JONES COUNTY GA Books on Jones County File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ken Smith KenCade@net-3.net and Darleen Miller darleen.miller@juno.com BOOKS ON JONES COUNTY "History of Jones County, Georgia for One Hundred Years, Specifically 1807 - 1907" by Carolyn White Williams, Round Oak, GA, The J. W. Burke Co., Macon, GA (1957) NEW!The Jones County History and Heritage Committee is doing a reprint of Mrs. William's book. Advance orders are being taken for $60.00 plus $5.00 shipping charges until March 1, 2003, after which they will be $75.00. Checks to be mad payable to the History and Heritage Committee, P.O. Box 686, Gray, Georgia 31032. Index to History of Jones County. Stephens, Margaret Heard pub 1979 100 pages $25.00. (no longer available) CEMETERIES "Cemeteries of Jones and Monroe Counties, GA" compiled by Ann Holloman Odom (1999). CHURCHES "History of Gray United Methodist Church" by James Coleman Moughon, Jr. (May 1972) "New Hope (Caney Creek) Primitive Baptist Church Minutes 1813-1928" compiled from original Church Book by Allene Jarrell (1-1-1964). FAMILY HISTORIES GenieAnn@aol.com Ann Holloman Odom 1. The Holloman Family This compilation begins with Christopher Hollyman of Isle of Wight Co., VA, 1650. 2. Patterson- Herndon and Related Families The related families are : Barbee, Tapley, Hart, Miller, Digges, Page and Waller 3. Herndon-McGehee and Related Families The related families are: Digges, Waller, Page, Partain, Holloman, Waller, Prewitt, Tate, McAllister and Moreland 4. Odom- Wiggins and Related Families The related families are: Strozier, Roberts, Hudson, Rush, Gray, Dark, Burnett, Stiles, Summers and Franklin HISTORY "Griswoldville - A Collection of Maps, Pictures, Stories and Personal Comments About the Man, the Town, the Battle" Vols. 1 - 7 and Index, by Bruce G. Spengler and Walker W. Spengler (1992) "Griswoldville" by William Harris Bragg (Mercer University Press, $29.95). According to recent review in the Macon Telegraph, "the book is subtitled: The Story of the Industrial Village Founded in Central Georgia by Samuel Griswold, Its Antebellum Prosperity and Role in the War Effort of the Confederate States of America, and Its Destruction during the March to the Sea, together with Accounts of the Military Operations Conducted in Griswoldville's Vicinity during the Summer and Fall of 1864. Profusion of period illustrations, 100-plus maps, engravings, photographs, sketches. Liberal footnotes and an extensive bibliography. Bragg has supplied a social history as well as military. [Mercer University Press, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31201; phone 912-752-2880] "Jarrell Plantation: A History" by Victoria Reeves Gunn. "Clinton: County Seat of the Georgia Frontier 1808- 1821" by William Lamar Cawthon, Jr. "The River Road Settlement of Jones Co., Georgia" by William G. Moffat, Milledgeville, GA (Aug. 1979) "History of the People of Jones County, Georgia", Vols. 1 - 16, by Frank M. Abbott, published by Lineage Unlimited, P. O. Box 4252, Macon, GA 31208, copyright 1977. Vol. 1: Genealogies Vol. 2: Early Records Vol. 3: 1820 - 1860 Census Vol. 4: Cemetery Records Vol. 5: Genealogies **** Vol. 6: Genealogies **** Vol. 7: Vol. 8: Misc. Early Records Vol. 9: Marriages Vol. 10: More Cemeteries, Obituaries, & Wills Vol. 11: Soldiers, Pensions, Widows Vol. 12: Actual 1870 Census Vol. 13: Abstracted 1870 Census Vol. 14: 1850 Slave Schedule Vol. 15: 1836 Tax Digest Vol. 16: Early Records - Book 2 **First four volumes of this series are small (5" x 7") published around 1977; others regular size) ****Family sketches include the following: Allen (2) Barfield Batchelor Bloodworth Byrd Adam Carson (2) John Carson Chapman Elisha Childs John Childs, Jr. (2) Michael Satterwhite Childs Nathan Childs Nathan Childs, Jr. Peter Alexander Childs Robert Childs, etc Clark Cary Cox Dame (2) Dumas (4) Edwards (8) Faulkner Finney (10) Glover (2) Greene Griswold Holloman (3) Hudson (3) Jarrell (7) Mitchell Moore Roberts (3) Slocumb Souther Spinks Vanzandt Wheeler (8) COURT RECORDS "Jesse L. Bunkley Trial 1837" Summary & Court Records (author's name not listed). NEWSPAPERS Jones County, Georgia, Newspaper Extracts
Vol.I - 1810-1831, 399 pages; Vol. II - 1832-1888, 380 pages. Price $40.00 "http://www.gagenbooks.com/booksevanst.htm#Jones County" Purchase MILITARY HISTORY "Fields of Gray - Battle of Griswoldville, Nov. 22, 1864" by Gary Livingston, Caisson Press, Cooperstown, NY (1996) CENSUS "Improved 1850 Census of Jones County, Georgia" by Joseph T. Maddox, Irwinton, GA (1983) Willard Rocker, Director of Genealogy Washington Memorial Libary Genealogy & Archives 1180 Washington Ave Macon, Georgia 31201 Ph.: (912) 744-0820 ======================== 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.