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Author: Pope Booth

The Reynolds New Era   Wednesday, June 4, 1930

THE HISTORY OF MY FAMILY
(Pope Booth)
People of today should love tradition, history, and great memories.  One who 
disregards these three things is likely to fall into a great reckless valley 
of the fate like Percy Bysche Shelly and John Keats have done.  I am proud, 
indeed, of such a family history as my ancestory and predecessors have handed 
down to me.  I am proud to be a fifth generated citizen of such a noble nation 
as ours.  But above all, I am proud of my family's history, containing records 
of my forefather's part in the making of this great nation; of their part in 
promoting the welfare of others; of their humor and respect for American law.

It was in 1731, two years before the foundation of Georgia that William Booth 
departed from the British isles on a small ship, Butterfly, America-bound.  
When the ship was within seven miles of what is now Hampton Roads, Virginia, 
it was attacked by a storm which destroyed the ship.  Three men including 
Booth, after battling with the waves for over twenty-six hours succeeded in 
reaching shore.  They were so weary and sea-sick that they had to be carried 
to the home of the nearest settler for special care and treatment.  At the end 
of about two weeks Booth had settled down on a tobacco plantation in 
Virginia.  By 1735 he had married into an English family.

To the Booths were born several children, among them Samuel Lemuel, who 
migrated to Georgia about 1800 and made his home in what is now Taylor county 
as a settler.  He helped to clear and settle Taylor county and the southern 
part of Talbot county.  In Taylor county, Booth married a Mrs. Johnson, who 
before marrying was a Miss Hays.  It is for the Hays family that Hays' 
Cemetery and Hays' Old Camp Grounds, seven miles north of Butler are named.  
To the Johnson family two children were born, Rust and Mattie.  To Mr. Booth's 
family were born three children, George Samuel, Newton, and Lee.  To Rust 
Johnson came the call of Lee's Army of Virginia in 1862 to come and defend 
Southern rights.  Like a true Southern gentleman, he went.  During the fall of 
1864, he was dispatched with Johnson's army and happened to reach Macon by the 
spring of 1865.  He was in a Macon Hotel when Robert E. Lee surrendered at 
Appomattox Court House in April, 1865.  He was immediately dismissed, 
returning to his home in Talbot county near Centerville.  To him one son was 
born, Robert Lee.  Robert attended Barnesville Military College and served as 
a Captain during the World War.  At present he is in the division of the 
Marine Corps in California.

Mattie Johnson married a man from Misssissippi and made her home there.

Newton Booth was never married, dying at an age under thirty years.  

Lee Booth was married to Mr. W.T. Gostin, about 1890.  For several years they 
made their home north of Butler.  Then they moved to Reynolds, Georgia.  It 
was here that aunt Lee died in 1925.  W.T. Gostin is still living in Reynolds, 
Georgia.  

George Samuel, my grandfather, was married to Miss Mary Anna Pope about 1879.  
To them eight children were born, James Roberts, William Pope, Lon Britain, 
George Jr., Harvey Hill, Hubert Johnson, Leila Belle, and Mary.

James Roberts was married to Miss Willie Amos; Lon Britain to Miss Edna 
Gholson; George, Jr., to Miss Annie Laura Gasset; Harvey Hill to Miss Letcha 
Neisler; William Pope to Miss Ida Mae Perkins.  The place on which three of 
the boys still live has been in possession of the Pope family for nearly one 
hundred and fifty years.  Leila Booth married J.M. McCants and they are now 
making their home near Butler.

As my mother is Ida Mae Perkins, let me tell you a few facts about her 
family.  Her mother was Mrs. Lou V. Perkins, whose father came to Georgia from 
Virginia in 1856.  He came to Va. from Ireland.  Her father, Mr. Eugene C. 
Perkins, Sr., is still the son of Mr. Jack whose brother emigrated to America 
from Scotland.  Grandfather and grandmother Perkins were married in 1875 and 
would have celebrated the Golden Anniversary of their wedding in October, 
1925, but for grandmother's death in August, 1925.  My mother is of Scotch-
Irish descent.  My father comes directly from the Anglo-Saxon ancestry.

To W.P. Booth and Mrs. Booth two children were born.  William Pope Booth,Jr., 
July 3, 1914 and Mildred Virginia Booth, August 26, 1917.


Additional Comments:
The Reynolds New Era Wednesday, May 14, 1930
NEW ERA OFFERS PRIZE TO REYNOLDS SCHOOL
The Editor of The Reynolds New Era has offered a prize of five dollars to the
High School student submitting the best composition upon a subject to be
decided upon by the Superintendent Mr. E.H. Joiner. We publish in this issue
four of these papers with the others to be published next week. The winner of
the prize will be published after all papers have been published





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