Bulloch-Bryan County GaArchives Bible Records.....Gieger, Zachariah ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: : Gerald Gieger giegerg@hotmail.com November 17, 2005, 3:39 pm Zachariah Gieger Bible Re-transcribed from Photocopies of the Record Pages from the original Bible which is presumed lost…They may have been destroyed in the fire which burned the Welch’s Log home. Bracketed [ ] information was included for clarity from proven facts by this transcriber. The inverse of these pages bear the stamp ‘Certified True Contact Reflex Copy Without Retouching or Alteration Gulfoto 407 W. Howard, Biloxi, Miss’ Photo Pages are in the possession of the Covington County Genealogical and Historical Society, Seminary, MS. Transcription of this Bible was printed by the Mississippi Genealogical Society of Jackson, MS in Cemetery and Bible Records Volume II, pgs 77-78, however the surname was misspelled and numerous errors were included which have been proven incorrect, i.e., the transcription does not match other Records on file, or grave markers, while several entries were omitted. Family Record Births Jesse Gieger was born March the 20th 1793 Tobitha Gieger wife of Jesse Gieger was born July the 22nd 1793 [Tobitha Martin] Zachariah Gieger was born May the 1st 1814 Lucretia S.Y. Gieger was born May the 20th 1816 [Mary Lucretia] AB Martin Gieger was born April the 25th 1819 [Abram Martin] J.S. Gieger was born May the 27th 1822 [James Samuel] Selete an Gieger was born August the 22nd 1824 Elias E Gieger was born April the 14th 1829 [Elias Eli] Mary M Gieger was born March the 28th 1833 [Mary Magdalene] Lucinda Gieger was born March the 15th 1835 Anzonette R West was born August the 12th 1856 C.T. Rawles was borned December 10 1859 [Charles Timothy] Martha Gieger was borned November the 14th 1849 [Martha Jane] Charity Rawles was borned June 2nd 1884 Bernice Rawles was borned February 8th 1885 Maggie Rawles was borned March 3rd 1887 Charles P. Rawles was borned July 8th 1889 Maye Belle Rawles was borned February 17th 1893 James Martin was born October the 6th 1756 [Tobitha’s Father] Mary Martin his wife was born August the 12th 1764 [Tobitha’s Mother] Abraham Gieger was born June the 11th 1761 [Jessie’s Father] Mercy [Martin] Gieger his wife was born April the 24th 1771 [Jessie’s Mother] Ma teopolis Wilson Dun was born April the 16th 1864. First son of A.J. Dun Angeline Lefait was born July the 16th 1847 [Lafayette?] [10] William P. Long was born August 19th A.D. 1844 Lucinda Jane Long was born August the 29th 1867. Named by her mother Angeline Long Marriages Jessie Gieger & Tobitha Martin was married March the 11th 1813 Lucinda Gieger & Benjamin West was married November the 24th 1851 Benjamin Gieger & Mary Speed was married April the 21st 1879 Jessie Gieger was married to Susan Welch November the 8th 1871 T R Welch married T E Gieger December 27th 1877 [Timothy Ransom\Tobitha Elizabeth] E W Gieger was married to E.S. Lowry November the 21st 1881 [Equilla Winfield\Evaline S.] C T Rawles was married to M.J. Gieger November the 16th 1881 [Charles Timothy\Martha Jane] L.D. Gieger was married to A.J. Rawles November the 15th 1881 [Lorenzo Dow\Angeline Jane] M.L. Gieger was married to M.L. Welch January the 16th 1878 [Martin Luther\Martha Laney] William P. Long and Angeline La Fayette were married November 15th A.D. 1866, by the Reverend J.J. Creel [P.P. Creel???] [Note: A marriage entry following M.L. Gieger and M.L. Welch is too faint to read...It is thought to be that of Z.R. Gieger to Mitt Lowry who is the only child of Zachariah that is not included. They married on March 17, 1875] Deaths James S Gieger departed this life March the 23rd 1868 [James Samuel] Martha Dikes the wife of Benjamin Dikes departed this life May the 1st 1863 [Dykes] Grandfather Gigger departed this life October the 20th 1871 [Jessie] Grandmother Gieger departed this life November the 18th 1871 [Tobitha] ADDITIONAL NOTES: Zachariah Gieger is a Pioneer of Mississippi Territory, having arrived in the area which now is Covington County around 1815 with his parents, Jessie and Tobitha (Martin) Gieger. They had migrated from the area comprising Bulloch and Bryan Counties of Georgia, where he was born. Not much has been recorded about his early life, except that he had seven siblings, four sisters and three brothers, all born in Mississippi after her admission to the Union in 1817; and that his parents settled on a tributary of the Okatoma creek, South of the present town of Collins. Most of his siblings ultimately removed to other Counties and his three youngest sisters joined the westward movement to Texas and Oklahoma. Apparently, Zachariah remained close to his parents and blind-born brother Elias, to see to their care. The 1870 US Census for Covington County MS lists Zachariah and his parents in adjacent households. It is also not clear how they traveled to Mississippi, albeit it is thought that he came with his parents in the company of Richard Welch who received a Passport across Indian lands from the Governor of Georgia in 1809. The Welch family was closely allied to the Gieger family, and Zachariah's mother was a sister of Sabry Martin who married Richard's son, Bryant Welch. There are also several instances of marriages between the two families in successive generations. Zachariah married Eleanor Jane Dikes (Dykes) and fathered 8 liveborn children. Today, his descendants number in the hundreds. It has been stated that his casket, followed by over ½ mile of mourners, was transported by a horse-drawn carriage to the Bethel Methodist Cemetery. [11] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bulloch/bibles/geigerza262gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb