TROUP COUNTY, GA - BIOS  J.J. Thrash

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 931
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895

   
TROUP COUNTY

J.J. Thrash, farmer, Mountville, Troup Co., Ga., son of Jacob
and Elizabeth (Roe) Thrash, was born in Putnam county, Ga.,
June 12, 1820.  His paternal grandparents were Jacob and Martha
(Stubblefield) Thrash, and the grandfather was born in Wilkes
county.  His maternal grandparents, Shadrach and Elizabeth
(Hudson) Roe, were natives of North Carolina, came to Georgia
on horseback and in ox-carts, and settled on the Oconee river
in Hancock county about the time the county was organized.
There was a ferry at the point where he settled, which he
bought and operated a number of years.  He had a brother, John
Roe, who, when a boy, was taken by the British in 1812 and sold
to the Indians.  He made several attempts to escape but was
recaptured.  Finally the Indians determined to burn him alive. 
They made all their preparations and had actually gathered and
piled up the faggots, and had everything ready to execute their
horrible design.  Fortunately for him they got drunk, and while
they were besotted he made his escape, after having been in
worse than slavery for seven years.  Mr. Thrash was reared and
educated partly in Putnam and partly in Troup county, his
parents having moved to the last-named county when he was
fourteen years old and settled on the farm where he now lives. 
When grown he engaged in farming, a vocation he has followed
through life.  He has been a successful farmer, is comfortably
fixed, and has an excellent, well-improved farm.  During the
late unpleasantness he was in that state military organization
known as “Joe Brown’s Pets”, and was captain of his company.
Mr. Thrash was married in 1864 to Miss Nellie Evans, born in
Meriwether county in 1837, daughter of Thomas and Martha
(Harmon) Evans, who has borne him eleven children: John W.,
George E., Martha E., Leroy T., Mary, Scott, Charlotte, Isaac,
James, Joseph and Rebecca. Mrs. Thrash is a devoted member of
the Methodist church.