Coweta County GaArchives History - Books .....Introductory Information 1928 ************************************************ 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: Alice Allen alice2399@gmail.com August 3, 2008, 11:39 pm Book Title: Coweta County Chronicles INTRODUCTION This volume is prepared and published under the sponsorship of the Sarah Dickinson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. The work was commenced eight years ago by a committee appointed by the then Regent, Mrs. Jennie H. McBride. The editing and the greater part of the compilation has been done by Miss Lily Reynolds. Whatever merit the book possesses belongs to her and to our friends who have aided in the task with a spirit of interest and loyalty. With me, as Chairman, Chapter Regent and co-worker, it has been a labor of love, and was undertaken and pursued with no other idea than the patriotic desire to serve the people with whom I have lived, suffered and loved. In behalf of the Chapter, I wish to thank Miss Ruth Blair, State Historian, for our editor, Miss Lily Reynolds. MARY GIBSON JONES. SARAH DICKINSON CHAPTER Daughters of the American Revolution Newnan, Ga. The Chapter was named for Sarah Dickinson because she was the daughter of one Revolutionary soldier arid the wife of another and a pioneer woman of heroic nature, the ancestress of probably as many natives of Coweta county as any other woman-if not of more than any other woman. Organized Feb. 21, 1903. Founder and Organizer: Mrs. Izora B. Hardaway. REGENTS: Mrs. R. H. Hardaway 1903-1919 Mrs..W. C. McBride 1919-1921 Mrs. J. H. Powell 1921-1922 Mrs. C. S. Colley 1922-1923 Mrs. T. J. Jones 1923-1927 CHAPTER OFFICERS 1926-1927 REGENT MRS. T. J. JONES FIRST VICE-REGENT MISS MAY COLE SECOND VICE-REGENT MRS. T. J. FISHER RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. L. S. SEWELL CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. D. S. CUTTINO TREASURER MRS. IRENE BANKS AUDITOR...... MRS. N. L. NORTH HISTORIAN MISS MARGARET ARNOLD REGISTRAR MRS. J. H. POWELL CHAPLAIN MRS. M. C. FARMER PRESS AGENT MRS. W. H. STALLINGS BOARD OF MANAGEMENT All Chapter Officers and Two Members-at-Large Mrs. F. M. Bryant, Mrs. W. C. Wright. COMMITTEES: Program Mrs. L. S. Sewell Mrs. G. W. Post Mrs. R. N. Cole Mrs. F. M. Bryant Conservation and Thrift Mrs. D. W. Boone Mrs. J. R. Cates Finance Mrs. Guy Cole Mrs. T. J. Jones Hostesses Mrs. D. S. Cuttino Mrs. J. H. Powell Mrs. H. C. Glover Mrs. M. C. Farmer Americanization Mrs. W. C. Wright Mrs. Wm. Y. Atkinson Mrs. W. B. Davis Telephone Mrs. Wade Stallings Mrs. P. H. Drake Mrs. J. J. Farmer Mrs. N. L. North Historical and Memorial Mrs. J. H. Powell Mrs. James E. Brown Mrs. T. B. McRitchie Mrs. Irene Banks Magazine Mrs. Russell Wilkinson Miss Marian Bryant Forestry Mrs. N. E. Powel Mrs. H. W. Arnall Mrs. A. M. Norris Mrs. M. F. Cole Mrs. Frank Stripling Historic Sites Mrs. T. J. Fisher Mrs. Lee Hand Miss Lily Reynolds Flag Mrs. Roger Bryant Miss May Cole County History Coweta County Chronicles Mrs. T. J. Jones Miss Lily Reynolds Medals Mrs. L. S. Sewell Miss Maud Arnold MEMBERSHIP. RESIDENT MEMBERS Nat. No. Address Rev. Ancestor 217943-Mrs. Hugh W. Arnall (Minnie Lou Wood) Henry Wood 161128-Mrs. Wm. Y. Atkinson (Lurette Simms) John Dickinson 124541-Miss Margaret Arnold (Maud) John Arnold 86195-Mrs. Sam Banks (Irene Murphy) Josiah Hiley 169814-Mrs. D. W. Boone (B. Odessa Hardaway) Thos. Hardaway 32339-Mrs. J. E. Brown (Kate Milner) John Milner 131894-Mrs. F. M. Bryant (Sallie Simril) Andrew Love 167130-Mrs. Roger Bryant (Florine Walker) Henry Hopson 131985-Miss Frances Marian Bryant Andrew Love 22624-Mrs. A. H. Caldwell (Annie Hunter) John Dickinson 188646-Mrs. John R. Cates (Eva Arnold) John Arnold 42189-Mrs. E. G. Cole (Minerva Hunter) Robert Simms 47550-Mrs. M. F. Cole (May Stewart) John Stewart 155759-Miss May Cole John Stewart 221368-Mrs. R. N. Cole (Mary Jane Fowler) (Robert Irwin, John McDowell, Andrew Barry 205697-Mrs. D. S. Cuttino (Katie May Peddy) Jeremiah Peddy 161132-Mrs. W. B. Davis (Mary Storey Powell) Andrew Thompson 157048-Mrs. P. H. Drake (Pattizoe Hunter) John Dickinson 156902-Mrs. C. W. Farmer (Alma Arnold) John Arnold 161129-Mrs. J. J. Farmer (Charlie R. Simms) John Dickinson 156903-Mrs. M. C. Farmer (Mollie Arnold) John Arnold 47551-Mrs. H. C. Fisher (Loulie Miller) Hugh Boyd 42187-Mrs. T. J. Fisher (Corrille Hardaway) John Dickinson 155754-Mrs. H. C. Glover (Fannie Virginia Jones) Littleton Johnston 155755-Mrs. E. C. Goodwyn (Malinda Simrol) Andrew Love 98132-Mrs. Thos. J. Jones (Mary Gibson) Christopher Irvine, Lawrence Bankston, John Faver, William Davis 174097-Mrs. D. T. Manget (Carrie Dent) John Dent 140969-Mrs. Herbert Meacham (Mary Mathews) Moses Mathews 157051-Mrs. T. B. McRitchie (Annie Askew) John Dickinson 234466-Martha Gibson North William Davis, Christopher Irvine 155757-Mrs. N. L. North (Caroline Louisa Gibson) Christopher Irvine 219062-Mrs. A. M. Norris (Ella Goodrum) Andrew Love, Summers Rowland 120832-Mrs. E. T. Owens (Navelle Arnold) Robert Simms 207508-Mrs. W. G. Post (Rosa May Muse) John Weathers, William Kimbrough 234467-Mrs. T. S. Parrott (Nannie Carlton) Anthony Hart 171978-Mrs. N. E. Powel (Lelie St. Clair Dent) John Dent 75169-Mrs. J. H. Powell (Ruth Hardaway) Robert Simms 207508-Miss Lily Reynolds John Camp 42802-Miss Martha Reid Robinson Robert Simms 131897-Mrs. L. S. Sewell (Mary Golightly) James Lassitter 155756-Miss Corinne Simril Andrew Love 219063-Miss .Mary Gibson Stallings Christopher Irvine 197339-Mrs. W. H. Stallings (Ethel Ware) John Dickinson 213366-Mrs. Frank Stripling (Lillian Hand) John Wise 157052-Mrs. Frank Wilkinson (Olive Askew) John Dickinson 131986-Mrs. Russell Wilkinson (Ellen Simril) Andrew Love 16416-Mrs. Wm. C. Wright (Rosa May Featherstone Bunn) Reuben Long 138265-Mrs. T. P. Zellars (Bessie Orr) John Dickinson NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS 108524-Mrs. I. P. Bradley (Nina Banks) James Alston 75191-Mrs. John Burkhardt (Lutie Powell) Andrew Thompson 42803-Mrs. Mary P. Cochran (Mary P. Johnson) 196859-Mrs. Guy Garrard (Edith Powel) George Rutledge 133625-Mrs. Lee Hand (Coral Moses) Samuel Reid 128845-Mrs. M. O. Jackson (Myra Orr) John Dickinson 125736-Miss Lillian Wall Jackson John Dickinson 42802-Mrs. G. E. Parks (Annie K. Johnson) 105202-Mrs. H. H. Strickland (Martha Hardaway) Robert Simms 105203-Mrs. M. R. Stubbs (Myrtice Roan) James Lassiter 189477-Mrs. W. A. Sutherland (Sarah Hall) Samuel Reid 195791-Mrs. Annie P. Spoor (Annie May Powel) George Rutledge LIFE MEMBERS Mrs. G. E. Parks Mrs. M. H. Strickland Mrs. M. R. Stubbs PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS: Mrs. E. W. Stone Miss Grace Boone Mrs. C. B. Glover Miss Bartie Fleming Mrs. G. M. Jones Mrs. S. G. Orr Mrs. DeF. Hungerford Mrs. Annie A. Robinson Miss Frances Glover Miss Mary Clinton Orr Mrs. Robert Lovejoy Transferred Mrs. E. T. Whatley (Annie Carlton) 1923 Savannah, Ga. Mrs. E. F. Cook (Virginia Glover) 1924 West Point, Ga. Mrs. J. A. Martin, 1925 Adairsville, Ga. Mrs. C. S. Colley, 1926 Grantville, Ga. IN MEMORIAM Mrs. Ellen Faver Turner March 12, 1909 Miss Kate Faver June 3, 1912 Mrs. RebekahBurch Hunter November 29, 1912 Mrs. Pauline Faver Camp September 9, 1915 Mrs. Ina Kirby May 16, 1917 Mrs. Izora Bu___ Hardaway December 11, 1918 Mrs. Annie T. Nimmons Powell April 23, 1922 Mrs. Lutie Nimmons Powers October 21, 1923 Mrs. Jennie Hardaway McBride March 5, 1924 HISTORIC D. A. R. MARKERS McINTOSH TRAIL-Court House Square. GENERAL DANIEL NEWNAN-Court House. WORLD WAR VETERANS-Court House. BULLSBORO-First County Site. Lost Town. REAL DAUGHTERS Mrs. Mary McBride Thompson Storey Newnan Mrs. Eliza Majors Carlton Senoia REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS Allen Gay Macedonia William Smith Newnan John Neely Ebenezer James Aiken Newnan Randal Robinson Newnan "Non sibi sed aliis"-OGLETHORPE'S MOTTO "A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered by remote descendants."- Macaulay. Officers for 1927-1928;- Mrs. T. J. Jones, Honorary Regent. Mrs. T. J. Fisher, Regent; Miss May Cole, 1st Vice-Regent; Mrs. W. C. Wright, 2nd Vice-Regent; Mrs. D. S. Cuttino, Cor. Sec; Mrs. L. S. Sewell, Rec. Sec.; Mrs. W. B. Davis, Registrar; Mrs. J. J. Farmer, Treasurer; Miss Lily Reynolds, Historian. James E. Brown - photo James E. Brown, Editor of The Newnan Herald for forty-one years, who should be styled Editor-in-chief of the Coweta County Chronicles because he has edited so much of the matter used in compiling them. In Gratitude to Those Who Have Helped in Compiling This Book The following names are written here with some indication of their title to a tribute that may not be deservedly told save in poems, stories, biographies, and gospels. To Sarah Dickinson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Newnan, Georgia, for the blessed job. To its Regent, Mrs. Mary Gibson Jones, most comfortable of yokefellows for any work, whose sympathy, generosity, interest, and character have been a guard against hinderances, and a guide in difficulties. To Miss Ruth Blair, of Atlanta, Georgia, State Historian and Custodian of Archives and History, who suggested me for the work, for her life-long confidence and regard. To my father, Mr. William M. Reynolds, and my mother, Mrs. Lizzie Camp Reynolds, who, instead of with fairy stories, regaled my childhood with tales of Coweta county happenings and people, their manners and ways during the 1840, 1850 and 1860 decades. To Mrs. Emile Bigelow Hapgood, of New York, who gave me along with six-months of travel abroad, a delightful and educative course of reading that included Jacob C. Burchkardt's History of the Renaisance in Italy, that became my ideal of what constituted history. To Mrs. Caro Bryan Chapman and Miss Johnelle Bryan, of Houston, Texas, for help in innumerable ways. To Editor James E. Brown and Mr. W. O. Passovant, of the Newnan Herald, for their generosity in giving this work publicity, and their unfailing helpfulness. To the many, too numerous to name here, who are mentioned through the book as their contributions appear. More important to me than my face is that which my mind and my heart hold after sixty-one years of life. The words that follow, express my principles and deepest convictions: To know God (Good) and to bring my life into one with God's purposes has been the supreme quest and adventure with me. I hold life, and not its conditions of time, place or circumstance, to be the one talent given every one. Every condition has its compensations. "Not 'What shall I have when I am forgotten?' but 'What shall I be when I forget?' " The Earls of Shaftsbury's motto: "Love; serve." "Nothing is inexorable but love." Frances E. Willard's "Permit yourself no thought you would not have the best and wisest know, no word or deed that others might not safely imitate. The Bible as the supreme Book of Wisdom and Jesus Christ as the supreme Teacher and Friend of my life. To forgive and forgive and forgive-until no forgiveness is needed. That the sheep-mindedness that takes mankind into mobs and cruelty and to following foolish fashions and to destruction daily is-next to cowardice and avarice--an evil to shun. Thanks to dear Miss Ethel Arnold, Mrs. Lovick S. Sewell, Mrs. Sallie Hammond Hudson and Mrs. Byrd Parks are given here: To the first for help in sending put the first notices of the work, to the others for help in reading the files of the Herald. Co-we-ta! Can you fint^ a prettier or sweet-Ah, Listen! "Co-we-ta"-name for a country? "Co~we-ta;" Can you find one that's so neat-Ah. Say! It sings itself-"Co-we-ta! Co-we-ta!" -Lily Reynolds. PREFACE This book contains but a small part of the history of Coweta county, but, since it is not possible to collect all of it in one volume, I have done my best to choose that which would have the most lasting value; the hardest part of the work was the rejection of many details that I longed to include. In spite of the great amount of data available to me, I well know that many items worthy of inclusion have not come to my attention. If you know of any such please do not let it be lost; write it out and send it to the Newnan Herald, its volumes are the best possible history of the county, or send it to the Sarah Dickinson Chapter of the D. A. It. for its archives, that it may be included in the next history of the county, which should appear not later than twenty-five years hence. I cannot guarantee that every thing told is absolutely truthful, a hundred years of life would not suffice for writing such a book if every incident mentioned had to be verified. I have tried to indicate the traditional nature of some parts so that none may be misled. I have mentioned the vices as well as the virtues, but I had neither space nor taste to detail at length the disgraceful, disgusting, and the painful episodes. Let no one think that they are blotted out because they are not dwelt on here; nothing.escapes the inexorable record of life; every word, every feature, every motion is ineffacably preserved in the files of radio waves, in the beams of light that photograph unceasingly. The solemn inexorable verdicts of history, THIS THEY DID; THESE WERE THE CONSEQUENCES, realized and impressed on the mind of youth ought to be a great preventive of crime-especially if the history chosen were of a time and locality known to the students. If it be true, as the old proverb teaches, that "He is wise who profits by his own experience, but he is wiser who profits by the experience of others, and he who profits neither by his own experience nor that of others is a fool," the experience of others, recorded in the histories of the world, ticketed, indexed, and arranged should make living and its various functions, law-making for one, not the hap-hazard experimental business of to-day, but such a delightful combination of science and art as music is now. Surely, war would have ended with the first one if its lessons and results had been realized. I, at least, believe in the importance of history (I magnify my work) that it is both chart and compass for voyaging into the Future; both light and guide for the dark Unknown Road that lies ahead of individuals and society. Finally, the conviction that the lives of people of Coweta county, past and present, are as full of human interest, have as great inspirational value and are as sacred and important as any depicted in history of Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, the English-or any other people, has made the compiling of this book joyful work whether this appraisement is verified by the account I give or not. LILY REYNOLDS. Additional Comments: Citation: COWETA COUNTY CHRONICLES FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS WITH An Account of the Indians from Whom the Land was Acquired AND Some Historical Papers Relating to its Acquisition by Georgia, with Lineage Pages. EDITED AND COMPILED BY MARY G. JONES AND LILY REYNOLDS FOR SARAH DICKINSON CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF NEWNAN, GEORGIA THE STEIN PRINTING COMPANY ATLANTA, GA. 1928 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/coweta/history/1928/cowetaco/introduc733gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 17.6 Kb