Schley County GaArchives History .....Wall, John R. (Notarized Document) April 27, 1977 ************************************************ 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: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 September 8, 2010, 4:35 pm STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF SUMTER Before the undersigned officer of this State, authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared JOHN R. WALL, who after being duly sworn, deposes and on oath says: (1) That he is the son of M.J. WALL and MARY BELL STRANGE WALL. Of the county of Schley, Ga., deceased. That this deponent has always been told and believes that he was born August 20, 1884 and has lived in the surrounding area all of his life, now being a resident of Magnolia Nursing Home, Americus, Ga. Further that he married Minnie Caskey and had one son named Marion Caskey Wall. (2) That his said mother, Mary Bell Strange Wall, was the daughter of Charner Bell Strange, and Nancy Elizabeth Goodson Strange, of the county of Schley, Ga., and that he has always understood and heard that he was the grandchild of Dr. Benjamin Alexander Strange and Mary Bell Strange on his father’s side, and further was the grandchild of Alexander Goodson and Hannah Hathorn Goodson on his mother’s side. Deponent also remembers that his grandmother, Nancy Elizabeth Goodson Strange, had a sister named Martha Goodson Barrow who was married to E.B. Barrow of Schley Co., Ga. (3) That deponent had several sisters and brothers, namely: C.H. Wall who married Hallie Walker and had several children, Lucille, who married Andrew sellers, Irene, who married H.J. Webb, Charles who married Lila king, and Mary george who married a Mr. Jordan. A second brother, Albert Wall, who married Jessie Stevens and had three daughters, Ruth who married Jody Sears and G.V. Cunningham, Lois who married Charles McCrory, and Cornellia who married Max Bentley. A third brother, Ezekiel who married Eddie Hicks and had a son named Henry. A fourth brother, Marion Jackson Wall, who married Annie Lizzie Rainey and had three children, Marion, John and Ruby. Marion Jackson Wall moved to Texas and then to Oregon where he died. A fifth brother, named Allen Benjamin Wall, who married Mattie Johnson and he was a Methodist minister. They had several children. A sixth brother Charner Strange Wall, who married Nell Rainey. Deponent also had two sisters, Ruby Wall and Eva Wall. Neither sister married. (4) Deponent further states that this affidavit is made for the purpose of relating what he personally knows concerning the people hereinabove named in order that same may be a matter of record and that the generations to follow may have a true and correct statement of all relationships and family history hereinabove recited. Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this the 27th of April 1977. Annette O’Neal (signed), Notary Public John R. Wall (signed) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/history/other/notarize338ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb