Monroe County Family Bibles

Family Bible records are one of the most important genealogical tools available to researchers.

The following records are included herein:
Brown, Jesse D. Bible Found
Cocke Family Bible Records
Ponder, Daniel Family Bible Records
Merritt, Mickleberry
Zellner Bible Record

Others found at Monroe County GA USGenWeb Archives

MONROE ADVERTISER, MAY 7, 1897. Newspaper Article "AN OLD FIND".  An Old Bible and Newspaper Unearthed. " Last Monday, in cleaning up around the depot, Dr. Heidt ran across an old bible the date of which is uncertain, owing to the title page being gone, but there is a family record of Jesse D. Brown who, was married to his wife, Mariah, in 1820, and various other records of marriages that occurred in the Brown family up until 1854.  The record of Jesse D. Brown is complete, showing that he was born on the 18th day of January 1796, married on the 9th of March, 1820, and died April 20, 1860.  There are various other entries in the bible of marriages and births in the Brown, Morgan, and Wise families, all being directly connected with the original Jesse D. Brown and wife.  The last birth entry is Thomas Clinton Wise, who was born August 10, 1864.  It is not known who this old bible belongs to or how it came to be stored away in the depot. 
    Another old find that was made among this same old rubbish on Monday was a newspaper, "The Weekly Day Book" publised in New York and dated May 18, 1861.  It espoused the Southern cause and says, "the efforts in the north to crush us has failed."  There is only one big flash head and that reads: "The Civil War.  Outbreak in Missouri.  800 troops captured by U. S. Troops.  Mails in Mississippi stopped. Occupation of Baltimore.  Gen Butler's Proclamation." 
     These two old relics are very interesting and the paper especially contains much that is not recorded in any history and makes very lively reading.  The "Day Book" scoffs at the idea of the south not beibng able to win and says: "It would seem that all the officers of the U. S. Navy who have distinguished themselves in late years are now in the service of the southern states." 
(Note:  The transcriber does not know what happened to these two items.  )

 

ZELLNER BIBLE RECORD

Published in “Family Puzzlers”, No. 1513, October 18, 1997, p. 18-19. 

Mr. Charles R. Hencely, 5394 Hencely Rd., Marianna, FL 32446, contributed a photocopy of a Bible in possession of Ms. Mary Zellner of Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA.  The Bible was published 1880.

 

FAMILY RECORD

Marriages

John Kimbell Zellner and Annie P. Haygood were married Nov. 7, 1905 by Rev. Jas.  A. Drewry, of Griffin, Ga. at the bride's parents at Goggan, Ga.

 

Claud Bramblett Zellner and Ruth Bloodworth were married at Shiloh Church, Monroe County Ga. April 17, 1917 by Rev. E.J. Forrester of Mercer University, Macon, Ga., The groom's 27th birthday.

 

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Simeon Holmes & Lizzie Anna White was married October 19th 1876

 

Simeon Holmes Zellner & Lizzie Anna White were married October 19th 1876 by Rev.  Jno.  Kimbell Pastor Shiloh Church, 38 years

 

Winburn King Rhodes and Lucy White Zellner were married Tuesday Jan. 15, 1901 3:30 p.m. by Rev. T.J. Watts of Forsyth, Ga.  Married at old White home place there.

 

Births

Simeon Holmes Zellner was born May 24, 1853

Lizzie Anna Zellner was born October 11th 1855

Lucy White Zellner was born February 16th 1880

John Kimbell Zellner was born Jan'y 20th 1882

Benjamin Homer Zellner was born May 3d 1884

George Hewell Zellner was born August 2d 1886

Claude Bramblett & Clyde Holmes Zellner were born April 17th 1890

David Phillips Zellner was born Nov. 23rd 1897

 

Deaths

Benjamine [sic] Homer Zellner died July 1st 1885

Lizzie White Zellener died at Forsyth, Ga.  Thursday Jan. 24, 1918, wife of S.H. Zellner

Claud Bramblett Zellner died Thursday Jan. 31, 1918 (killed by train)

 

 

Mickleberry Merritt Bible
Mrs. Jere M. Pound owner of Mickleberry Merritt Bible
Ga. Bibles- He died 64 yrs. (Submitted by: Ms. Gerry Hill  [email protected] 
Marriages
Mickleberry Merritt and Jane Brown Jan 1 1824
( He was born 12-30-1802 Greene Co Ga died 24 Nov 1866 Monroe Co Ga son of Benjamin & Hannah Wade)
(She was born 10-12-1808 died 6 Apr 1870 Monroe GH)
Wiliam R Murphey and Lucy Ann Floyd Dec. 21 1837
(Wm Reid born 11-17-1819 Lucy born 13 Dec 1818 GH)
Erastus J Murphey and Laura Ida Merritt 4-15-1866
(Erastus born 10 Aug 1842 Laura born Apr. 15 1866)
Births
William B Merritt 11-27-1824
Mary E 4-5-1827
H Wade 8-31-1829
Eliza Ann 7-24-1831
Elizabeth Janie 12-20-1833
M Thomas 1-28-1836
John R 4-16-1838
James R 7-28-1840
Angus C 1-11-1843
Sarah R -7-1845
Laura Ida 8-3-1847
Warren A 11-12-1849
(Murphey Children also on the original-but not copied by me) (More on all children GH

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