Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Creel, Elisha 1847 - uk
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Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA
ELISHA CREEL, farmer, Mandeville, Carroll Co., Ga., son of George and
Harriet (Belcher) Creel, was born in Fayette county, Ga., in 1847. His maternal 
grandfather, William Belcher, was a Clayton county, Ga., pioneer and was a 
soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Creel's father was born in what is now Monroe 
county, in 1816; but while yet a young man he removed to Fayette county, among 
its earliest settlers, settled in the woods and cleared a farm. From -this 
small beginning he has become by hard work and economy, and careful management, 
one of the wealthiest men in the county. Mr. Creel was reared on the farm and 
received but a limited education.
---In 1866, he-- married Mary Ann Miller-born in Campbell county-daughter of 
Jefferson and Eliza (Eidson) Miller, early settlers of Campbell county. Of 
thirteen children born to them these nine are living: George J., Joe, Wiley, 
Robert, Alice, Alvin, Hattie, Mary and Anna. Mr. Creel began life without a 
dollar and for some years had a very hard time. He moved to Carroll county in 
1869 and in a few years began to prosper. He has now an excellent 750-acre 
farm, well improved, is recognized as one of the best farmers in the county, 
and is getting rich. He is another and a convincing example of what can be done 
in farming in Georgia when the farmer works intelligently, and works hard and 
early and late, saves a surplus and judiciously invests it. He commands the 
confidence and respect of all who know him. Mrs. Creel is a member of the 
Baptist church.


Additional Comments:
“MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches
by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896.  Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson 
July 2004.


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