January 17, 1860
Macon Weekly Telegraph
~extract~Georgia - Twiggs County. Whereas
Mrs.
Martha Tharpe, Guardian for the persons and property of William,
James D., Ada, Augustus, Mortimer, and Georgia V. Tharp, heirs of William
A. Tharp, late of said county, deceased, applies to me for letters
of dismisson from said Guardianship.
Given under my hand officially at Marion,
December 5, 1859. Lewis Solomon, Ordinary. Dec 13.
March 24, 1860
Macon Telegraph
Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons
indebted to the Estate of Henry Faulk,
deceased,
late of Twiggs County, are requested to make immediate payment; And all
persons holding claims or demands against said Estate are hereby notified
that they must present them, duly authenticated, within the time prescribed
by law, or this notice will be plead in bar there of.
Celina Faulk,
Adm'rx. march 8
April 30, 1860
Macon DailyTelegraph
DIED In this city of Brain Fever, on the
night of 30th inst., in the 35th year of his age, BENJAMIN
T. SMITH, formerly of Twiggs county, Ga.
June 23, 1860
Augusta Chronicle
Allen
G. Beckom, Esq., of Twiggs county, died very suddenly at his residence
on the 19th instant.
June 25, 1860
Macon DailyTelegraph
MARRIED. On the morning of the 12th inst.,
at the residence of Daniel G. Hughes, by R. R. Wimberly,
Esq., Mr. Wm. Methvin and Miss Samantha
Mimms, all of Twiggs Co.
July 6, 1860
Macon Weekly Telegraph
"FINE CATAWBA WINE, MADE IN 1859, by Geo.
Walker." So reads the label on a bottle of this beverage, placed upon
our table this morning by Mr. Walker, of Twiggs county. -
We have heard of it and written of
it before, and always in terms of commendation. It has been pronounced
in Macon, by a foreign connoisseur of undoubted authority, equal to the
best of the Rhine Wines. It may be had of E. Maussenet.
July 28, 1860
Macon Telegraph
Sixty days after date application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Twiggs county for leave to sell the negroes
belonging to the minors of W. W. Hodges,
late of Twiggs county, deceased. Josiah Hodges, Guardian. June 29,
1860.
September 1, 1860
Macon Weekly Telegraph
HOMICIDE IN TWIGGS COUNTY
We learn that last week, a man by
the name of Railey, a brother of the
ex-Sheriff of Twiggs county, was instantly killed by one Hooks.
The circumstances, as detailed to us, are these: -
Railey met Hooks in the road riding with
his wife in a buggy, and said he would whip him (Hooks) then and there,
but for the presence of his wife, but next day it should be done in his
field. Accordingly, next day Railey went to the field where Hooks was at
work, and inthe act of getting over the fence, was shot by Hooks, the ball
passing through Railey's jaw and killing him instantly. Hooks surrounded
himself to the officers of the law, but after examination was discharged
from custody.
September 18, 1860
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Died, at the residence of Mr. Story,
in Twiggs county, on the 9th inst., Dr.
Anderson King, son of Wesley King, age about 22 years.
About two months since, the writer
had the pleasure of an acquaintance with Dr. King, at Ball's Church, during
a Sabbath School celebration, where he delivered his first public address
to the many pupils, patrons and friends that were assembled for the occasion.
The addrss was chaste, eloquent, and characterized by a spirit of
true piety and humble devotion to the giver of all good gifts and graces.
Our second visit to that Church was
to meet that same assemblage, to hear the funeral preached, and to pay
the last sad tribute of respect to that amiable, worthy and pious young
man. "Alas how uncertain is life." A FRIEND.
November 13, 1860
Federal Union
MARRIED, On the morning of the 28th ult.,
at the Residence of the bride's father, in Twiggs County, by Rev. Lewis
Solomon, Mr. Josiah W. Hearn, to Miss Mary
Jane Ray.
On the Morning of the 4th inst.,
at the house of H. M. Loyless Esq., in Marion, Ga., by Rev. Lewis
Solomon, Mr. William Odaniel to Miss Elizabeth
M. Land, all of Twiggs Co., Ga.
March 28, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
~extract
DIED, At his residence in Twiggs county,
on the 17th inst., after a protracted illness, Mr.
John Gallemore, in his 74th year. Mr. Gallemore was born in Edgefield
Distr., S. C., April 5th, 1787, and removed to Georgia.
May 14, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
CIRCUMSTANCE WORTHY OF NOTE
A few days ago at the Bluff Road
depot on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, where the Twiggs Guards were
assembled under the command of Capt. Barclay, Mr. Wilkinson
Smallwood offered his services as a soldier, remarking at the time
that he was tired of shooting squirrels, and that he wanted to go in quest
of game of larger size.
Mr. Smallwood is fifty-five years
of age, though stout, and strong as a Buffalo and game to the bone. Plenty
of such men would make Yankeedodledom hark from the tombs. B. H. W.
Note: He died Aug. 27, 1862 at Richmond,
Va.
May 31, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
Citizens
of Twiggs
The emergency now before us calls
for immediate effort in behalf of our brave and patriotic Company under
command of Capt. J. W. Folson, now in station in Portsmouth, Va.
I therefore make this appeal to your generosity at the instance of D.
F. Hughes, R. R. Slappy, E. E. Crocker, and other good citizens - hereby
inviting the personal attendance of the ladies and gentlemen in the vicinities
of the following named places in said county, to-wit:
At Concord Church on Thursday the
30 inst., at Baptist Church near W. T. Vaughns on Friday 31st, at Clear
Creek near R. R. Slappys on Tuesday 4th june next, as General
Myrick's Mills or Church House nearby on Thursday ,-th, at Antioch
Church on Friday 7th, at Davidsons Academy near Capt. Barclay's
on Saturday -the, at Stone Creek Church on Monday 10th June.
It is hoped earnestly these meetings
will be fully attended. One of the above named persons or the subscriber
will deliver short addresses at each place and time appointed, in behalf
of the soldiers of our county and for other purposes connected with this
comfort, &e. Lewis Solomon, Chairman Central Committee. may
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September 14, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
~excerpt DIED, in Marion, Twiggs county,
on the evening of the 18th inst., of Pulmonary Consumption, Mr. JAMES
LOYLESS EVANS, age 22 years, 9 months and 18 days...
The subject of this notice was an
only son of a widowed mother....
September 20, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
September 16, 1861. Editors Daily Telegraph.
The
Ladies' Soldiers' Relief Society, of Stone Creek, Twiggs County, grateful
acknowledge the following donations received:
Mrs. M. Hardin, 1 pair sheets,
1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel. Mrs. E. Fitzpatrick, 1
pair sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel, 2 blankets.
Mrs. N. Nelson, 1 pair sheets,
1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel, 1 blanket. Mrs. M. Epps,
1 pair sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel
Mrs. A. Riggins, 1 sheet,
1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel. Mrs. R. Pearson,
1 sheet,
1 pair pillow cashes, 6 pairs socks. Miss Fannie Tharp,
1
pair sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, 2 towels, 2 blankets, 2 pair socks.
Mrs. Denson, 1 sheet, 1 pillow case, 1 towel. Miss Rossie Davis,
1 pair sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, 2 towels. Mrs. E. Hinson,
1 pair sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel. Miss Lou Chappell, 1
pair sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel.
Mrs. Mary Tharp, 1 sheet,
1 pair pillow cases, 1 towel. Mrs. M. Nash, 1 pair sheets,
2 pair pillow cases, 2 towels, 4 blankets, $5.
Mrs. M. Tharp, 1
sheet, 1 pair pillow cases, 2 towels. Mrs. Ann Solomon, 1 blanket.
Mrs. A. Newman, 1 blanket.
Mrs. P. Davis, 1 blanket.
Mrs. Cordelia Tharp, 4 pair socks.
Mr. John A. Nelson
$20.00. Mr. John Fitzpatrick 15.00. Mr. John
Denson 5.00. Mr. John Davis 3.00. Mr. J. C. Epps 5.00.
Mr. E. Hinson 2.00.
Mr. J. Andrews 2.00.
Mr. Abish Andrews
5.00. Mr. Henry Durden
1.00.
Mr. Wm. Hearn 1.00. Mr.
Elias Jones 1.00.
Mr. J. S. Williams 10.00. Mr. T. Pace 6.00.
Mr. John Pearse
2.00.
Mr. L. L. Hardin 7.00. Mr. James
Wall 6.00.
Dr. H. Wimberly 5.00. Col. Crocker 2.00. Dr.
Newman 1.00.
Mr. Ave Lanier 2.00. Mr. H. E. Solomon 10.00.
Mr. T. Carroll 1.00. Mr. Henry Solomon 5.00. Mr. Hardy
Solomon 7.00.
Miss M. J. Waters
2.00.
Mr. Martin Hardin
1.00. Mr. Wm. Reid 5.00.
Mr. Wm. Faulk 2.00. Mr. Wm. Andrews
2.00.
Mr. S. J. Bond
2.00. Mr. J. T. Glover 2.00. Mrs.
L. Johnson 2.00. Mr. R. Averet 2.00.
Rev. C. A. Tharp
5.00. Mr. J. A. Tharp 5.00. Mr. J. D. Tharp 4.00. Mr.
Hudson Tharp 4.00. Mr. G. B. Hues 1.00.
Mr. A. E. Nash
5.00.
Thirty-five members of the Society have
each furnished 1 pair socks, 1 pair gloves, 1 pair drawers. Mrs. Mary
Hardin, President.
Mrs. Mary Tharp. Secretary.
October 17, 1861
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED
In Twiggs county, on the 10th inst., T.
E. McCrea to Miss Josephine
Hughes.
November 5, 1861
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
Wanted
A Good Finishing Tanner, well recommended
for industry and moral worth, can get employment at liberal wages, by addressing
F.A.
FINCH, or
C. A. SOLOMON, at Marion, Twiggs county, within sixty
days from date.
FINCH & SOLOMON
Marion, November 1st, 1861
January 3, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
HOMICIDE IN TWIGGS - We regret to
learn that a difficulty occurred in Twiggs county, on Wednesday, in which
Mr.
James
Monroe Ware was killed and Mr. Newby
mortally wounded. We have
not learned how the affair commenced.
January 4, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
MARRIED. On the evening of the 2d instant,
by Rev. Lewis Solomon, at the residence of the bride's mother, in Twiggs
county, Ga., Mr. Kimbril F. Burkett to Miss Louisa
M. Chappell, all of said county.
January 14, 1862
Southern Recorder
DIED. Near Portsmouth, Va., on 16 ult, of
typhoid fever, Lieut.
JOEL J. DENSON, of the "Twiggs Volunteers," 4th Georgia Regiment.
January 24, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
MARRIED. On the evening of the 20th inst.,
by Rev. Lewis Solomon, Mr. Tilman S. Dinson (Denson) to Miss Julia
A. Read, all of Twiggs county, Ga.
March 7, 1862
Macon Weekly Telegraph
To the Heirs and Distributees of Thos.
Moore, Late of Twiggs Co., Dec'd. You are hereby notified that I shall
apply to the Ordinary of said county on the first Monday in April next,
for an order to divide the negroes belonging to said estate. A. H. Moore,
Adm'r. Marion, Nov. 21, 1861.
March 10, 1862
Macon Telegraph
THE NOBLE WOMEN OF TWIGGS. ONE HUNDRED CHEERS
FOR THEM!
The 4th of March found not
only all the men but a large number of patriotic women of Twiggs, assembled
at Marion, for the purpose of responding to the requisition made by Gov.
Brown for troops for the war. The quota of Twiggs was forty-eight men.
The gallant Colonel, Daniel G.
Hughes, having his regiment in line, made the announcement and called
for volunteers, when our astute friend, Daniel Bullard, Esq., judging
other men by his own feelings, slyly made his way to the group of ladies
gathered near the stand, and suggested to them to fall in as volunteers.
No sooner said than done, and the volunteer line was filled with a bevy
of as beautiful and high souled women as ever made lovers' hearts beat
quickly. This was too much for the men of Twiggs, and instantly a rush
was made to fill the ranks, and in a few moments eighty fine, stalwart
and brave soldiers responded to the call. We suggest, if another demand
is made for troops, that "Bullard's trick" shall be played on every muster
ground in the Confederate States, and our word for it there will be no
lack of men to fill the ranks of our patriot army. Good for Bullard-better
for the women of Twiggs.
March 13, 1862
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Sixty days after date application
will be made to the Ordinary of Twiggs county, Ga., for leave to sell all
the real estate belonging to the estate of
Abisha Andrews, deceased.
John R. Andrews, Wm. A. Andrews, Administrators.
mar 11.
April 17, 1862
Macon Weekly Telegraph
~excerpt~ Died, on the 2d inst., WILLIAM
S LINGO, of Twiggs county, Ga., n the thirty-six year of his age. ..
May 19, 1862
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Notice To Debtors and Creditors. All persons
indebted to the estate of James Bryan,
late
of Twiggs county, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and
all persons holding demands against the estate will please hand them to
me only authenticated in terms of law. M. E. Slappy, Ex'r. may 5
June 27, 1862
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Died on Tuesday morning, the 17th
inst., near Marion, Twiggs county,
Virginia A., wife of William Faulk, in the thirty-fifth year
of her age. (note: member of Richland Baptist Church, called Jeana,
survivors husband, children.)
June 26, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
~excerpt
Died in the Hospital in Va., June
27th, J. H, Perry from the effects
of a gun-shot wound in the lungs, received in the engagement before Richmond,
June 26th, 1862.
July 18, 1862
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
LIST OF CASUALTIES
In the Slappey Guards, during the recent
battles on the Chickahominy, Va.
THURSDAY EVENING
Sergt. R. F. Averett, slightly wounded
Private Jas. N. Rogers, slightly
wounded
Wm. Hinson, wounded in leg
John Fountain, wounded in hand
P. H. Ward, wounded slightly
FRIDAY EVENING
W. N. Kendrick, slightly wounded
R. W. Paul, wounded in hand.
J. W. Hearn, wounded slightly
TUESDAY EVENING - (LAST FIGHT)
Gat. Manning, seriously wounded
Henry Martin, slightly wounded
Josiah Stevens, slightly wounded
Tilman R. Moore, wounded in head
Daniel Jarvis, slightly wounded
Seaborn Taylor, finger shot off
U. A. RICE, Capt. Comd'g Slappey
Guards, 48th Ga.
September 15, 1862
Macon Telegraph
FAULK INVINCIBLES. Gordon, Wilkinson county,
Ga., Sept. 12
Editor Telegraph: The following are
the casualties of the Faulk Invincibles, 26th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers,
on the 28th Aug:
Killed-Sergeant
Radford, Corporal Hammock, Private
Polk.
Wounded - Lieut. Col. E. S. Griffin,
severely in the neck and shoulder; Wm. Crawford, Allen Pruitt, John
Rickerson, Wm. L. Lambm severely; Richard McConnel and Corporal
McLain.
The wounded are all doing well. Col.
Griffin has just returned home much exhausted and fatigued from the
last severe service through which he has passed. His wounds are very severe
but with all his sufferings and hardships he still possesses the same "flow
of soul," and cheerfulness, and happy spirit. TWIGGS.
September 23, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
Land for Sale! The subscriber offers for
sale a Plantation of 1200 acres on the Macon & B. R. R. in Twiggs county.
This Land lies between Flat Creek and Savage Creek, and includes a
great deal of very rich Swamp Land. 600 acres are in a good state of cultivation
450 Upland and 150 River Bottom. The improvements consist of an excellent
Dwelling House, good Negro Cabins and all necessary outbuildings.
Persons wishing a nice place, blessed
with a great many conveniences, would do well to call on me. The terms
can be known by addressing me at Marion, Twiggs county, or by application
on the premises where I love. G. W. BRYAN.
sep 11
September 29, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
~excerpt
Killed in the battle
of Mansesas, on the 30th of August last, Serg'tBENJAMIN
J. McCREA, son of Gustavus and Wealthy McCrea,
aged eighteen years and six months. He was a member of the Slappey Guards
48th Ga. Reg. I remember well the day he gave his name to that Company,
and notwithstanding his aged parents were grieved to see him leave, they
gave him to the call of his country, trusting soon to welcome him home.
But, alas! alas! instead of beholding him with that joy so sweet to a parent's
heart, they received a notice by letter from an officer in his company,
with these solemn words: "Ben was shot through the head and killed almost
instantly. He died at his post discharging his duty faithfully," We mourn
the loss of one so young, so good, so full of health, but oh! how dreadful
the truth, "in the midst of life we are in death."
It is so pleasant to praise the dead
that the rules of truth and justice are easily violated in the effort;
but they are respected to the letter when it is said of this early lost
one, that he was strictly religious, having joining the Methodist church
at Mary Chapel in August, 1860, since which time we have reason to believe
he has sustained a character true and spotless.
September 30, 1862
Macon Telegraph
Georgia, Twiggs County: By an order of the
Honorable the Ordinary of said county, will be sold before the Court House
door in said county, between the usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday
in December next, all the real estate belonging to the estate of Abisha
Andrews late of said county, deceased, except such portion as may be
taken by the widow for her dower. Terms Cash. John R. Andrews, Wm. A.
Andrews, Adm'rs. sep 8
November 24, 1862
Macon Telegraph
~excerpt~ TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. In Camp Near
Culpepper C. H. Va. November 5th, 1862
At a meeting of the Slappy Guards
held this day the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:
That, Whereas, the insatiable archer
death has again entered our ranks and singled out for its victim a shining
and noble mark in the person of 1st
Lieut. H. L. Solomon.
October 21, 1862
Southern Recorder
LIST
OF CASUALTIES Of the 6th Ga. Reg't in the battle of Sharpsburg Mid, Sept.
15th and 17th.
COMPANY I. (Twigg's Guards)
Killed - Lieut
F. E. Wimberly.
Wounded - Corp F M Johnson, Ira Bullard,
Thos Arrington, Privates Wm. Bozeman, W Edwards, R H Coley, Thos Thompson,
W A Edmonds.
Missing - Sergt S D Lamb, H H Bullard, W
F Lamb, W S Lee, J Newby, J T Combs, W C Evans, D D Davis, Isaac Norris,
W W Glover.
Alex Martin (49 Ga.) wounded
December 19, 1862
Macon Weekly Telegraph
NOTICE. Agreeable to an order from the Ordinary
of Twiggs county, will be sold, on the 1st Tuesday in January next, at
the Court House in Marion, 1/2 lot of land No. 411, in the 7th district,
in said county, containing 101¼ acres, more or less. Sold under
the encumbrance of the widow's dower and for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of Isaac Young, deceased.
Isaac Carroll, Administrator. November 3d, 1862.
December 30, 1862
Macon Daily Telegraph
~exerpt
Died, on Sunday, the 14th of December 1862,
in Schley County, Georgia, Mrs. Josephine
Rowland, wife of Dr. W. Rowland, of that place.
Mrs. Rowland was born in Lawrence
County in this State, on the 30th of October, 1830, was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Swinney, both long dead; and was the sister of Dr.
E. B. Swinney, who, together with almost all her blood relations, departed
his life at an early age.
Her marriage with Dr. Rowland took
place on the 23d of January, 1848, in Twiggs County, at the residence of
her father and during the period of their happy married life, she became
the mother of 6 children, 3 of whom have gone before her, and 3 remain
to comfort, as they may the last days of their heart broken father, whose
own health is such as precludes the he hope that real orphanage can be
long averted.
January 3, 1863
Macon Daily Telegraph
Obituary. I yesterday witnessed the last
tribute of respect paid to the memory of our departed friend L'eut.
W. J. Solomon, Company B, 14th Georgia Regiment, by his brother Masons,
but feel it incumbent upon myself to remind the friends and relatives of
the deceased though he has passed from earth,
his weary sold has winged its rap'd flight to heaven, and his wounded and
mangled head is now pillowed upon the bosom of Jesus, leaving an example
that all might be proud to follow, he proudly wears his laurels.
Obedient to his country's call he
left his home on the morning of the 14th of July, 1861, and having endured
all the privations of a campaign in Western Virginia saying nothing of
the many battles in which he so nobly served, he at last fell mortally
wounded on Saturday the 13th of December, when so many of our gallant Georgia's
sacrificed their lives on the altar of their country. He died as a true
and devoted patriot, defending his country from the iron heel of a _ton
and reckless foe, having willingly shared the hardships incident to the
life of a soldier; not for one moment shrinking from the responsibility
resting upon himself.
He has left an aged father and mother
to mourn his loss, a wife and infant boy, scarcely able to list the name
of the loved and lost, to strew is grave with flowers of remberance, sisters
and brothers to share true bereavement; out cease your mourning mother,
father,
God in is infinite mercy has give you what you so devoutly prayed for "strength
to endure it," young wife teach your hear to say what your lips so oft
have said, "Thy will be done," remember that though blinded both
mentally and physically, his dying heart still beat for thee, and his lips
now cold in death sealed themselves with your cherished name, and remember
too, that though you have loved him with a woman's devotion, God has promised
to be a father to the fatherless, and a husband to the widow.
I know in conclusion, that the relatives
and friends of the deceased do most earnestly tender their thanks to his
gallant nurse, who with womanly tenderness soothing his dying pillow. S.
P. W. Gordon, Georgia, December 30, 1862.
January 31, 1863
Macon Daily Telegraph
MARRIED In Twiggs county, Ga., on the 15th
of January, by Isaac Meadows, Esq., E. J. Collins,
to Mrs.
Louisa M. Ware - both of said county.
February 6, 1863
Macon Daily Telegraph
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, All persons
indebted to the estate of Jacob Jordan,
late
of Twiggs County, deceased are requested to make me immediate payment;
all persons having demands against said estate are requested to hand them
to me, proven in due form of the law. January 19th, 1864. WILLIAM
KITCHENS,
Administrator. jan 22
February 27, 1863
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Notice. All persons indebted to the estate
of Thomas S. Chappel,
late
of Twiggs County, deceased are requested to make immediate payment, or
their notes will be put in suit, and those having demands against said
estate will present them
to me, in terms of law, for liquidation.
A. E. Nash
March 12, 1863
Macon Telegraph
Died, near Marion, Twiggs County,
on the 27th February last, Mary
E., only child of Maj. Etheldred and Mary A. Griffin, aged
eleven months and twenty-eight days.
She had but passed through the measles
and reclaimed her usual sprightliness of body and intellect, giving renewed
and stronger affections to her parents, when the Scarlet Fever followed
and in a few short days felled its victim in death.
Parents, relatives and friends have
the highest consolation left them, God has said, "suffer little children
to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven."
So fades the lovely blooming flower,
Frail smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly
And pleasure only bloom to die.
March 27, 1863
Macon Telegraph
~excerpt~ DIED, in Lynchburg, Virginia,
in December last, P. H. Ward, a
member of the "Slappey Guards," from Twiggs County, Georgia.
April 14, 1863
Macon Telegraph
Died, in Twiggs County, on the 7th
of March, 1863,John B. Ray.
Early in the summer of 1861 he answered
to a bleeding country's wail, and for several months nobly performed the
duties of a brave and gallant soldier. "Twas while far away from his native
land, that the hand of disease was laid upon him; he returned home.
"No mother's gentle voice was there, of
love and hope to speak,
No sister's gentle hand to cool the fevered
brow and cheek, "
But an aged farmer was there, to
welcome his loved boy - and a brother met him on the threshold to
cheer him with words and deeds of kindness.
Yes, he has left us, gone in the
flush of youth, passed like a dream away. Gone ere his heart had felt the
blight of care, or the stern world had soiled his spirits truth.
By his noble conduct he had won for
himself a large circle of friends and acquaintances, and during his protracted
illness they gathered around his couch, endeavoring by words and acts of
love and friendship to save him from the monster death. But alas! they
watched in van, for he was destined for a life beyond the skies, a life
of peace and happiness.
Then weep not brother as those who
mourn without a hope.
Farewell Johnnie
To thee, we trust a happier life is given;
One tie to earth for us hath loosed its
spell,
Another formed for Heaven.
A FRIEND. Bibb County Ga. April 14, 1863.
April 22, 1863
Macon Daily Telegraph
Excerpt
DIED, in Twiggs County, April 11th, after
an illness of one week, Mrs. Lucy
Ann, wife of Rev. Lewis Solomon, aged 45 years.
It is with feelings of the deepest
regret that we chronicle the death of Mrs. Solomon. But God in his
providence has seen fit to remove her from our midst. She has left a husband
and nine children to mourn her loss, and her death has caused a vacuum
in our midst which time can never fill, for as a wife there is none can
surpass her, as a mother, nome more fond or affectionate.
May 12, 1863
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, on the 26th
day of December, 1862, in the defence of his country, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
of Pneumonia,JOHN B. MEADOWS,
in
the 34th year of his age, son of Isaac H. Meadows, of Twiggs county,
Ga.
Died, on the 7th of March, 1863,
in the defence of his country, near Gaines Station, in Virginia, of Typhoid
Pneumonia, PETER C. MEADOWS,
in the 19th year of his age, the youngest son of Isaac H, Meadows
of Twiggs county, Georgia.
May 21, 1863
Macon Daily Telegraph
~excerpt
DIED, near Richmond, Va., on the
23th of July, 1863, Tilman
S. Denson, of Company G, 48th Regiment Ga., Volunteers, son of John
H. and Elizabeth Denson, of Twiggs County, Ga.
June 30, 1863
Macon Daily Telegraph
Camp Gordon's Brigade, Va.
List of Contributors of the Faulk Invicibles,
Twiggs Co., Co. I, 26th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, to the
Fund for Raising a Monument to Lieut. Gen,. Thomas J. Jackson, June 2,
1863.
Capt. E. W. Crocker...........$15.00;
1st
Lieut J. E. McDonald....10.00; 2d " D.
N. Nelson................... 5.00
3d " John T. Hughes............ 5.00;
1st Sergt. O. H. Carter......... 1.00 ; 5th
" Wm. J. Balcom............. 1.00
2d Corpl D N McLean......... .1.00
; 3d " L S W Connell.............. 2.00
; 4th " John N. Howell.......... 2.00
Private Franklin H. Atkins...1.00
; " Wm D Barclay...................... 1.00
; " John W Batchelor.............. 1.00
" Richard Batchelor.............. 1.00
; "David Blackshear..................1.00
; " Thos Bobbitt........................ 1.00
" George W Brown................ 2.00
; " James L Crawford............. 1.00
; " Gabriel M Farmer.............. 2.00
"John H Harrison ..................1.00
; " Needham Hill....................... 1.00
; " Noel Hill................................
4.00
" Henry Howell....................... 2.00
; " Elbert Kent............................
2.00 ; " Wm E Lamb.............................2.00
" George W Lee....................... 1.00
; " Wm D Liles.............................
1.00 ; " James W. Lipsey...................1.00
" Reuben Low...........................
1.00 ; " John P. Ricketson................
1.00 ; " Jessee Sapp..........................
1.00
" Benjamin Vinson................... 1.00
; " Reuben West........................ 2.00
; " Thomas Williams................. 1.00
Total 75.00>
October 3, 1863
The Macon Daily Telegraph
~extract
Died of consumption at the home of her father
Arch.
McCallum in Twiggs Co. on the 4th day of July, 1863, MissKate
McCallum, in the 20th year of her age.
October 8, 1863
The Macon Telegraph
Grand Jurors, Twiggs Superior Court September
Term 1863. W Neel, Clerk
J Blackshear, Foreman. Elias Jones; John
Chapman, John A Clements, Levi Gallemore; Byrant Asbill; Lemuel Taylor;
Isaac Carroll; Ezekiel A Wimberly; Thomas H Jones; James Hammock; Charles
R Faulk; James W Woodall; Wm J Gallemore; John Martin; Wm Methvin; John
A Nelson; Wm S Kelly; Lawrence L Hardin; John Glover; Hugh L Bunn; John
A Barclay.
November 26, 1863
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED. On the morning of the 22d inst.,
at the residence of the bride's father, John Davis, Esq., by the
Rev.
Lewis Solomon, Mr. James F. Land to Miss Rebecca
Davis, all of Twiggs county, Ga.,
By the Rev. E. J. Coates, on the evening of the 18th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. R. H. Carswell, of Wilkinson county, to Miss Jennie Dupree of Twiggs county, Ga.
March 8, 1864
Southern Recorder
Died in Muscogee county, on 9th ult., Col.
JAMES WIMBERLY, aged 73 years, formerly of Twiggs county.
March 26, 1864
Macon Weekly Telegraph
MARRIED
By Rev. E. J. Coates, on the 22d inst.,
Mr. W. M. Chapman, of Wilkinson County, and Miss Mattie
J. Steeley, of Twiggs
March 30, 1864
Macon Daily Telegraph
-extract
Died at her residence in Twiggs county,
Ga. on the 23d inst., Mrs Caroline
Wimberly, consort of Dr. H. S. Wimberly, aged 46 years.
The deceased was a daughter
of the late Hardy Durham, of Twiggs county, and in early life was
united in marriage to the husband who still survives to mourn her loss.
Several years after her marriage she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church; as a Christian she adorned the profession she made, and walked
worthy of the solemn duties which devolved upon her.
June 14, 1864
Southern Recorder
List of
Casualties of Doles' Brigade, from the 5th to the 21st May, inclusive,
embracing the battles of the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania C.H.
4th Regiment Georgia Volunteers
Field and Staff:
Wounded 2- Lt Col Wm H Willis, severely
in leg; Ensign J. F. Murphy, severely, in thigh
Missing 1 - Maj E A Nash.
COMPANY C.
Killed 8 - Privates A
F Alexander, J W Collins, D
R Epps, A H Clance, A
Williams, A Lanier, G
B Martin, and
J W Williams.
Wounded 25 - Capt. J. Sanders, slight, in
thigh; 1st Lt S Tharp, slight in thigh; 2d Lt B D Calhoun, severe in shoulder;
Sergts S Jessum, slight, in arm; H T Andrews, slight, in body; W F
Martin, severe, in thigh; Corpls W J Harrison, slight, in ankle; W Bobbitt,
slight, in foot; Privates B F Birdsong, severe, in face; B F Crawford,
severe, in body; W G Kenington, severe, in face; N J Pettice, severe, in
body; W M Pettice, slight, in head; A J Collins, foot amputated; E Collins,
slight, in breast; J D Dyer, slight, in thigh; J W Davis, severe, in body;
E Richardson, slight, in foot; J T Maxwell, severe, in body; S West, severe,
in shoulder, Y Nichol, severe, in head; A J Hammock, severe, in body and
arm amputated; J Young, severe, both ankles; W Day, slight in knee; J Adkins,
severe, in body.
Missing 7 - Corp A Vann, Privates
D J Ryle, T Dyer, H J Martin, D Mims, W B Mathis and J Jessup
October 20, 1864
Macon Telegraph
Died on the 17th July, 1863, in Jackson
Hospital, Richmand, Va., of wounds received in action near Riddle's Shop,
in __county, Va., June 18th, 1864, Private
F. F. Pearson, of Co. G., "Slappey Guards," 48th Regt. Ga. Vols., in
the twenty-eighth year of his age.
...estate of A. Marchman, late of Twiggs county, deceased..W. M. Varnum, Adm'r. January 10th, 1865
February 14, 1865
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED, On the 7th inst.,
by E. J. Collins, Esq., J. P., at the residence of Mrs. Lamb, Mr. HENRY
HOWELL, and Mrs. E. A. LAMB,
both of Twiggs county.
On the 9th inst., at the residence
of Mrs. Burns, by E. J. Collins, Esq. J. P. , Mr. R. R. MANNING and Mrs.
A. E. HARRELL, both of Twiggs county.
March 21, 1865
Confederate Union
~excerpt~ Mrs. Missouri A. Champion,
Administratrix
of Elias F. Champion, decd,
..sell one negro man named Tom.
J. E. McDonald Ord'y March 6 1865.
March 21, 1865
Confederate Union
CITATIONS
Reuben
J. Roberts, John Cranford, Admr.
Elias F. Champion, Mrs Missouri A.
Champion, Admx
Jacob
W. Collins, A. B. F. McWilliams Admr.
Hartwell
A. Epps, Thomas P. Epps, Edward C. Epps; Elias F. Champion, former
Admr.
James
R. Ray, Benjamin T. Ray, Admr.
Georgia
Ann Evans, Redding J. Loyless, Admr.
June 25, 1865
Macon Herald
Outrage
in Twiggs County-One Killed and Two Wounded.
Last Tuesday evening
three men, supposed to be Federal soldiers, crossed the river into Twiggs
County. They were on foot, and were accompanied by a negro. After crossing
the Brunswick Railroad bridge, they proceeded toward Marion, their goal
being to rob Mr. ROBERT PAUL, of $15,000 in gold and silver, which
their negro guide represented he had hidden in his house. Arriving at the
house, they entered, and seizing Mr. Paul, placed a revolver at his
breast, at the same time demanding the money. He told them he had none,
and asked them where they got their information. They told him that the
man, Wyatt, gave them the information, but on looking for Wyatt
to prove his statement, he had left. They swore awhile, and at about
11 o'clock P.N. left, taking with them three horses, two mules, a two-
horse wagon and two pistols.
After they had
left Mr. Paul sent word to Marion and through the neighborhood, and the
people gathered to the number of twelve or fourteen, and started pursuit.
Among them were many of the most respectable citizens of the county, such
as Judge J. E. McDonald, C. R. Faulk, J. P.; H. M.. Loyless, Clerk of
Superior Court; J. B. Denson, W. A. Higgings, T. R. Robinson, John
W. Cowen, Dr. W. T. Zachary, and G. W. Lee.
The thieves had more
than two hours start, but delayed by not knowing the road, and by stopping
by Mr. Pierce's to take a saddle and bridle.
About half an hour before daybreak
yesterday the thieves were overtaken near Denson's mill, about seven
miles from this place, and a portion of the pursing party that had gone
around and headed them out, rode up on them and demanded their surrender.
They replied by a volley from their revolvers and turning their horses
galloped back the road they came. The citizens now opened fire on them,
firing about six shots. Two of the thieves turned back down the road, at
full speed, about eight yards, and then jumping off their horses , escaped
into the swamp. They were both-it is supposed-wounded. The third thief
dashed on toward the mill and fell from the horse dead near the creek.
One of the horses was severely shot. All the stolen property was recovered
and returned to its owners.
After the affair was over, four citizens
of Twiggs County, whose names have been already given went to town and
reported the affair to Gen. Wilson who referred the matter to Lieut.
Col. White, for investigation. Their affidavits, made before Adjutant
Doyle
were
substantially as above. They were released at once. The body of the man
killed was at once sent for, and is now at the Ocmulgee Hospital.
February 13, 1866
The Daily Telegraph
MARRIED, On Tuesday evening, 5th instant,
at the residence of the bride's brother, R. M. Ellis, Esq, by Rev.
Lewis Solomon,
J. M. B. Denson, Esq, to Miss Mary
E. Ellis, all of Twiggs county, Ga.
April 11, 1866
Macon Telegraph
~excerpt~ Departed this life, on the
16th of February, Rev. R.
B. EDMONDS, in his 56th year....baptised by the late Rev. W. Lumpkin,
at Bairdstown Church, Oglethorpe county. - Some years afterwards he moved
to Twiggs county...
April 30, 1866
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Guardian's Sale. Georgia, Bibb County. -
By virtue of an order from the Ordinary of said county, will be sold before
the Court House door in Marion, Twiggs county, on the first Tuesday in
April next, between the usual hours of sale, all that tract or parcel of
land in Twiggs county, in 23d District, No 135, lying between the River
and Marion road, and joins lands of Mrs. Lucy Andrews, Wm. Andrews,
and the heirs of Newman Rogers,
containing fifty acres, more or less. Terms cash. John O'Neal,
Guardian.
feb6
September 3, 1866
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
On the 15th and 18th inst., near
Marion, Twiggs county, Georgia, of congestive fever, Charles
Henry and Fannie R. Faulk,
son and daughter of C. R. and J. M. E. Faulk - suddenly and unexpectedly
torn from the embrace of fond and doting parents, by the cruel and unrelenting
hand of death.
November 1, 1866
The DailyTelegraph
Married, In Twiggs county, at the House
of Judge Wm. S. Kelly, bu J. T. Glover J.I.C., Mr. Wm E. H. Howell,
of
Houston county, to Miss Nancy
Ann Bates, of the former place.
April 26, 1867
The Southern Christian Advocate
Hon.Willard Boynton
died in Lumpkin, Stewart co., Ga., on the 30th September 1866. He was a
native of Vermont, removed when a young man to the county of Twiggs, Ga.,
where he intermarried with a Miss Bryan.
July 5, 1867
The Southern Christian Advocate
William
M. Varnum was born in Amherst co., Va., March 9, 1811. Early in life
removed with his parents to Georgia. He joined the M. E. Church at Dahlonega
and married Miss Susan L. Saxon,
of Twiggs co., and died there May
27, 1867.
July 20, 1867
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
PARDONED- A recent letter from Washington
says the President has pardoned the following Georgians, on the recommendations
of Hon. Joshua Hill: James M. Brown, Simeon M. Brown, L. J. Burney, Elison
A. Cohen, Nathaniel G. Foster, I. S. Fannin, Wm. S. Stokes, James A. Wade,
James S. Read, James N. Marsh and Nancy Kolb, of Morgan county. Nathan
Whitfield, of Jasper county; Elias Jones, of Twiggs county, and
A. Pharr, of Newton county.
September 13, 1867
The Southern Christian Advocate
Mrs. Margaret
Johnson, wife of Rev. C. G. Johnson, of Twiggs co., Ga., died
on 1st inst. She has left a mother, brother, husband, and six small children.
Wm. Griffin. September 4th 1867.
October 4, 1867
The Southern Christian Advocate
Mrs. Charlotte
Veal, wife of William Veal, Sen., of Wilkinson co., Ga., was
born in Washington co., Ga., December 25th 1796, and died Sept. 25, 1867.
She was married to Mr. Veal in 1812, who settled in Twiggs co., Ga., the
following year-- in 1846, moved to Wilkinson. She left an aged husband
and three children.
October 18, 1867
The Southern Christian Advocate
Married
On 3d October, in Twiggs co., Ga., by the
Rev. R. B. G. Walters, Mr. R. H. O. McLendon of Lawrence co., Ga.,
to Miss Camilla V. Ward, of Twiggs
co., Ga.
November 8, 1867
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Married, in Wilkinson county, October 22d,
at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. James Jackson, by Rev.
E.J. Coats, James McCallum, of Twiggs county, and Miss Nanie
E. Jackson.
Noveember 29, 1867
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Died, on the 19th instant, in Twiggs County,
MARY JANE HEARN, formerly Mary Jane Ray, wife of Josiah W.
Hearn, in the 24th year of her age. Mrs. Hearn joined the Missionary
Baptist Church in the 16th year of her age, and from that time until her
death she demeaned herself as a Christian, and was perfectly willing to
die. She leaves an affectionate husband to mourn her loss.
December 20 1867
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Married, on Wednesday, 11th instance at
the residence of the bride's father, in Pulaski county, by Rev. Moses McCall,
Mr. F. D. Wimberly, Jr., of Twiggs county, to MissCallie,
youngest
daughter of Charles E. Taylor, Esq.
February 4, 1868
Federal Union
MARRIED. Near Twiggsville, Twiggs county,
on the 23d ult. by Rev. E. H. Godwin, Capt. D. W. SHINE to Mrs.
MARY SHINE, of Montezuma.
By the same, on the same evening,
Mr. C. A. VAUGHN, to Miss VIRGINIA
CAMPBELL, both of Twiggs county.
February 7, 1868
The Southern Christian Advocate
Married. On the 23d January by Rev. J. T.
Ainsworth,
Rev. Charles G. Johnson
to Miss Martha
D. Gibbs, all of Twiggs co., Ga.
February 7, 1868
Macon Weekly Telegraph
JOHN
MCPHERSON BERRIEN DENSON
Was born August 31, 1841, and died
October 15, 1867, in Twiggs county, Ga. Few men have died who have left
stronger assurances of a blissful immortality than him whom we now mourn,
but not as those without hope. From childhood he honored and obeyed his
parents, and in his manhood he still loved and cherished them.
He was married February 6, 1866,
and in this relation he was a most kind and affectionate husband. To his
young and devoted wife, now bowed and crushed with sorrow, he was all goodness
and love, and he always said his only regret at dying would be the thought
of leaving her and his little boy, who were so dear to him. His highest
pleasure was to read the sacred Scriptures and hold sweet discourse of
their blessed and divine truths. To his relations and friends he was ever
kind and indulgent, and sought by his God like walk and the purity of his
heart to be an ornament to his profession, fearing God and eschewing evil.
From infancy his constitution was
feeble; yet on the 17th of June, 1861, he, with his three brothers, left
home and friends and served their county in Virginia, nobly and faithfully,
till the surrender of our armies. In the Summer of 1861, while still a
soldier in that State, he joined the Baptist Church, and remained a true
and consistent member till called as we earnestly trust, from the Church
militant to the Church triumphant.
For many years past he was afflicted
with rheumatism, which finally settled on his heart and suddenly terminated
his short but useful life.
Oh, it seems so hard to be thus deprived
of one so young, so lovely, so generous and so good. We can ill spare him,
but God's ways are not as our ways, and He doeth all things well. He was
taken away in the prime of his days and the midst of his usefulness, but
his example remains bright and instructing.
A dutiful son, an affectionate father,
a fond and noble husband, a warm and generous friend - but above all, a
sincere and zealous Christian - surely his life was not in vain, but was
a shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. How cheering
the hope that, though on earth we never more shall she his pleasant face,
nor listen to his kindly voice, yet our loss is his eternal gain. He was
found at his post ready and watching, and has entered into the joy of his
Lord. A FRIEND.
April 3, 1868
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
~excerpt~ Died in Twiggs county
Georgia, on the morning of the 20th instant, WILLIAM
FRANKLIN, sof of Judge James T. and Georgia A. Glover,
age eight years five months and thirteen days.
May 8, 1868
The Southern Christian Advocate
Hiram Traywick
was
born in Twiggs co., Ga., and died near Natasulga, Macon co., Ala., April
13, 1868, aged 54 years and 10 months. He leaves a wife and three children.
August 20, 1868
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
MURDER AND SERIOUS DISTURBANCE IN TWIGGS
COUNTY - LOYAL LEAGUE CALLED OUT. - We learn from several planters
who were in the city yesterday the particulars of a murder and riot in
Twiggs county. It seems that on Monday two negro men working on the plantation
of Mr. Beckham, and engaged in pulling fodder, named
Nelson
and Carolanus,
got into a fight. Nelson
killed Carolanus on the spot and fled immediately. Word of the difficulty
passed out to the adjoining places in a few hours. One
Jones, Captain
of the Loyal League, at once ordered out his men. He works on the place
of Geo. W. Faulk. Taking all the hands on that place they went to
the plantations of J. G. Coleman and
Mrs. Smith, and perhaps
others, and forced the negro men to join them.
After the mob was organized Jones
led them to the house of Hardin T. Smith, where Nelson was supposed
by them to have been concealed. Arrived there they demanded the right to
search, which was refused for some time. At last Mr. Smith agreed to allow
one of them to go over his house with him. Nelson was not there and was
not found. Nelson was a Democrat and Carolanus a Radical. It is said that
the Loyal League of that county have taken an oath to kill any one who
may kill one of them.
This difficulty created great excitement
throughout the county, and is now the universal topic of discussion. We
presume the leaders of the mob will be arrested and strict search made
for the murderer - Macon Jour. & Mess. 19th
August 29, 1868
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
TWIGGS COUNTY - RELEASE OF ALL BUT TWO
OF THE PRISONERS ON BOND.
Gentlemen who came up from Twiggs county
yesterday, report that all the men engaged in the Hardin Smith riot,
26 in number, but two, had been released on bond. Those two, Lewis Jones
and
Cornelius,
who
were the leaders, were sent to Milledgeville for safe keeping.
George
W. Faulk, Short Griffin, and another man, whose name we did not learn,
went on the bond of the twenty-four for their appearance at the next court.
The bonds men are all Democrats. As soon as released the prisoners went
back to work, swearing vengeance against the Loyal League, which had gotten
them into all this trouble.
It is said the Negroes of Twiggs
county are terribly down upon that abominable organization, and have determined
to break it up. It was the direct cause of the whole difficulty, and they
fully know this. After leading them to jail, Democrats took them out.
The excitement has entirely died
out, and every one resumed his usual occupation in peace - Jour &
Mess, 28th.
September 4, 1868
Macon Weekly Telegraph
The Difficulty in Twiggs. Denson's Station,
September 1, 1868.
Messrs. Editors: In order to prevent
misrepresentations and to let the truth be full known, I write you these
brief facts. You have already shown in your Daily the facts concerning
the legal arrests of the negroes who searched, without warrant, the residence
of Mr. Hardin Smith, in Twiggs county.- While those negroes were
under arrest several leaders of the Loyal League were going around trying
to excite the animosity of the blacks towards the whites, endeavoring to
get up a general insurrection, and thereby rescue, by violence, those outlaws
whom the Sheriff had arrested.
Last Saturday a meeting of the citizens
was held in Marion, and they came to the conclusion that it was best to
have warrants issued and those violators of the civil law arrested and
brought to justice; accordingly the warrants were put in the hands of
Sheriff Lee. He summoned help to make the arrests and proceeded that
evening first to arrest Berry Hill, (col'd)
on Mr. John Denson's Oaky Bend plantation, one and a half miles
from his home place.
Berry was found at home, and as soon
as he was ordered to surrender he leaped into his house, seized one of
the guns, which he had loaded for that purpose, and began firing on the
crowd. They then ran to his door just as he had fired the third shot, which
they forced out of their way, and as he was still making fight they, also,
were compelled to shoot; so he was mortally wounded before he would surrender,
and he lived until Sunday evening and died.
Three bullets of Berry's second shot
took effect on Mr. Thos. Melton, one passing through each thigh
and one through his leg. Mr. Melton's wounds are not mortal, but painful.
He was carried home in a buggy and I suppose is doing very well. An inquest
was held and the Coroner's jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide
for resistance of civil authority. EYE WITNESS
September 18, 1868
The Southern Christian Advocate
Henry
J. Slappey died in 2d August in Baker co., Ga., aged the age of 41.
When quite a young man, he removed from Twiggs in Baker co., and engaged
in the business of agriculture
October 8, 1868
Atlanta Constitution
DIFFICULTY AT JEFFERSONVILLE - a serious
difficulty occurred near that place on Friday last, in which two gentlemen
were badly wounded. It seems that E. W. Crocker, Esq., had purchased
a cotton-gin of Mr. ___Wimberly, and called to remove it.
This was objected to by Mr. ___Boynton, who fired at Crocker, inflicting
a severe flesh wound in the right arm. Crocker fell but rose again and
fired a pistol at Boynton, which took effect in his back. The wound is
considered very dangerous if not fatal. We have not learned the particulars
sufficiently to state them further. -Macon Journal and Messenger-
October 16, 1868
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
~extract
Thus it was with the subject whose demise
we chronicle, Mrs. Nancy Faulk, relict
of Mark Faulk, which occurred at the residence of her son, in Twiggs
county, September 21st ult, in the sixty-sixth year of her age.
October 23, 1868
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Administrator's Sale.
By virtue of an order from the office of
the ordinary of Twiggs county, will be sold before Court-house door, in
the town of Jeffersonville, on 1st Tuesday in December next, between the
hours of sale, all of the land belonging to the estate of
Bryant Asbell, deceased, containing 700 or more acres. Sold in two
lots. Sold for benefit of creditors. Terms: Cash. George K. Asbell, Admr.
November 27, 1868
The Southern Christian Advocate
Mrs. Annie
M. Chapman, wife of Mr.
John Chapman, and eldest child of Elliot
and Lucy A. Carleton, died at Twiggs co., Ga., in her 34th year.
December 4, 1868
The Southern Christian Advocate
Married. In Twiggs co., Ga., Nov. 24, 1868,
by Rev. J. Blakely Smith, Mr. S. T. C. Murray to Mrs.
M. F. Jarvis, all of Twiggs co.
December 4, 1868
The Georgia Weekly Telegraph
DIED, in Twiggs county, October 13, 1858, DANIEL
W. SHINE, Esq., aged 82 years.
He was born July 20, 1786, in Jones
county, North Carolina, and emigrated to Georgia about the year 1810, settling
in Pulaski county, then on the Indian frontier. In the war of 1812-14 he
held the commission of Lieutenant in the command of the late Gen. David
Blackshear, as may be seen by the published muster-roll. His father, John
Shine, was a soldier of the Revolution, whose services at the battle
near Camden, S.C., in 1780, are referred to in White's "Historical Collections
of Georgia;" p. 656.
At the close of the war in 1815,
D. W. Shine opened a store in Twiggs county, and for ten or fifteen years
pursued the trade of a merchant, in which he was eminently successful.
Retiring from business more that thirty years ago, he devoted himself to
his large planting interests, and to the education and settlement of his
children. For several years he was a Representative in the Legislature.
About his fiftieth year he connected himself with the Baptist Church, and
continued faithful to the last.
In all the relations of life he was
exemplary and upright. His personal piety, his kind and obliging disposition
secured him the respect and confidence of all who knew him. The great loses
he sustained by the war provoked no complaint, all was resignation to the
will of God. In February 1864, he was smitten with total blindness, from
which he has never been relieved until a brighter world burst upon his
vision after death had closed his earthly pilgrimage.
Thus lived and died a venerable man
whose memory is dear to his children, to his many relatives, to his brethren
of the Church, and to the community in which he passed more than fifty
years of his useful and honorable life. M.
March 21, 1869
The Constitution
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED GEORGIA.
Dr. Ira
E. Dupree, died in Twiggs county, on the 17th inst., aged 69. He had
been suffering for six months with dropsy. Dr. Dupree was a high-toned
Christian gentleman, and his loss will be severely felt in that section.
June 22, 1869
Macon Daily Telegraph
Died in Twiggs county, Ga., on the
25th day of March, 1869, Dr. R. A.
NASH. He was born February 2, 1801, being sixty-eight years, one month
and twenty-two days of age. He commenced the practice of physic in 1826,
and continued the practice until 1854. During that period of time, no one,
perhaps, ever did more charitable practice than he; living the greater
portion of the time in a section of country where there were a great many
poor people, he was ever ready to relieve their wants, and soothe their
sorrows.
He was married to Miss Mary Hart
in
1828, and they lived peaceably and happily together until his death.
Dr. Nash joined the Baptist Church
in 1835, and lived an upright, orderly life, ever using his influence to
advance Christ's Kingdom upon the earth. He was quiet and unassuming in
his manner; his disposition kind and amiable. Amid all of his afflicting
misfortunes and disappointments through life, he bore up with Christian
fortitude, never murmuring, but having the full assurance that all things
would work together for good to those who loved God. For twelve or eighteen
months before his death, he was severely hurt by a fall, being old and
infirm, which forced him to remain at home nearly all the time, comparatively
shut out from the world; yet his time was spent in reading the Bible, and
making preparation for the hour of death, which he felt was rapidly approaching.
The writer was with him during his last sickness, and heard him say that
he desired to depart and be at rest; that he had lived to be old and helpless;
his children were all grown and able to take care of themselves, and the
war had stripped him of almost every thing; consequently, he felt that
this world had no charms for him; that, if it was the will of God o take
him he was ready and willing to go. He left an affectionate wife; a large
number of children; quite a number of grand-children,and a large number
of friends, to mourn his loss.
By his death, the country has lost
a good citizen; his family an affectionate husband and father, the community
a good neighbor; the Church a faithful, zealous member.
"Mark the perfect man, and behold
the upright, for the end of that man is peace." W.G.
July 16, 1869
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
~excerpt~ Martha
Ann Jones, wife of Bennett Jones, was born May 10, 1822 and
died in Twiggs county, June 9, 1869, of dropsy, in the 47th year of her
age.
October 15, 1869
The Southern Christian Advocate
Mrs.Sabra
Durham, widow of
Hardy Durham, late of Twiggs co., Ga., died
July 14th 1869, aged about 72 years.
November 19, 1869
Macon Weekly Telegraph
GEORIGA - TWIGGS COUNTY. Under and by virtue
of a Decree of Twiggs Superior Court, obtained at the September Term, 1869,
of said Court, will be sold on the First Tuesday in December, 1869, before
the Court-house door, in Jeffersonville, in said county, within the legal
hours of sale, all the Land belonging to the estate of Daniel
W. Shine, deceased, lying in said county of Twiggs, consisting of 3100
acres of land, more or less, numbers not known, but described as follows:
Fifteen hundred acres of land, known as the Home place of said D. W.
Shine, and adjoining the lands of F. D. Wimberly, Geo. W. Faulk,
John Sanders, J. F. Shine, and others. Said place well improved with
good dwelling, good gin house and screw, and all other necessary buildings
for farming purposes. Also one hundred acres of land, known as the Store
Lot, and bounded by the lands of F. D. Wimberly and W. B. and
W. M. Tarver. Also fifteen hundred acres of land, known as the Flatwoods
Place, adjoining the lands of E. J. Collins and others - said place
having ordinary improvements. All of said lands will be sold in bodies
as above described, or in smaller bodies to suit purchasers, as the Executor
thinks will be in the interest of the estate. Terms cash. JAS. T. GLOVER,
Executor of D. W. Shine, dec'd. oct 27
GEORGIA - TWIGGS COUNTY - THIRTY days after date application will be made to the Ordinary of Twiggs county, for leave to sell a portion of the real estate of James G. Wall, deceased. This October 18, 1869. T W. BURKETT, Executor estate of JAS. G. WALL. OCT 21
GEORGIA - TWIGGS COUNTY. - Thirty days after date, application will be made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary of said County, for permission to sell the Land belonging to the estate of Matthew W. Little, late of said county, deceased. This October 9th, 1869. J. T. EVANS, Adm'r. oct 18
WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY in December
next, before the Court house door, in Jeffersonville, between the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: Five thousand pounds of
Seed Cotton, levied on as the property of
W. T. Phillips,
to satisfy one fi. fa. in favor of J. P. Bond. Property pointed
out by the plaintiff. This October 26. JOHN RENFRO, Deputy Sheriff.
oct 27
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HONORABLE Court
of Ordinary of Twiggs county, Georgia, will be sold before the Court-house
door, in the town of Jeffersonville, Twiggs county, Ga., on the First Tuesday
in December 1869, between the legal hours of sale, 100 acres of Pine Land
of Lot No. 135 (the Home Place,) and 10 acres, part of Lot No. 146, (Swamp
Land,) all in 7th District of originally Baldwin, now Twiggs county. Sold
as the property ofAbisha Andrews,
deceased,
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms of sale cash. JOHN
R. ANDREWS, WM. A. ANDREWS, Administrators of
Abisha Andrews.