Spalding-Chattooga-Dekalb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lamar, John October 10, 1871 ************************************************ 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: Valerie [ Johnson ] Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 April 28, 2010, 1:04 am "The Telegraph and Messenger" Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia Saturday morning, October 14, 1871 pg. 2 Mr. John Lamar died at Griffin, last Tuesday night (Oct 10), exactly 84** years. He was one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of that county. **Should be 83 years per tombstone * Additional Comments: John Lamar was my husband's 4X Great-grandfather from FindAGrave.com memorial #23251681 Oak Hill Cemetery Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia In Memoriam Mr. John Lamar Born Oct 10, 1788 Died Oct 10, 1871 Aged 83 Years * Chattooga County GaArchives History .....Chatooga County History 1854 ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com June 10, 2004, 10:35 pm CHATTOOGA COUNTY. SUMMERVILLE is the county town, situated in Chattooga Valley, one hundred and ninety-five miles from Milledgeville. Among the first settlers of this county were JOHN LAMAR * "History of Mendocino County, California" Illustrated; Palmer, Lyman L, Historian; San Francisco, California; Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers; 1880 Addenda - pg. 675 Hon. J. B. Lamar, whose portrait appears in this work, is a native of Bibb county, Georgia, and is now in his 53rd year. His parental ancestors were French Huguenots, and his mother was a daughter of Colonel Miner Winn, who was a patriot soldier of the Revolutionary War. Winsbro, South Carolina (sic - s/b Winnsboro), takes its name from and was founded by his family. Judge Lamar's boyhood was mostly passed in Chatanooga county (sic - s/b Chattooga Co.), near Lookout Mountain. * 1830 Census - Henry Co., GA John Lamar M: 1 - 0/5, 1 - 10/15, 1 - 40/50 (1780-1790) F: 2- 0/5; 1 - 5/10; 2 - 10/15; 1 - 15/20, 1 - 30/40 (1790-1800) * 1840 Census - Chattooga Co., Ga; pg. 152 John Lamar M: 1 5/10 (1835/1840) , 1 - 10/15, 1- 50/60 (1780-1790) F: 1 - 5/10, 1 - 10/15, 1 - 15-20, 1 40-50 (1790-1800) * 1850 Census - District No. 68, Pike Co., Ga; pg. 227 HH as of June 1, 1850 - Enumerated Dec 17, 1850 - #1431-1431 John Lamar, 61, M, Farmer, $6000, Ga Louisa Lamar, 55, F, SC Frances Lamar, 22, F, GA Julia Lamar, 16, F, GA * 1860 Census - Decatur District, DeKalb Co., Georgia; pg. 87A; Sheet #343; family #637-637; lines #19-21 Enumerated 10 July, 1860 by James S. Elliott Lamar John 71 M Farmer 3,600 6,000 Ga. Lamar Louisa E. 67 F Domestic S.C. Lamar Francis T. 25 F Domestic Ga. * 1870 Census - Africa, Spalding Co., GA; Griffin P.O.; pg. 502 John Lamar, 81; Farmer, b. GA; $1000/$300 Francis T. Lamar, 31, GA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/spalding/obits/l/lamar9859gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb