Chattahoochee County GaArchives History .....Miscellaneous Family Information 1933 ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 November 5, 2004, 12:56 pm Achievements of the youth of the county deserve place in its annals (properly in records of schools). Among those meriting especial notice is George Carter, a grandson of Prof. G. H. Sapp. who inacted the role of both Gen. Washington and Gen. Oglethorpe during the bi-centenary celebrations of 1932-33, when the youth of the county were the actors depicting scenes from life two centuries ago. These programs were under the auspices of the three schools assisted by all organizations and public spirited citizens of the county, music furnished by the 29th Inf. Band of Fort Benning was an especial feature of both programs. Another boy, Jasper Hickey, who had a part on these programs, also had the unusual distinction (before reaching his 13th birthday) of introducing a congressional candidate at a political meeting in Cusseta. He is a true representative of the people, his ancestors for four generations resting in the soil of Chattahoochee County. Hardy Gallops, son of a family whose ancestors have lived on Pine Knot for several generations had a part on all programs fostered by the schools, and made an excellent record in all work. Bill Weed with cornstalk models has exhibited talent which needs special training. Others have displayed ability of a high order, but with no industrial plants to utilize their talent; the nearby cities will soon absorb into their citizenry those ambitious to taste the wine of success. This will be a repetition of past migrations when sons and daughters of early settlers have sought more advantageous places for the development of their talent. Many have achieved success, a few, fame, as these sketches prove to the reader. Among those not mentioned heretofore are the Jones brothers (Jas. H. and Rufus) of Columbus, Ga. who possess mechanical skill of a high order, as did others among their maternal ancestry. The McNanghtons, James McNaughton b. 1779 in N. C. and his wife Tabitha twenty years younger, were among the early settlers coming from Pulaski Co., Ga. Their name was given to a district of the county and to a street in Cusseta, showing their prominence among the pioneers. Among their contemporaries living here about whom too little data is available for sketches, were Leonard (50) and Martha (44) Buckner, native Georgians: (figures represent ages of each person in 1850); Bryant D. and Mary Howell (50), Edward and Cassandra Welch (45), John (36) and Elizabeth (32) Morgan. Jesse (45) and Nancy (50) Nobles, Barton (45) and .Elizabeth (38) Bennett, Seaborn (42) and Nancy A. (37) Huckaby, Thos. (69) and Susannah (67) Willis, Samuel (39) and Louisiana (30) McKenzie, Elizabeth Munroe (90), Wm. S. Dunn Sr. (94), John P. (46) and Sarah (47) Mitchell, Ephraim (84) and Elizabeth (87) Lunsford, Henrietta Dodson (70) b. in Md., Daniel (84) and Elizabeth (76) Jones. Celia Watson (82) who lived with her daus, Mrs. John and Edmond Dillard; Moses (46) and Maria (41) Tullis, Daniel (52) and Mary (46) Cobb, Daniel (20) and Elizabeth (46) Miles, John (49) and Emalie (38) Philips, John R. (40) and Lilia (34) Lipsey, John (39) and Martha (35) Deason. Helary (57) and Kesiah (53) Guy, Jesse (66) and Celia (45) Lisle. Edmond (53) and Margaret (40) Cotton, Louis (46) and Hannah (42) Spinks. Littleton (55) and Charlottee (44) Morgan, Samuel (67) and Sarah 55) Beck, Jas. (67) and Mary (62) Kelley, Ezekiel (45) and Mary (42) Walters, Wiley and Rebecca Cobb (53), Jas. W. (58) and Wilmoth (54) Glenn, John (60) and Tabby (57) Harvey, Wiley (63) and Susan (53) Hill, John (84) and Matilda (70) Philips, John (54) and Elizabeth (48) Brooks, John and Nancy Potts (48), Henry Sanders (75) from Va., Richard (71) and Margaret (61) Gray, Erasmus (47) and Clarinda (31) Shigers, Edward (85) and Rachel (70) Christian, Wm. C. and Dorcas Morris (41), Isaac (70) and Minny (54) McCoy, Rhoderick (51) and Assineth (53) Harris, John M. (47) and Mary (42) Smith, Kenon (49) and Martha (35) Falnnagan, David (43) and Mary (25) Williams, Joseph B. (56) and Harriet (53) Swarm, Jas and Mary Morgan (56), Calvin (49) and Louisa (38) Ivey, Josiah Pollard (53) from S. C., Jas. and Mary Browning (44) from S. C., Peter and Holland Albritton (53) from N. C., Jas. (40) and Mary (39) Lawson, John Ogletree (62), Christopher (52) and Mary (30) Daniel, Richard (43) and Eliza (41) Clark. A. C. (43) and Mary (34) Morrison. Asbury (43) and Mary Ann (38) Bryan. John (62) and Elizabeth (38) Gafford. The only representative of this name in Chattahoochee Co. at present is Mr. Will Gafford who by industry and thrift made a success of farming when living near Harmony and now has a plantation near the river south of the reservation, John Woolfolk (69). John (46) and Jane (38) Harris, Jesse (54) and Susan (49) Nelson. John B. (55) and Rebecca (32) Hodge, Wilson (85) and Sarah (65) Weaver, Jourden (44) and Elizabeth (40) Beck, John (48) and Mary (43) Armstrong, Chas. (56) and Holley (49) Helms, Elijah Padgett (54), E. G. S. (42) and Gilla (40) Moore, Nathaniel B. (27) and Ruthea (22) Massey. No descendants of a majority of these early residents are now found in Chattahoochee Co. The oldest member of the Barbaree family found in this record is Edward (76) and his wife Barsheba (68) both from S. C. This family has furnished good citizens, but none of them now in this county. William Barbaree who named Celia Dillard, was the father of Sheriff R. T. Barbaree mentioned in next sketch. [transcriber’s note - about D. J. Fussell] Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/chattahoochee/history/other/gms451miscella.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.3 Kb