Georgia:  Chattooga County:  Capt. Kinchen Rambo Foster Biography

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Captain Kinchen Rambo Foster was b. in 1839 in Gwinnett Co., GA . He 
was the son of Robert Sinclair and Margaret Allison Foster. His father 
served in the second Indian Seminole War. Robert S. Foster was also a 
Sheriff in Gwinnett Co and was from the Spartanburg District SC.His 
son, Kinchen married Malissa Ann Mayo (her father Micajah Mayo of the 
Mayo- Bar Lock Dam) 10-2-1859. When they married she was 16 and he was 
20. They built a log home in the forks of a road. Then in 1861, he was 
called from his home and loved ones to serve in the War Between the 
States. He was Capt. of the Color Company of the 21rst GA Regiment ( 
known as Bartow's Avengers) and fought valorously for his country. Then 
one day his wife Malissa got word that he had been shot through the 
heart while defending his country. She was devastated and cried for her 
blue eyed love. Almost one year later, she received a letter with 
familiar handwriting . She quickly opened it. It was from her husband 
who had been captured at Winchester, VA by the Union and was being held 
in a Ft. Delaware prison . He had been shot, but his confederate belt 
buckle had saved his life. The bullet had grazed the belt buckle and 
spared him. It was truly the happiest day of her life!!! Soon he 
returned home without even a dollar to his name. His wife Malissa and 
three small children were all he had left. He set out to make a success 
of his life. Taken from the ” Journal 1891" He is noted as a typical 
southern gentleman and a natural farmer. In 1891 he had under 
cultivation 600 acres of land. His farm is one of the most fertile in 
North GA. He raised grain, clover, oats, wheat, strawberries, tobacco 
and mules. In addition, his cotton crop ranges from 75 to 100 bales 
annually. Capt. Foster has made all that he possess since the war." It 
is noted that Capt Foster took part in many important engagements which 
marked the progress of the Civil War.. To name a few: The Second 
Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg, Second Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania Courthouse, Drury's Bluff , 
and Plymouth NC. He received the Southern Cross of honor in 1909. He 
and Malissa had 14 children they buried 8 of them before they died. 
Life was hard and cruel but in the mist, they never lost their faith in 
the Almighty God. 

They were one of the founding families of the Oak Hill Methodist Church 
in Lyerly. Malissa was the president of the Women's Missionary Society 
called the Epworth League. Capt Foster established a community called 
Fosters Store eight miles southwest of Summerville on the Chattooga 
River in Chattooga Co. He also served as the postmaster there. Fosters 
Store had a gin, general store, and a grist mill when he established 
the community. This community of 140 inhabitants also had a Baptist and 
a Methodist Church, one academy and two common schools. In 1899 he was 
called to supervise the running of a large prison farm near 
Milledgeville,GA. He and Malissa left their mark in Chattooga Co,GA and 
they left their family a legacy ........... 

Written by Michelle Doss-ggggranddaughter  5-2001