Forsyth-Dawson-Hall County GaArchives History .....Returns to the Grand Lodge of Georgia, 1886, By Chestatee Lodge, No. 102 1886
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Judy Campbell http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002695 August 23, 2004, 8:47 pm

"Returns to the Grand Lodge of Georgia,
1886
By Chestatee Lodge, No. 102
Held at Wooley's Ford
County of Dawson
For Year ending August 31st, 5886
Post Office
Woolleys Ford County of Hall

Officers:
Thomas J. Brice W.M.
Lewis A. Keith S.W.
Matthew Cox J.W.
Isaac M. Jay Treasurer
Abijah J. Julian Secretary 
Irvin E. Jay S.D.
Page J. Roark J.D.
John C Jay S. Steward
Richard P. Robertson J. Steward
William B. McClure Tyler 

Time of Regular Meeting:
Second Tuesday Evenings Each Month"


Page 2 - First page of roster of members in good standing
"Members in Good Standing. Under this head will be entered alphabetically the
names of all members on the roll on 31st day of August, including the officers
on first page.
[column headings are "No." and "Name"]
1 Brice T J
2 Byers J B
3 Brown P D 
4 Bennett Jacob
5 Bennett Berry
6 Bennett Monroe
7 Brice H W [best guess on the initials as the copy is faint on the second letter]
8 Byers Wm L
9 Cox Mathew
10 Cannon J T
11 Chambers Phillip
12 Cannon M C
13 Cothern J A [best guess on a surname I'm not familiar with]
14 Couch D T
15 Duncan F B
16 Duncan J D
17 Duncan B F
18 Duncan T P
19 Elliott W D
20 Forbes E G R [surname actually looks like Forbus]
21 Julian A J
22 Jay I M
23 Jay I E
24 Jay J C
25 Keith A L"

Pages 3 and 4 of the return conclude the list of members of the Chestatee
Masonic Lodge for the year:

Page 3
"Members in Good Standing.
[column headings "No." and "Name"]
26 Keith L A
27 Keith J B
28 Keith O C
29 Latham G H [could be G W but I think it's an H]
30 Martin J E
31 Mauldin J L
32 McClure J M L [my ancestor]
33 McClure W B [my ancestor]
34 McClure T J [not sure who he was right now...any clues welcome]
35 Martin J J
36 Patterson Hiram
37 Roper R P
38 Robinson A G
39 Roark P J
40 Robertson J R
41 Robertson R P
42 Robinson T C
43 Roper U H [best guess on initials]
44 Singleton J C [my ancestor]
45 Smith J B
46 Stephens U H [again, best guess on initials]
47 Taylor J S
48 Taylor A J
49 Taylor G M
50 Tatum F D"

Page 4
"Members in Good Standing"
[headings "No." and "Name"]
51 Westbrooks J R
52 Westbrooks H C [best guess on first initial]
53 Williams D S
54 Warren M P
55 Wade W D [best guess on first initial]
56 Watson D J
57 Welchel J M"

[Note: at the bottom of the card is written "What have you done with G [M?]
Bell" in a different handwriting. It is faint on the copy I received.]



Additional Comments:
I received photocopied pages of the Returns of the Chestatee Lodge in response
to a couple of queries I sent to the Grand Lodge of Georgia. My thanks to them
for indulging this genealogist, and I hope this information helps someone in
that gap of time between available censuses.
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