Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA Vickers Family ************************************************ 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: J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County, GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations, and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the "Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933. These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and where they originated. SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter. She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^Òt saved these family histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^Òs and part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be forwarned is to be forarmed. ==================================================================== Tifton Gazette April 5, 1912 Vol. XXI No. 48 THE VICKERS Eli, Jesse, Youngie and John Vickers, were old settlers of Irwin county. The name of Vickers appeared in the jury list for the first term of the Superior Court in 1820. Eli Vickers married Becky Paulk, daughter of old Micajah Paulk. Their children were: Jack, Wiley, Eli, Henry, Micajah, William, Mathilda and Polly. Jack entered the ministry and became a Primitive Baptist preacher. He married Martha Lott, daughter of old Dan Lott. She died, leaving John, who married Unie Whiddon, daughter of Jim Whiddon. Their children were: Lucy, Mattie, Jacob, and Georgian. Lucy married Jim McHargue. Mattie married Henry Beaty, he died. She next married G. Stripling. Jacob married Ava Cox. Georgian married J.McCree. Elsa and Barney, single. Eli, son of Rev. Jack, married Lila Paulk, daughter of William F. Paulk. Beattie, daughter of Jack, married Elmo Main. Ava Jane, daughter of Jack, married Dempsy Whiddon, son of old Jim Whiddon. (All in the Whiddon group). Elizabeth married Lucius Paulk, son of old Lolly. She died. (All in the Paulk group). Martha, daughter of Jack, married Green Henderson. She died. Dan, son of Rev. Jack, married Belle Bailey. Rev. Jack next married Jane Graves. He died, leaving Joe, Leon, Louis, Henry, William, Jacob, Melissa, Rachael and Minnie. Joe, son of Jack, married Elizabeth Daniels. Leon, son of Jack, married Sophronia McMillan, daughter of John. Louis, son of Jack, married Lucy Lott. Henry, not married. William married Bessie Paulk. Jacob married Lola Lott. Melissa, daughter of Jack, married Dr. Howell of Ocilla. He died. Rachael, daughter of Jack, married Lott Paulk. Minnie, daughter of Jack, married Ollie Paulk. Wiley, brother of old Jack Vickers, married Elizabeth Lott. She died, leaving: Joe, who married Jessie Lott; Elisha married Mary Lott; Eli married Elizabeth McGovern; Mary Jane married John Grantham; Becky Ann married Burrell Sumner, near Chula. Wiley next married Eugenia Parker, daughter of Dr. Parker. She died also, leaving: Orris, Calvin and Henry, who went to Florida; Mathilda married Elisha Corbett; Mattie married Seward Harper; Eva married Henry Moore, he died. She next married Henry Corbett; Burrell, Carly and Gordon, single. Wiley's third wife was Betty Gaskins. Henry, son of Eli, married Ellen Sears. She died, leaving: Elias who married May Goodman. He became a prominent citizen of Tift county and moved to Macon. Becky, daughter of Henry, married Elisha Lott; William married Rachael Turner; Micajah married Winnie Newbern; Ellen married J. Baker; Amanda married Joe Daughtry; Melissa married John Dorminy, son of Jacob; Hattie, single. Hiram. Micajah, son of old Eli, married Harriett Sears. Their children were: Bartley, Lillie, Hattie, Emma. They all reside in Clinch county. William, son of old Eli, married Rachael Sizemore. All reside near Douglas. Flora, daughter of old Eli, married Dan Lott, son of old Elisha Lott. Polly, another daughter of old Eli, married Hamp Sears. They raised a large family. Jesse Vickers, brother of old Eli, married Becky Paulk. He died leaving one daughter, Beattie, who married Joe Lott, and a son Youngie, who married Mary Peterson. John Vickers married Abbie Young. Their children were: Wiley (Humpback Wiley), who married Sarah Griffin. She died leaving: Elias, Jim, Dan, Mitchell, Rebecca, Majorie, and Minnie. He next married Mathilda Carver. Becky, another daughter of John Vickers, married Rev. James McMillan. Tishia and John married in Coffee county. --- Please take note that this information came from long ago and has not been corrected for accuracy. Many of these sketches have names transposed or just plain wrong information so use this as a starting point, not the final end to your research. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. It is a summary of the genealogical findings of one man, Gus Adams, which were unsubstantiated and should be used as such. ---