Marion-Talbot County GaArchives Biographies.....Knowlton, Charles W. July 1, 1841 - Unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 October 19, 2005, 11:01 pm Author: Evelyn D. Hart and Diane H. Deci The following information was taken from the book entitled, A History of Marion County, Georgia, Motherland of Many by Rena S. Cobb Reprinted with permission of Rena Cobb Family Histories Pages 344-345 Submitted by Evelyn D. Hart and Diane H. Deci Charles W. Knowlton (born 1 July 1841 in Talbot Co., GA) came to Marion County sometime between 1869 and 1881. Charles married Julia August Drane (born 10 Oct. 1845 in Talbot Co., GA) on 31 Oct. 1865 in Talbot Co., GA. Julia was the daughter of Hiram Drane and Eleanor McGruder. Chares was a renowned machinist as was his father, Hiram Knowlton (b. 1807 in NY; m. Ann Swindel (b. 12 June 1802 in NC; d. 7 March 1870 in Talbot Co., GA) m. 5 Jan. 1837 in Talbot Co., GA; D. 11 Aug. 1875 Talbot Co., GA). Charles served in the Confederate Army with the Co. D, Seventh GA and the Tenth Confederate Calvary. Attached to Charles’ military record were letters which showed this. One letter to the Honorable James A. Seddon, Secretary of War of the Confederacy from Henry Callur, J.K. Kimbrough, T.J. Walter and Jas. F. Marshall (residents of Talbot Co., GA) dated 3 January 1865 request that the Confederacy release Charles from military duty as his services were needed at home. “He invented and put in successful operation a shoe last and shoe peg, machinery at considerable expense to himself, and which requires his personal attention to keep it in operation, that it is of very great convenience to the Citizens of the County, as well as to the Government, as he has supplied both from his factory. He is also the only millwright in the County who can repair used, keep in order the mills in the county, four or five of which have done and are doing a large amount of grinding…” Charles owned at least one mill, known as “Knowlton’s Mill” which was purchased in 1881 (pg. 488 Memoir of GA Vol. II) located on the Muckalee Creek. Charles had an open account at the P.S. Stevens’ store in Marion County as of January 1886. (From pp. 291-294 of the Superior Court Homestead Records.) Their daughter, Eleanor Jane, purchased from her father a house which was under construction. This occurred after the death of her husband, Wiley Hart, in 1911. The house burned sometime after 1930. From the insurance money, Eleanor built a home and replaced the furniture. This home was the first in the county to have indoor plumbing. Charles and Julia moved to Montgomery, Al. where they died. To Charles and Julia were born the following children: 1. Robert Emmett Knowlton b. 6 Mar. 1867, d. June 1872 2. Eleanor Jane Knowlton b. 3 Feb. 1869 in Talbot Co., Ga.; m. Wiley Beely Hart 21 Nov. 1888 in Marion Co., Ga.; d. 1 Nov. 1943 bur. Friendship Baptist Cemetery, Sumter County, Ga.) 3. Ernest Knowlton (b. 10 Dec. 1870; d. Oct. 1871) 4. Homer Knowlton (b. 10 Dec. 1870; d. 1941) 5. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Knowlton (b. 13 Dec. 1872, never married, d. 1954) 6. Hiram Walter “Hi” Knowlton (b. 16 May 1875; m. 28 Oct. 1902 Lillan Chappell; d. 13 Mar. 1930) 7. Edgar Knowlton (b. 18 May 1877, m. a widow with a daughter and lived in Az.) 8. Leo Knowlton (b. 2 Feb. 1879; d. 9 Jan. 1882) 9. Maggie Eugenia Knowlton (b. 15 March 1882; 1. Aug. 1884) 10. Minnie America Knowlton (b. 17 Dec. 1883; m. Putman Kinard; lived in Birmingham, Al.) 11. Timothy Jackson “Jack” Knowlton (b. 10 Sept. 1885; d. 15 Dec. 1964) 12. Beulah Drane Knowlton (b. 22 Aug. 1887; m. Mr. Green, d. in childbirth, the child did not survive) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/bios/knowlton322bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb