shelnut lived down the road and Mr. Shelnut was the depot agent and she taught school. Mrs. Shelnut was the daughter of Capt. Joe Huie who was the first county school superintendent. When he came to visit the school she would put the best students in front of the class to spell and do arithmetic to show what she was doing. Rightly, she had that privilege.

Mr. Porter moved into the neighborhood from South Carolina and brought a big family. His wife died soon after he came and he lost a daughter also. The next spring daddy and the neighbors planted his crop and worked the whole year. We gathered the crop for Mr. Porter and put in storage for him. He was the neighborhood blacksmith.

I went into the dairy business when I was 14 years old. I bought 28 head of cows and went into the dairy business. Hardly a day passed that Mr. Porter didn't come to see how I was getting along and he helped me do anything in the world he could. I have a lot of memories of Clayton County. I lived in Clayton County until the property was sold in 1955. I attended 1st Baptist church in Forest Park, at that time it was named Forest Grove Baptist Church. They had conference on Saturday and it was an all day affair. Of course, we carried all the kids and lunch as well. Mr. Bill Lee, in the afternoon would lead all in a round of singing and it was a joyful day-all day

My life has been full and active. I was on the Board of Supervisors of Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation Serv. for 14 years. Mr. Tom Cole was the head of soil conservation for Clayton County. I helped organize a forestry unit in Clayton County. Later when I moved to Fayette County, I was the instigator in having the unit moved to the Clayton-Fayette line to serve both counties. It has been a great help to farmers in both counties. 1945 the State of GA passed a law (Federal Law) that gave us up to 1946 that all milk had to be pasteurized. That stopped us from selling raw milk. A group of people mostly Clayton and DeKalb Counties (26 of us) organized the Atlanta Diaries Co-op. Out of the 26 that began 37 years ago I still serve in that position (1982).

Several weeks ago, an elderly gentleman came to me and asked "Thames, how long have you been in the dairy business?" Well, I got my permit to sell milk on the streets of Atlanta in 1922 - 58 years ago. He said, "Well, you know any fool ought to have got rich or found him another job." Well, I am thinking he is right, in a way! But, in a way, I cannot feel that way about it because I have done what I wanted to do and what I think I could have done best.

1982 - I am sitting in the middle of a thirty-acre cornfield where I could leave the house and not be bothered with the telephone or anything else.

by: Hewlett Thames

The farm spoken about is still in operation today on McDonough Rd. just outside of Love Joy and just across the Flint River in Fayette County. They no longer have milk cows, however, it is a petting farm, they have greenhouses, raise hay and have tours for different organizations. Two granddaughters of Hewlett Thames live at the farm and work the greenhouses. Hudon and his wife Carolene give tours, have weddings and receptions. Each year the 4th Sat. in September a Thames reunion is held there. Bring a dish and spend the day. It is wonderful and you will have fun in spite of yourself.

William Thames b 1796 in Cumberland County, NC and came to GA at about the age of 12. He married Rachel Taylor b 1793 in Maryland near Clinton, Jones County, GA 1813 and was in the war of 1812. William enlisted in the service of Wimberley's Reg., Blackshears Brigade of the GA Militia. He enrolled at Fort Hawkins while a resident of Jasper City., GA and served most of his time at Darien, GA as a cook. He was discharged in Darien GA 8 March 1815. This was 210 miles from his home in Jasper City., GA. Served under Capt. Cyrus White, of Infantry detached GA militia under the command of Col. Eziekiel Wimberly. He arrived 21 Nov. 1814 at Camp Hope After the War of 1812, William moved his family to Henry County, GA, and established his residence. He is given as living in Henry, Fayette and Clayton County and he never moved.

William Thames was among one of the first settlers in Clayton County - Thames Rd.

William Thames joined the Missionary Baptist Church and was baptized by Syrus White. He and his wife joined Sharon Church, Henry County, GA 1819 Jan and 1829 June was elected clerk and served until 1837 Dec. 18 June 1841 Bro Thames and wife Rachel Thames was received at Tanner' Baptist Church and he served as church clerk from 1852 until 1865. In 1863 he was ordained to the ministry and served as minister at Tanner's Baptist Church for a period of three months until a new one was called. He also served as minister to Forest Grove Baptist Church . This church is now gone, however, the cemetery remains.

William's wife Rachel died 11861 and 19 Feb 1872 he married Susan Elizabeth Weaver. They had three children. William and Rachel are both buried at Tanner's Church Cemetery on Tanner's Baptist Church Rd., in Ellenwood, Clayton County, GA.

William was a farmer and owned a grist mill. His house was used as a command post during the Civil War.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIV. - TWENTY-THIRD ARMY CORPS, Aug. 31, 1864
Maj. Gen Schofield, Commanding Officer

General: I am at Thames's house. A Little cavalry in front, making it necessary to deploy some skirmishers. It is one mile and a half to the railroad by nearest road, which forks about half a mile beyond to the left. It is a half a mile further by the right fork of the road. I suppose you desire me to take the right fork so as to keep near 4th Corps. Mr. THAMES says Stanley cannot strike the railroad less than three miles below where I shall reach it by the right-hand road.

J D COX
Brig. Gen.
Commanding
from War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 38

William and Susan Weaver Thames had a daughter Susan Camilla Thames who remembers that Sherman's troops slept in the yard and on the porch when he came through Atlanta.

After the war was over William filed for payment of damages to his property during the Civil War.

A Historical marker at the intersection of Thames & Clark Howell Rd., (Just West of GA 85)

31 Aug. 1864, Troops of the 23rd & 4th AC (F), marching east from Red Oak,passed this house enroute to the Macon and Western Railroad which was seized at points above and below Quick Station (now Forest Park). This move severed the last of the RR entering Atlanta and forced Gen Hood to abandon the City 1 Sept 1864. The seizure of the RR was coincident with the 1st of two battles in Hardee's defense of Jonesboro.

This Thames family has always been active in Forest Park and Jonesboro politics. Joseph Frank Thames who was a very prominent figure in Clayton City., GA died 2002. He was the g grandson of William and Rachel Taylor Thames of Clayton County.

sdholland@mindspring.com I am the g g granddaughter of William & Rachel Thames, g grand daughter of John T Thames, their son and the granddaughter of Flora Mae Thames d/o John T Thames

THOMPSON

Any info on a John W. and Johnie A. McGurie Thompson they came to KY in the early 1920's they are buried in Corbin, KY. Had to two daughters, Winnifred and Sarah. Sarah is my grandmother, would like to find any info on them before they came to KY. I just have info on all of them from the records of the funeral home.

WRIGHT/LANDERS

Looking for my Wright/Landers family.
James Wright born abt 1848 married Martha Ann Landers born abt 1868 have not located a marriage for them.
He might also be listed as David James Wright
Their children born in we believe Clayton Co GA

I believe they may have left the Clayton Co. GA area and moved into Northeastern GA with have been told Polk and Floyd Co.
Thanks, Regina Madden Bevearline@aol.com