TALIAFERRO COUNTY, GA - OBITS Mr. J. W. Darracott Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: RhodaFone@aol.com Rhoda Fone Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/crawford.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm The following was found on Ancestry.com by my cousin Margie. The Atlanta Constitution August 24, 1887 p. 3 Death in Crawfordville CRAWFORDVILLE, Ga., August 28. -- Mr. J. W. Darracott, of Atlanta, who has been visiting his mother at this place, died last night. He had been confined to his bed for several weeks with erysipelas. I would like to make contact with descendants of John W. Darracott. I have a good deal of Darracott information that I would be happy to share. John W. Darracott was born ca. 1830, probably Newton Co., Georgia, son of James B. Darracott and Tabitha Conner. Died August 22, 1887, Taliaferro Co., GA. Married 26 May 1853, Taliaferro Co., to Susan Ann Chapman, daughter of William H. Chapman and Ann Connell (who was the widow of Marcus Andrews when she married Wm. H. Chapman). Although he spent most of his life in Taliaferro County, he apparentlly moved to Atlanta sometime between 1880 and 1887. John W. Darracott is buried in the Crawfordville Baptist Cemetery and has a Confederate Soldier tombstone. ================================================= Children: 1. Rebecca A. Darracott, b. ca. 1855, Taliaferro Co., GA, d. 1929, Florida. Married Alphonzo A. Taylor, 20 Feb. 1881 (son of John Seaborn Taylor and America Flynt). 2. Annulet "Annie" Darracott, b. ca. 1856, Taliaferro Co., GA. Married 21 April 1878, Taliaferro Co. to James Wingfield Golucke, son of Edmond and Cornelia (Wingfield) Golucke. He is buried in the Crawfordville Baptist Cemetery but I was unable to locate a grave for her. 3. Male child, died Dec. 32, 185_. (The year is unclear in the bible record.) 4. Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Darracott, b. 13 April 1859, Taliaferro Co., GA, d. 29 Sept. 1936, Taliaferro Co., GA. Buried Crawfordville Baptist Cemetery. Married 2 October 1879, Taliaferro Co., to William Chesley "Chat" Taylor, son of Robert S. Taylor and Sarah Olivia Bristow. (Note: William Chesley Taylor was first cousin of Alphonzo Taylor who m. Rebecca Darracott.) 5. Joseph P. Darracott, b. ca. 1862, Taliaferro Co., d. Dec. 8, 1893. No further information has been found. 6. Frances Roberta "Willie" Darracott, b. May 1864, Taliaferro Co, m. James Marion Robbins, ca. 1891, probably in Atlanta. 7. Frank Darracott, b. March 1870, Taliaferro Co. Listed in Atlanta, GA in 1900 census as age 30, single, occupation: clerk, soda fount. 8. Mamie Darracott, b. ca. 1873, Taliaferro Co., GA. Married J.A. Cook. Have not found marriage record. 9. Paul Darracott, b. 1875, Taliaferro Co. He was living in Atlanta in 1920. The obituary of his sister, Rebecca (Darracott) Taylor in 1929 states Paul lived in Columbus, GA at that time. Note: the Bible record shows a Minnie L. Darracott, died Nov. 26, 1868. Her relationship is unknown but could be another child. She is not listed in John W. Darracott's household in the 1860 or 1870 census.