Crawford County Georgia Bible History James A. Haire File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda Atkins" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/crawford.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Transcription of a note in an old family Bible that belonged to Arthur Haire. Linda Atkins On the First Page of the Family Bible "Arthur E. Haire's Book, presented to him by his dear father, James A. Haire of Madisonville, Tenn., June, 1847. "This book was taken from the owner's house during the War Between the States, was found in the woods by a lady, seen and recovered by a Robert Russel and by him returned to it's owner. Arthur Haire and his family were driven from their home at Cassville, Ga., in great haste, by the approaching Federal Army. Almost everything being left was either distroyed or stolen. They refugeed to Broad River, Elbert County, GA, remained there one year and two months, from there to , what was then knowned as Lexington Depot, now Crawford, Ga, from there to Lexington, Ga in October, 1865." The above account was written Sunday evening, April 22, 1882 by John A. Haire." note: John A. Haire, son of Arthur E. and Elliott Latimer Haire. Bible was in cedar chest owned by Mabelle Stokely Grigsby, Ashville, NC. After calling a Grigsby relative of Mabelle's husband and asking about the Bible, the Bible was sent to me. Linda Atkins ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============