Georgia:  Taliaferro County:  Grand Lodge of Georgia 1854
Dawson Lodge Lodge No. 67, Crawfordville, Taliaferro County

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Grand Lodge of Georgia 1854
Dawson Lodge Lodge No. 67, Crawfordville, Taliaferro County

S. Harris, W.M.
Wm. H. Wilder, S.W.
J. C. Kent, J.W.
Jesse Guest, Treasurer
Wm. Alexander, Secretary
S. H. Perkins, S.D.
______ ______, J.D.
R. H. Stewart, Tyler

J. R. M. Reid
P. G. Rhome
J. Tilley
Wm. H. Bristow
J. F. Googer
Wm. Bell
Wm. F. Stewart
J. G. W. Taylor
Wm. B. Colclough
L. B. Taylor
Wm. D. Meadows
L. T. Taylor
John H. Durham
J. M. Triplitt
J. D. Hammack
L. E. Moore
T. S. Irby
N. Gilbert
T. G. Ellington
Wm. J. Overton
H. F. Bunkley
J. J. Kent
Wm. G. Jacobs
J. H. Peck  (Peek?)
H. T. Phillips
P. B. Monk
E. D. Rudisill
P. Davidson
C. W. Gee
A. M. Wolihim
Wm. T. Phillips
W. C. Worrel
J. M. Hackney

Initiated 1
Passed 1
Raised 1
Admitted 1
Resigned 2

Dues paid $41.00

Regular Meetings of this Lodge are held on the
2nd Wednesday night in each month.

W.M. - Worshipful Master
S.W. - Senior Warden
J.W. - Junior Warden 
S.D. - Senior Deacon
J.D. - Junior Deacon
P.M. - Past Master 
F.C. - Fellow Craft degree
E.A. - Entered Apprentice degree
Tyler - guardian of the door, while the Lodge session is taking
place.

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Rhoda Fone (RhodaFone@aol.com ) Identified some of the men listed

S. Harris, W.M. = Singleton Harris
S. H. Perkins, S.D. = Solomon H. Perkins
J.R.M. Reid = James R. M. Reid 
P. G. Rhome = Peter G. Rhome
Wm. H. Bristow = William Hydel Bristow
J. F. Googer = James F. Googer
J.G.W. Taylor = Joel G. W. Taylor
L. B. Taylor = could be either Littleton B. Taylor or Little Berry  Taylor
J. M. Triplitt = James M. Triplett
J. D. Hammack = Joseph D. Hammack
N. Gilbert = Nathan Gilbert
T. G. Ellington = Tyre G. Ellington
H. F. Bunkley = Howell F. Bunkley
J. H Peck = I think this is probably James H. PEEK rather than Peck
H. T. Phillips = Henry T. Phillips
P. B. Monk = Pearson B. Monk
P. Davidson = Paul Davidson (or Davison?)
C. W. Gee = Charles W. Gee
 
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Addendums from Terri Saturday  tlsaturday@nu-z.net

Singleton Harris became the fifth sheriff for
Taliaferro County on April 16, 1835 ­ 1856.  The
Singleton and Mariah Harris family was one of the
first listed for the City of Crawfordville;
closest neighbor was the William Stewart Family.  

Charles William Gee was Sheriff of Taliaferro
County in the years 1854 -1858.  Charles was also
appointed as the clerk of Superior Court on
February 16, 1864.  Charles acquired the
mercantile business of the Empire Store in
Crawfordville in the 1900s.  This business was
later sold to our cousin Warren Portwood, then to
Rem’s sister Vashti. 


Another famous resident - Joseph Davis Hammack
(1822- 1899) married first on September 30, 1846
to Mary Elizabeth Wilson.  After Mary’s death he
married on February 03, 1883 to Julia A Harris
(1829- 1900). He became a member of the Mason
Dawson Lodge 67, Crawfordville, Taliaferro Co.,
and Tax commissioner on 1- 11 -1854 and elected
Clerk of Inferior Court, Superior Court and
Ordinary Judge on 2-16-1864. During this time
Judge Hammock became controller of the Taliaferro
County Treasury until his death in 1899. His
children were: Sally Silbert and Ella from his
first marriage.  His remaining children followed
with Katie Linton, Mamie and William F. Hammack
from his marriage with Julia.  The Judge was named
one of the oldest living citizens when he
described a small office; the oldest building
standing on the rear lot of the Mercer Lot in
Crawfordville discovered before 1899. His son
William F. had a joint ownership with Mr. Cicero
Lucas.  They were doing a nice business in which
they kept and saved the best portion of their
jewelry and other valuables during the fire of
1889 that swept the town. William F. Hammack
continued his father’s legacy when he became Clerk
of Superior Court on 1- 8- 1887.


Taken from the pages of "Lost in Taliaferro County
Our Edwards Family Connections" compiled by Myra
Maxwell and Terri Saturday

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