HANCOCK COUNTY, GA - NEWSPAPER 1804 Tornado - Ross Family Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: FayePoss@aol.com Faye Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/hancock.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm The old newspaper "Farmer's Gazette" out of Sparta (Hancock Co.) had an article from the issue dated June 30, 1804, which stated: The wife and family of a Mr. Ross, between the Oconee and Savannah rivers, in Georgia, being buried in the ruins of his house, and screaming for help; one of his slaves who had been blown about and severely bruised by the storm, but providentially preferred by catching hold of a stump and holding on until the violence of the gust subsided, crawled to their assistance, and labored until his power of exertion failed, and he sunk motionless on the pile of ruins and misery. NOTES: George Ross, Rev. War Private, b. ca 1760, d. 1827, m. in Hancock Co., GA, 1785 to Polly Parker, b. 1765, d. 4-4-1801...killed in a tornado with toddler daughter, Nancy Their children: William Wiseman, b. ca 1801 in G?, d. ca 1852 in Tallapoosa, AL?, m. Frances? Frank Nancy, b. 1798, d. 4-4-1801 with her mother in a tornado *Elizabeth, b. 1792-1799, d. 1877, m. 1812 to David Burson, b. 1787, d. 1829 Elizabeth and David's children: *Seaborn Crossley, b. 1816, m. 1839 to Mary Ann Mattox *Amanda, b. 10-25-1824, Walton Co., GA, d. 10-7-1889 in Walton Co., m. 9-5-1841 to Eli Mayfield Almeda, b. 11-1-1828, d. 4-22-1906, m. Francis M. Arnold Isaac Walton, m. Lydia Dudley Richardson George Washington, m. Louisa Meadows Mary Ann, m. William Bridges Alfred, died young David, died young Louisa Elizabeth, m. Robert Adair Researcher: "June Anderson"