Henry County GaArchives Photo Person.....Ammons, Andrew Jackson 2007
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Larry C. Knowles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002854 June 5, 2007, 11:45 am

Source:             James B.Knowles-Manchester, Georgia
Name:               Andrew Jackson Ammons

Date Of Photograph: 2007
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ANDREW JACKSON AMMONS?-c. 1878

One of two large portraits(image 16" x 20")recently found in an old store 
building near Fincherville in Butts Co., this photo is believed to be that of 
Andrew J. Ammons of the Bersheba community in Henry Co. According to his 
tombstone in Old Sharon Baptist church cemetery, Mr. Ammons was born January 2, 
1828 and died August 23, 1903. It is said that he was a son of Uriah Ammons, 
who may have died in Morgan Co; and perhaps the grandson of Sterling Ammons of 
Meriwether Co.(neither verified).

In later life A. J. Ammons was known as "Uncle Jack Ammons". He married 
Elizabeth Jane Bryans who was born October 13, 1832 and died March 21, 1901
(tombstone). She was a daughter of John Bryans Sr. and "consort" Cassandra 
Holland(also buried at Old Sharon). And, a granddaughter of Patrick & Elizabeth 
Bryans. The Ammons couple lived their entire lives near Bersheba. Their old 
homeplace is still standing on River Road about a mile from the old Jeffares 
store. During renovation the current owner found papers with A. J. Ammons' 
name. He believes that the house dates from the mid to late 1840s. Though it 
has undergone numerous remodeling, it is surely one of the oldest homes in 
Henry Co.

Andrew and Elizabeth Ammons had at least eight children(order unclear): Mary 
Ann "Mollie" m. Memory J. Turner; Frances L. m. Frank Marion Patterson; Emma C. 
m. J. Hamp Stroud; Walter D. m. Zora McDonald; Ada m. Charles Copeland; Mildred 
Fletcher m. James Nathan Knowles. An unnamed infant & son John B. Ammons died 
as children.

The 1878 date above is speculative and based on the second portrait, believed 
to be that of A. J. Ammons and his youngest daughter, Mildred Fletcher, who was 
born May 1, 1875. Both portraits were found on the homeplace of James N. and 
Mildred Fletcher(Ammons) Knowles. It is unclear whether "Uncle Jimmy Knowles" 
built the store building, but his son Walter Olen "Scott" Knowles inherited the 
property, and later ran the store. Through a process of elimination-using known 
facts and existing family images-it was determined  the only logical identity 
of these individuals is as stated here.

Larry C. Knowles-June 5, 2007

Additional Comments:

A. J. Ammons had a brother William Barton Ammons("Uncle Bart Ammons")who with 
wife Talitha(Turner)Ammons, is buried in Turner Methodist Church Cemetery. 
"Jack" and "Bart" Ammons are mentioned often in the diary of James B. Knowles
(1852-1858)-now available on this site. [James B. Knowles boarded with A. J. 
and Elizabeth Ammons for three years while attending-then teaching-at the 
O'Dell Academy in Bersheba] A diary entry on pg. 84 notes that Jack & Bart 
Ammons'- "Ma had arrived from Texas". Later entries confirm that she was living 
in Henry Co. during the late 1850s.


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