Hancock County Ga.
In the News 1840 - 1849
1840
January 14, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on the 12th
ult., by the Rev. J. Hooker, Joseph L. Shaffer, of Savannah, to
Miss Henrietta Maria Bonner,
daughter of Hamilton Bonner, Esq., of that county.
January 28, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. At Mount Meigs, Ala. on the 19th
ult., by the Rev. T. W. Dorman, Lugene B. Pelot, Esq., formerly
of Savannah, to Miss Sarah
M. Shellman, of Sparta, Ga.
February 4, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Sparta, on the 14th ult, by
the Rev. James R. Thomas, Mr.
Abner A. Cook, to Miss Mary
C. daughter of John J. Berry Esq.
April 7, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
DIED. In Sparta, on the 11th ult., Mr.
Nathan Leeds, native of Massachusetts, and for a number of years a
citizen of Augusta.
March 17, 1840
Southern Recorder
Married, in Greene county, on the 20th February
last, by the Rev. Lewis Hatten, Col. IRBY HUDSON, of
Hancock county, to Miss MARTHA
W. WALKER, of Greene county.
May 5, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. On the 19th April, by John G. Coleman,
Esq., Mr. William G. Tyus,
to Miss Mary
Jackson, daughter of Thomas Jackson, all of Hancock county.
November 3, 1840
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Departed this life,
on Thursday evening, the 29th October, at Sparta, Ga., of pulmonary consumption, Mrs.
SARAH LOUISA CRAWFORD, consort of Major Joel Crawford. She was
a native of Halifax county, North Carolina, but for the last twenty years
a resident of Sparta.
November 10, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED, In Sparta, on the 27th ult., by
the Rev. Wesley Arnold, Mr. William J. Eve, of Richmond county,
to Miss Philoclea E. Casey,
of the former place.
November 17, 1840
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED, on the 30th of October,
at the resident of her grandmother, in Hancock county, after an illness
of two months, MARY
RUTHERFORD,
youngest daughter of W. and Catherine L. Simmons,
aged two years and two months.
December 8, 1840
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Hancock county, on the 19th
ult. by Francis S. Colley, Esq. Mr.
Simon T. Viele, late
of Seneca county, N.Y. to Miss Eliza Mapp,
daughter of Robert H. Mapp, Esq. of said county.
December 22, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
A HOG
SWEEPSTAKE,
To come off in Sparta, Hancock county, on
the 24th of December, 1842, between Pigs littered from the 15th of November,
1840 to the 15th of January, 1841. Three or more to make a race. Free for
any Pig, of the proper age, in the state. Entrie to cloe on the 1st day
of August next. Entrance, the Pig. The winner to have all the entries.-
The Pig weighing the greast number of pounds net for the quantity of food
consumed-a strict account of which must be kept-shall be the winner. The
judges of the race-Dr. Wm. Terrell, Gen. B. J. Winn, J. B. Ransone,
Esq., Col. N. C. Sayre, and J. H. Edwards, Sparta.
R. S. Hardwick enters a Berkshire
Pig, out of Cold Mistress, by Billy Berkshire, and will bet a pair
of Berkshire pigs, tht his entry will beat any other named entry.
All editors friendly to hog raising
and oppsed to the yearly drain of money from our state, for pork brought
from other states, will please give the above sweepstake a few insertions.
Dec.22
December 29, 1840
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED, On the 15th inst., by Geo.
W. Culver, Esq., Mr. Thos. H. Latimer, to Miss Elizabeth
A. Gonder, all of Hancock county.
1841
February 10, 1841
Augusta Chronicle
SPARTA FEMALE ACADEMY
This Institution will open on the 2d Monday
in January, 1831, under the superintendence of Mr. and Mrs. Wayland,
assisted by Miss Mansfield. The highest testimonials have been presented
of their capabilities to teach, combining polished manners and high literary
attainments, and extensive experience. They were both educated in England,
but have taught for many years in this country. Mr. W. presents, among
others, letters from the following gentlemen: -Hon. J. C. Calhoun; Prof.
Anthen, Columbia College, N.Y.; Rev. Dr. Wayland, Brown University; Professor
Greebault, Charleston, S.C.; Rev. Dr. Pierce, Columbus , Ga., and the Trustees
of the Pendleton Academy, where he taught four years. Mrs. W. formerly
Mrs. Leigh, has long been known as an accomplished lady and successful
teacher, to the citizens of this State.
The following course of studies will be taught
in the Institution:
Senior Class-Chemistry, Logic, Moral and
Political Philosophy, French, Latin, Greek, and Mathematics. $20 per term
of five months.
Junior Class - Grammar, Geography, History,
Arithmetic, and Popular Philosophy, $16 per term.
Primary Class - The Rudiments of the English
Language, Spelling, Reading and Writing, &c., $12.50 per term.
Ornamental Branches extra.
Music - Piano Forte, Guitar, Singing and
thorough Bass, $25 per term.
A small extra charge will be made for fuel
and the use of the Instruments.
The public will observe that
the Trustees have reduced the prices to the lowest rates, to suit the hardness
of the times.
Board can be obtained in the
village on reasonable terms, say $10 per month including washing.
WM. H SAYRE,
B. J. WYNN
ELI MANSFIELD
E. M. PENDLETON
JOS. B. GONDER
Trustees
P.S. Payments will be expected at the end
of each term.
Sparta, January 5, 1841
February 16, 1841
Macon Telegraph
THE MURDER NEAR SPARTA
Following are the particulars of a most
shock murder that was perpetrated in the vicinity of Sparta, Hancock county,
within one mile and half of that village. The murder occurred on Thursday
last.
After supper, Mr. Robert
Petigrew, the overseer of Maj. R. Mitchell, left home, as he
stated, to go to town for some tobacco, at about 8 or 9 o'clock-Next morning
Mr. Petigrew was found near the road side dead, evidently to have been
murdered. A jury was immediately called, and an inquest held. On the examination
of the body, the skull was found to be fractured in two or three places.
Suspicion soon rested upon Maj. Mitchell's negroes. - A number of citizens
were detached to arrest the negroes, and other citizens to search the negro
houses, boxes, trunks, &c. The club used by the murderer was found
within 40 or 50 feet of the dead body, with some of the hair of Mr. P.
on it. Three of the negroes were soon placed in jail; and about the same
time the watch of Mr. P. was found, by the party who had been directed
to search, in the box of the negroes who had been secured. Mr. P. had left
home with a watch in his pocket. The watch was shown to the negro into
whose box it had been found, and he confessed his guilt, and now awaits
his trial which is to take place this day.
Many stages have been robbed, for
some time past, of trunks, &c. in the very vicinity where this murder
has been committed. A general search is now being made and progressing.
Already many of the articles, known to have belonged to stage passengers
who have been robbed, have been found; and it is now hoped that the mystery
which has so long hung over the depredations committed in that neigborhood,
will soon be developed, and that the villainies no long perpetrated will
be exposed, and the perpetrators brought to justice. Augusta Constitutinist,
4th inst.
The negro man Riker
was tried in Sparta on Thursday last, for the murder of Mr. Petigrew, and
found guilty. He was sentenced to be hung on Friday the 12th inst. We have
been informed that he has made some confessions, implicating a white man
in the neighborhood, and divulged plans laid to take the lives of two white
men supposed to have money; one of whom in a Kentuckian, and the other
a citizen of Sparta. It seems that the Kentuckian had been apprised of
the design against his life and money, and was upon his guard. He is yet
in Sparta, and states that he had observed signs that satisfied him, that
an attack upon him had been mediated, and the the information communicated
had been of service to him.
We are also informed that examination
and investigation were still going on in Sparta, and that some more goods
have been discovered, known to have belonged to stage passengers. - Ib.
April 13, 1841
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. At Rock Miills, Hancock county,
on the 30th ult, by Rev. D. N. Maddux, William Shivers, Esq. to
Mrs. Sarah Ann Beddo, formerly
Miss Furman, of New York, but now both of the former place.
April 27, 1841
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Hancock
county, on the 13th inst., by Geo. W. Culver, Esq. Mr. Hamlin C. Alford,
to Miss Emily A. Howell, all
of said county.
April 27, 1841
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
DIED. In Hancock county, on the 14th inst.,
Mr. All C. Moore, in the 23d year
of his age.
May 11, 1841
Macon Weekly Telegraph
MARRIED. On the 22d of April, in Autauga
county, Ala., by the Rev. Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Wm. J. Sasnett, of
Sparta, Geo., to Miss Sarah H. Hall,
youngest daughter of the Hon. Boling Hall, deceased, formerly of
Geo.
May 25, 1841
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Augusta, Ga.
on the 20th inst. by the Rev. Wm. T. Brantley,
Gen. Tully Vinson, of
Hancock county, to Mrs. Ann B. Anderson,
of Augusta, Ga.
July 19, 1841
Augusta Chronicle
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Died in Sparta, on the morning of the 12th
inst., Mrs. Louisa C. Sayre,
consort of Mr. William H. Sayre.
September 7, 1841
Macon Georgia Telegraph
DIED, In Milledgeville, on the 29th ult, Dr.
Charles Eaton Haynes, of Sparta, formerly a Representative in Congress
of the United States.
1842
February 28, 1842
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Sandersville, on the 27th ult.,
Honor James R. Smith, Doctor John Stone, of Hancock, to Miss Martha
Glenn of the above county.
March 8, 1842
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Sparta, on the 23th ult., by
the Rev. Mr. Talley, Mr. William B. Hunt, to Miss Ann
Eliza Alfriend.
December 20, 1842
Federal Union
~excerpt~ Departed this life
on the 1st inst., after a short but painful struggle, Miss
MARTHA CAROLINE BROWN, in the 15th year of her age and daughter of
Richmond
and Martha P. Brown, of Hancock county.
December 20, 1842
Southern Recorder
DIED, at her residence, in
Hancock County, Ga., on the 8th instants, after a few hours illness,MRS.
MARY RABUN, widow of the late Gov. Rabun of this State-aged
68 years.
1843
January 3, 1843
~excerpt~ DIED, at his residence in Hancock
county, on the 24th day of November last,
NATHAN COOK, aged 54 years, after a protracted illness of about 20
months, brought on by a paralytic stroke.
May 23, 1843
Southern Recorder
DIED, on the 29th of April, at his residence
in Hancock county, Col.
JAMES G. LEWIS in the 43d year of his age.
July 18, 1843
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 29th June, at Mound
Farm, the residence of Dr. Whitten, in Hancock county, by the Rev.
Mr. Bowman of Greenesboro, Mr. Thomas C. Grimes to Miss Frances
A. Meriwether, the eldest daughter of Mrs. Whitten.
~ excerpt~ DIED, in Hancock
county, on Saturday afternoon of the 8th of July, Captain
JEF. LANE, in the 58th year of his age. He was a native of Dinwiddie
county, Virginia. He came to Georgia a poor and friendless boy, but lived
and died a bright example of the rewards which follow patient industry
and rigid integrity.
December 5, 1843
Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Hancock county, on the 20th
ult., by Wm. B. Hall, Esq. Mr. John Denton, to Miss Elizabeth
Blunt, all of the same place.
1844
January 23, 1844
The Macon Georgia Telegraph
MARRIED. In Hancock county, by the Rev.
Mr. Whitehead, Mr. William H. T. Wright of Milledgeville, to
Miss Sarah S. Bass, of the former
place.
January 23, 1844
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED. At her residence in Mount
Zion, on Monday, the 15th inst., Mrs.
MARIA M. CONNELL, wife of Dr. Alva Connell.
~excerpt~ Departed this life at the residence
of Capt. John Dickson, in Hancock county, on Tuesday night the 9th
inst., Mr. THOMAS J. TRAWICK,
aged 30 year, after a very long and protracted and painful illness, leaving
an aged mother and young wife, with numerous relatives, to mourn his loss.
1845
January 14, 1845
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Hancock county on the 2d inst,
by Judge Hardwick, RUSSEL MILLER, Esq. to Mrs.
ELIZABETH B. TRAWICK.
1846
February 3, 1846
The Georgia Telegraph
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Mississippi Land for Sale
The above lands belonging to
the estate of Thos. W. Baxter, will be sold on favorable terms.
Many of them are superior-convenient to navigation-and very desiring to
those wishing to settle in that country. For information apply to Eli
H. Baxter, at Sparta, Hancock Co., Geo., or to Andrew Baxter,
at Athens, Clark Co., Geo. Mary Baxter, Es'ts, Eli H. Baxter,Andrew
Baxter, Ex'rs. January 20, 1846
March 31, 1846
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED, At the residence of her
brother, Joseph Bryan, Esq., Mt. Zion, Hancock county, on the 12th
inst.,Mrs. JULIA WALES, relict
of Isaac W. Wales, Esq., in the 70th year of her age.
1847
February 2, 1847
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Sparta, on the 31st of December,
by Thomas M. Turner, Esq., Mr. JOHN H. SKRINE, to Miss ELIZABETH
J. POWELL, of the same place.
Feb. 10 1847
Morning News
DIED. In Hancock county, Ga., at the residence
of his son James M. Carson,William Carson,
of Warren, aged 98 years, a soldier of the revolutionary war-and has been
up to the time of his death an acceptable member of the Baptist Church
for more than 70 years-"Star by star goes out."
February 16, 1847
Federal Union
~excerpt~ Died at the residence of his brother,
near Mt. Zion, in Hancock county, Mr. MOSES
WILEY, in the 74th year of his age. For several years, Mr.W.
had been laboring under a painful malady; but he bore his sufferings, with
christain fortitute and patience. Mr. Wiley was born in Mecklenburg county,
N.C., and came to this State with his father in 1787, a youth of about
14 years; from that time till his death, he was a citizen of Hancock...In
1813 he served a tour in the army under Gen. Floyd.
February 16, 1847
Federal Union
MARRIED - In Hancock county, on the 11th
inst, at the residence of Mr. John Amos, by Judge Simmons, Mr.
ELIPHALET
CHANDLER, of Baldwin county, to Miss ELIZABETH
HARPER, of the former county.
August 10, 1847
Southern Recorder
MARRIED. August 2d, near Mt. Zion,
Hancock county, by the Rev. C. P. Beman, Mr. EDWARD A. SOULARD,
of
Savannah, to Miss CORNELIA
A. SMITH, only daughter of Mr. James Smith.
September 7, 1847
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on the 24th
ult., by Rev. C. W. Key, L. S. STEWART, Esq. to Miss ELIZABETH
B. WHITEHEAD, all of said county.
1848
February 29, 1848
Southern Recorder
Excerpt~ Departed this life, on the
30th ult., in Sparta, Hancock county, Ga., Mrs. MARTHA
ELIZABETH GARDNER, wife of Mr. Burton R. Gardner in the 26th
year of her age, after a protracted illness of six weeks, which she bore
with patience and resignation. She was a member of the M. E. Church for
several years previous to her death. In disposition mild and gentley; as
a Christian her walk was consistent, without ostention; always calm but
firm to her purpose. In the relation of wife, daughter, sister, mother
and friend, she was affectionate, dutiful, kind, devoted and faitful. She
has left a devoted husband, a father, mother, sister and brother, and two
interesting little daughters to mourn her loss.
May 2, 1848
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Hancock county, on the evening
of 26th April, by Hon. James B. Nickelson, Mr. J. L. VOUGHT,
of Orangeburg Dist., S. C., to Miss N.
ADALINE WALKER, daughter of Sylvanus Walker, Esq.
September 12, 1848
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Hancock county,
on the 4th Sept., 1848, by the Rev. W. J. Sasnett, Mr. G. R.
Thomas of Eatonton, to Miss
JUDA
ANN FEARS, daughter of Richard Fears.
1849
April 23, 1849
Augusta Chronicle
DIED. In Sparta on Thursday, the 12th inst., Mrs.
Harriet Ann, wife of the Rev. Wesley P. Arnold, aged about forty
years.
October 2, 1849
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On Sunday the 30th September,
at the residence of Thomas M. Turner, in Sparta, by the Rev.
W. H. Sasnett, Mr. ALEXANDER BROOKING, to Mrs.
ELIZA TURNER.
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