February 15, 1860
Macon Telegraph
An Unfortunate Family. Mr. Brundage
and
family, consisting of wife and seven children, started from near Milledgeville
about a year ago, and went to Arkansas to purchase land where they were
cheaper, intending to live there. The climate did not agree with him -
he was taken sick and died. A short time afterwards his eldest daughter
was prostrated and fell a victim; then followed the death of the three
sons, grown young men, one after the other. The
widow, borne down by grief at the loss of her husband, daughter and sons,
her main stays in life, and rapidly declining by that insatiable disease
consumption, determined if possible to return to Georgia, and if it was
the will of heaven that she was doomed to die, let it be among the friends
she formerly knew. She had come on the cars as far as this place, and was
compelled to rest a night, and took lodging at the Brown House for herself
and four children, the eldest a girl of fourteen, and was observed to be
very feeble by the proprietors of the Hotel, who at her suggestion sent
at once for a physician. He came, administered some medicine and left her
quiet. About 12 o'clock on Sunday night she was taken worse, and another
physician sent for. He could do but little for her, as he saw her hours
were numbered, and at three o'clock she died, leaving the little orphans
entirely among strangers, but who can scarcely be called such, for every
attention was shown the sick lady by Mr. Brown's family. At her death,
it was supposed she had no money with her, not even enough to buy a coffin.
Hearing of this, Mr. Thomas Knight, who has charge of the depot,
set to work, and in the course of an hour or two, collected over $30.00
from persons who happened to be at the depot, and gave it to the children
to pay for their mother's coffin and their fares to Milledgeville. Where
is the heart that does not feel kindly towards the man who from disinterested
motives thus lent his services to assist orphans entirely bereaved, Upon
opening a carpet bag among her baggage later in the day, $30.00 were found.
Mrs. Brundage's remains and her children were sent to Milledgeville on
the train last night.
February 28, 1860
Southern Recorder
DIED, In this city on the morning of the
22d inst. of croup, ADA
LESTER, only daughter of Mr. L. and Mrs. Eliza Kenfield,
aged 2 yrs 6 m.
March 13, 1860
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Miss
CATHARINE MCDONALD departed this life in Scottsboro', on the 8th inst.,
after a protracted illness...member of the Milledgeville Baptist Church......
March 16, 1860
Macon Daily Telegraph
DIED. On the 25th of February, at her residence
near Linden, Ala., suddenly, Mary
E., wife of Adlai O. Houston, and second daughter of Thomas
F. and Mrs. A. E. A. Green, of Midway, near Milledgeville, Ga., in
the 27th year of her age.
April 17, 1860
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Aigle, Canton de Vand, Switzerland, on the 15th ult. Mons E. TAUXE, formerly of Baldwin County, Ga., to Miss ELIZA DEFOUR.
May 1, 1860
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the 24th ult.,
by Rev. J. M. Curtis, T. HARTLEY HALL, M.D., and Miss MARTHA
KENAN, all of this city.
May 1, 1860
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the morning of the 26th inst.,
at the residence of the bride's father, by Rabbi Rosenfield, Mr.
LEOPOLD
WAITZFELDER and MissHELENA,
daughter of Mr. Michael and Mrs. Rebecca Waitzfelder, all of this
city.
This is the first marriage
that has ever taken place in our city after the Israelitish custom. The
ceremony was impressive and solemn; and the large number who partook of
the hospitality of Mr. W. and lady on the joyous occasion, one and
all, expressed themselves edified with the nuptial ceremony and delighted
with the good cheer so tastefully spread before them.
May prosperity and a long life of
happiness attend the young couple.
May 15, 1860
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the 9th
inst., by the Rev. Mr. Curtis, Mr. WM. T. MAPP of Hancock,
to Miss ELLA C., daughter of
Wm.
H. and Mrs. Martha E. W. Scott, of Milledgeville.
May 8, 1860
Federal Union
~excerpt~Died, in this city, on the 20th
ult., THOMAS JEFFERSON
HERTY, in the 20th year of his age........son, the brother, and the
friend of many hopes.....
May 8, 1860
Federal Union
~excerpt~ Mrs.
Frances Waters, wife of Col. H. H. Waters of this city, died
on Saturday 14th ult, aged 41 years.
The deceased was the daughter of
the late Dr. John Brewster of Cherokee Co., Ga., a gentleman of
hight professional and poliical position.
June 5, 1860
Southern Recorder
DIED. On the evening of the 24th ult., Mrs. A. E. A. GREEN, wife of Dr. Thomas F. Green, of Midway.
. In this city, Wednesday morning, 23
ult. Mr. MOSES CARAKER, in the
60th year of his age. Mr. C. was one of our oldest citizens.
In this city on Thursday last, Mrs. HARRIET
VICKERS, aged about 60, one of our oldest citizens.
June 12, 1860
Federal Union
DIED. In Baldwin county, May 20th JOHN
T. GRIMES, son of Geo. Grimes, aged 2 years and 6 months.
July 3, 1860
Federal Union
MARRIED, On Sunday, 24th inst, by Rev. W. J. Scott, Mr. H. J. BUTTS, to Miss KITTY E. ECHOLS, all of Baldwin county.
July 10, 1860
Federal Union
DIED. In Atlanta, on Tuesday the 3d inst. THOMAS
GREEN, infant son of Dr. Charles H. and Mrs. Mattie C. Bass,
of Midway.
July 10, 1860
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED, On Sunday morning, 8th inst., MARY
KING, infant daughter of J. H. & E. D. Nisbet, aged 10 months.
July 17, 1860
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED. In this city, on the 12th
inst., EDWARD WHITE,
son of Howard and Annie E. Tinsley, aged 21 months..
September 4, 1860
Federal Union
~ecerpt~ Died on the 24th August, 1860, in Baldwin county, five miles from this city, Sarah Matilda Lingould, the wife of John W. Lingould,
aged 48 years. The deceased was a member of the M. E. Church, she left one
little son, and a kind husband, and a large circle of friends to mourne their
loss.....
September 20, 1860
Macon Daily Telegraph
For sale- 1156½ acres of Land, on
the Railroad, at the fork of Camp Creek in Baldwin county, adjoining the
beautiful valley land of
Hon. Seaton Grantland, embracing about
180 acres of first quality low ground, and about 550 acres of woods, or
low ground, just cleared; 500 acres of level oak and hickory red land,
now in second growth, and finely adapted to cotton culture; one the East
of Camp Creek, it rises up the famous Scottsborough Ridge, in long leaf
pine, near where Col. Bucker
has his Orchard of 10,000 apple trees,
and where all kinds of fruits are always safe from late Spring frosts.
No place in Georgia combines more happily all the qualities for a pleasant
home-rich lands for corn and cotton in the valley, and elevated orchard
land on the pine woods ridge, with springs, branches and creeks, and a
Railroad to carry off crops, firewood, or fruit. The corn and cotton now
growing on the place are good as any in the South. Price $13 per acres,
cash or at interest on Mortgage.
W. McKinley. Milledgeville, Aug.
23, 1860.
November 6, 1860
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On Thursday evening, November 1st,
by the Rev. W. J. Scott, Mr. WILLIAM A. FAIR to Miss MATILDA
ROBERTS, all of this city.
February 5, 1861
Southern Federal Union
Married, On the 31st ult., at the residence
of James O'Grady by Rev. Mr. Flinn, Mr. E. G. Hogue, to Miss
A. C. Woodard.
Died In this city, on the 2nd inst. Mrs.
Rebecca wife, of P. H. Ferrell.
Feb 24, 1861
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Court House Burned at Milledgeville. Milledgeville,
Feb. 24. The Court House burned down about 7 o'clock his morning.
Books and papers to a great extent
saved. Nothing left but the bare smoking walls which are threatening to
fall every minute. It is the general opinion that the building was set
on fire.
March 3, 1861
Southern Federal Union
Ever foremost in the
works of patriotism, the Ladies in many parts of our State have presented
beautiful Flags to companies who hold themselves in readiness to march
at a moment’s warning, as duty may require. On Friday we had the
pleasure of witnessing a presentation ceremony in our town, which was attended
by the Governor’s Guards, the Baldwin Blues, the University Guards, and
theBlack Spring Rifles, all in uniform, with
music and banners.
Mrs. Mary Rogers of Savannah,
Mrs. Carnes, Mrs. Tinsley, Mrs. Harris, Miss R. Harris, Mrs. Matilda Hall,
Mrs. McComb, Mrs. DeGraffenreid, Mrs. Latimer, Mrs. Carrie White,
Miss Kate Fort, Miss Sallie Newell, Miss Henrietta Kenan and Mrs. H. Kenan,
of Milledgeville, contributed to the purchase and manufacture of a large
and splendid Flag of blue silk, on side of which was painted in gilt the
Coat of Arms of Georgia, surrounded by a wreath, and on the reverse side,
“Black Spring Rifles, January 16, 1861.”
A large concourse of citizens assembled with the military at 3 o'clock
P.M. fronting the residence of Mr. Kenan, on Liberty Street, where the
presentation was to take place. The adjutant General, Col. Wayne,
in full uniform on horseback, gave command to the military, in forming
the line, and introduced the Rev. William Flinn, who dedicated the Flag
by an appropriate prayer. Miss Henrietta Kenan had been selected
by the Ladies to present the Flag, but at her request that duty was performed
by her gallant brother, Captain Lewis H. Kenan who stood at the side of
his sister. Owing to the distance, we were unable to hear the address
distinctly, and from the same cause we did not hear fully the reply of
Captain Thomas White of the Rifles, who received the Flag in behalf of
his company. At a signal given, a discharge of artillery on the Capitol
square announced the conclusion of the ceremonies, after which the military
marched in handsome style, accompanied by the graceful new Flag which had
been the occasion of such agreeable excitement. Long may it wave
a memorial of its fair donor, to cheer the times of peace, and, if need
be, to stimulate the brave soldier to deeds of daring on the battlefield!
The
whole affair was handsomely managed, and reflected the highest praise on
all who shared in the ceremonies.
March 6, 1861
Daily Columbus Enquirer
BALDWIN COURT HOUSE. We have been informed
by Mr. Stubbs, Clerk of the Superior Court, that the room next to
his office contained all the public records and papers of valued, placed
there for safe keeping in what was intended to be a fireproof apartment.
There was no fire place in this vault, nor was any person allowed to enter
it with even a pipe or a cigar. The flame was first seen in the vault,
to which the incendiary gained access through the window by wrenching off
the hinges with an iron bar, which he found on the spot after the fire.
The vault unfortunate was not proof against the flames which destroyed
the building and a large portion of the public records. - Sou. Recorder.
April 2, 1861
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On Wednesday evening the 27th ult.
in this city at the M. E. Church by the Rev. Mr. Adams, Mr. C.
J. WELLBORN, to Miss
S. M. CANDLER, both of this city.
DIED. In this City, the 28th ult. Capt.
Anthony Newsom, about 85 years of age. He was perhaps the oldest citizen
of this City,
Capt. N. was a native of Virginia,
but came to Georgia when a young man, and served in this State, in the
defence of his Country in the late war with Britain; at the close of which
he located at Milledgeville, where he has since resided.
Capt. N. was noted for cander and
forthright deportment and was for many years entrusted by Executive appointment,
with the responsible office of Captain of the State House Guards, which
he filled with fidelity to the State and honor to himself. He has left
an only daughter and but few relations in this section of the Country.
He died, trusting in the atonement
of his Saviour. A FRIEND.
May 21, 1861
Southern Recorder
DIED, In this city on 15th inst. ANNIE
THOMAS, wife of William Gesner, and daughter of James Herty,
Esq.
Also, on 15th inst. Mr. JOHN HODGE, aged about 80 years. He was buried with Masonic honors.
Also on 19th inst. Mrs. MARY MCGRIFF, aged about 75 years.
May 21, 1861
Southern Recorder
Also, after a short illness, MRS.
SUSAN BIVINS, aged 81 years, widow of John Bivins, Senior.
She
was a native of South Carolina.
June 4, 1861
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On Wednesday morning, 29th inst., at Midway, by the Rev. Dr. Pratt, Mr. J. H. King and Miss Ellen W., daughter of B. P. Stubbs, Esq.
June 21, 1861
Southern Federal Union
~excerpt~Camp Jackson, A. June 6th, 1861. ..Baldwin Blues....death of our brother in arms, Private L. M. RESPESS who departed this life in the city of Portsmouth this morning... a member of this company.....
July 2, 1861
Southern Recorder
Died, at his residence in Scottsborough,
near Milledgeville, on the 17th inst.,
Col. FARISH CARTER, in the 81st year of his age. It is a somewhat remarkable
coincidence that he was ushered in and out of life amid the din of war
and all its dread incidents. His father, an Aid of Gen. Elijah Clark, had
fallen at the siege of Augusta, in September 1780, gallantly fighting for
the liberties of his county, and he was born the 23d of November thereafter.
Thus was he orphaned before his birth. While he was yet an infant, the
Tories made a devastating visit to the plantation of his widowed mother
appropriating to themselves its available proceeds and despoiling it of
what could be of no benefit to them. They took off all the servants except
two, whose advanced age rendered them incapable of valuable service. Being
thus compelled to abandon her house in South Carolina, his mother fled,
with other friends in the neighborhood, to Virginia. Unable in this exigency,
to take all of her five children, the infant was confided to the care of
the two aged servants who proved faithful to their trust. At the restoration
of peach, she again took possession of her plantation in Abbeville district,
and through intervention of her friends, her servants were returned to
her. To the subject of this notice she gave the best advantages of education
the country afforded. At the age of fifteen, however, preferring the active
life of the merchant to the sedentary one of the student, he left the excellent
school of the Rev. Hope Hull in Washington, for a situation with a mercantile
friend.
To his great penetration of character,
powerful energy, untiring perseverance and indomitable will united with
strict integrity, Col. C's great success in life was owing. One of his
truest and most prized enjoyments, was his ability to assist young men,
honestly and industriously struggling in the beginning of life; and he
often referred to their success as a source of gratification to him. In
his domestic relations he was much endeared to his family. The unexampled
devotion of his wife, children and servants during a protracted illness
showed their high estimate and proper appreciation of his kindness and
care.
About two years since he connected
himself with the Baptist Church and from that time, no company was so agreeable
to him and more desired that ministers of that and other denominations.
The loss of sight rendering him unable to read, one of his chief enjoyments
was to hear read by his pious and devoted wife the Bible and well written
sermons. But enough. Having lived to an age which few reach, he has paid
the debt of nature leaving his friends "not to sorrow as those without,
hope."
July 10, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
The Patriotic Ladies of Baldwin County.
A small company of ladies assembled at the Milledgeville Hotel, on the
4th instant, and celebrated that great holiday by making upwards of three
thousand cartridges for the Confederate army. This is practical and useful
patriotism.
September 21, 1861
Southern Federal Union
MARRIED, In Milledgeville on the 18th inst., by the Rev. C. W. Lane, Mr. JOHN WOOD to Miss MARY A. E. JOHNSON.
October
15, 1861
Southern Federal Union
Lieut.
Henry W. Trippe, son of John B. and L. F. Trippe of Milledgeville,
died Sept., 25, 1861 at Stribling Springs, Va., after a painful, lingering
illness, aged 24 years, 3 months, 19 days. He was a physician by profession,
having practiced at Fort Valley, Ga., until last March when he was commissioned
a Brevet 2d Lieut in the 1st, Regiment of Ga. Regulars, since when he has
been stationed at the Augusta Arsenal, Tybee Island and near Manassas Va.
He was promoted to a 2d Lieutenancy
and his relatives suppose that during his fatal illness, he was promoted
to a 1st. Lieutenancy. His last moments were cheered by the prescence of
his loving Mother and his Brother, but human affection nor professional
skill could withold him from the grasp of death and he is gone, another
martyr to the cause of civl liberty.
October 15, 1861
Southern Federal Union
Death of an old Citizen. We are pained to chronicle the death of our fellow-townsman, JAMES HERTY, Esq.,
who died at his residence in this city, on Friday last, after a protracted
illness. He was an old and highly respected citizen. His family have the
heartfelt sympathy of the whole community in their severe affliction. He
was buried on Saturday afternoon by the Masonic Fraternity.
October 22, 1861
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED, At her residence in
this county, on the 11th inst., of paralysis, MRS.
JANE BANKS, aged 74 years. Mrs. Banks was born in Maryland, A. D. 1787,
and removed with her parents whilst a child to Rowan county, North Carolina;
from thence she removed to Georgia, A. D. 1817. She connected herself with
the primitive Baptist Church in the year 1826...
October
22, 1861
Southern Federal Union
~excerpt~. CAMP JACKSON, VA., October 9,
1861...loss of one of its members in the demise of
private Walter B. Cushing, who died at the Naval Hospital, near Portsmouth,
Va., on Friday morning, the 4th inst., of typhoid fever, aged 17 years;
....
October 29, 1861
Southern Recorder
FAMILY GRAVE YARDS
The heart is softened and improved
by communion with the dead, and in no form is it more effective than by
visits to private burying grounds, where the sleepers repose among kindred,
from the grandsire to the tender infant. Our reflections purse this channel
at present, from a walk within the last few days, in company with an esteemed
friend, who kindly assisted in removing the leaves which had covered some
of the inscriptions, and who enable us to note such as appear below.
Within the grounds attached
to the mansion of Col. Miller Grieve in this city, we examined the
last resting place of FLEMING GRANTLAND, Esq.,, to whose tomb is
the following inscription:
Erected to the Memory of Fleming
Grantland, a native of Virginia, who died on the 28th of January 1819,
aged 29 years, leaving a disconsolate widow and three infant children.
Distinguished as the editor of a
popular journal, and as a Senator in the State Legislature, exemplary in
public and private life, possessing genius and enterprise, patriotism and
virtue, he terminated a short, brilliant career, admired, beloved and regretted.
On an adjoining marble slab was the
following memorial, which spoke the language of the heart:
Erected to the memory of Mrs.
Anne Grantland, the affectionate wife of Seaton Grantland, and
daughter of Col. Thomas Tinsley of Virginia. She died the 10th of
December 1823, in the 30th year of her age, leaving a bereaved husband
and three infant children. A devoted wife, a fond mother and kind mistress,
she had few equals, and no superior.
Within a few feet are
the remains of a sister of Col. Seaborn Jones, and also the sister
of Mrs. Fleming Grantland, the epitaph of whose husband has been
copied. On the marble is recorded the same ofMrs.
Sarah P. Williamson, wife of Dr. Charles Williamson,
who died September 2, 1816.
Passing to another small enclosure,
surrounded by a brick wall, about two hundred yards South of the State
Magazine, is the grave of George
R. Clayton, Esq., the faithful Treasurer of the State for about thirty
years. A small but very neat marble obelisk tells that Mr. Clayton died
on the 28th of October 1840, aged 60 years 10 months and 6 days.
Near his side, a marble slab tells that Elizabeth
Mildred, wife of George Rootes Clayton died the 7th September
1829, in the 46th year of her age calmly resigned to the will of God. Within
the enclosure is the grave of Mrs.
Lucinda Carey, who died September 12, 1823, aged 30 years, and
also the grave of Eliza Mildred,
daughter of Grimes and Mildred Ann Holcombe, who died August 20,
1829, aged 3 years and 3 months. A group of little graves,
over which there is a small obelisk, recording a sad story of bereavement: Charles
Augustin, born January 20, 1831, died Sept. 7, 1833;Leonora
Veleria, born Aug. 3, 1829, died Sept 10, 1833; Eliza
Mildred, born Aug. 22, 1832, died Oct. 6, 1833 - children of Philip
Augustin and Ann Clayton.
About three hundred
yards further South, is a brick enclosure, devoted to the Howard family.
- There is a stone vault, on the door of which is recorded, "In remembrance
of the interesting John
Howard Rutherford, born January 31, 1811, died Sept. 16, 1814."
A large slab also bears this inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Major
John Howard, born the 4th of October 1761, and died on the 12th April
1822, in the 61st year of his age. He was a plain man, of inflexible integrity,
who did equal justice to all people. He was revered by his friends, and
adored by his numerous family.
Within a short space,
his little grand daughter is thus commemorated:
Sacred to the memory
of Anna H. Williamson,
daughter of Charles and Anna V. Williamson-born Thursday 19th April
1821, an died Thursday 1st August 1822, after a short illness of croup,
aged 1 year 3 months and 13 days.
Like the dew of the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou art gone, and forever!
The father of the child rests
close by her side, under a very beautiful slab, supported by six finely
carved pillars, with an epitaph of some length, showing his character,
and also that Dr. Charles
Williamson died on the 16th of October 1828, aged 41 years. He was
Surgeon in the Creek war, and signed the Hospital report of the killed
and wounded at the battle of Calibbee in 1814.
November
5, 1861
Southern Federal Union
~excerpt~ Died at Manassas on the
17th of September 1861, WILLIAM
B. L. MORAN, second son of Mr. James Moran and Jane Moran, his
wife, in the 25th year of his age. Also, on the 9th of Oct., 1861, Mr. JESSE
MORAN, third son of the above named parents, in the 24th year of his
age.
The first of the above young men,
was a member of the Hancock Volunteers, of Col. Thomas's (15th) Regiment,
Georgia Volunteers in service of the Confederacy
Jesse Moran, the other brother above
named, was a member of the Baldwin Blues of Baldwin County, and of Col.
Dole's (4th) Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.
Thus, within a short interval
of twenty-two days, have both these young men, in the morning of their
life, and young manhood's vigour, rendered up their lives, on the altar
of their country's independence. Born and reared in the quiet walks and
retirement of a farmer's life, and a country's home - trained by the precepts,
and example of their parents, to habits of industry, frugality, sobriety
and virtue, they passed through, uninjured, all the peculiar temptations,
common to youth, and became highly respected by all who knew them, for
their many excellent moral qualities, and manly deportment. Long will their
death be lamented by their kindred and acquaintances, and by all who love
virtue, or admire and applaud true patriotism..........
November 26, 1861
Southern Recorder
DIED, In this city, on 25th inst., after
along illness Mrs. MARIA BEALL,
wife of Jeremiah Beall Esq., and daughter of the late Col. Thomas
Moughen. She was a lady of great piety and intelligence.
November 28, 1861
Macon Daily Telegraph
DIED, In Baldwin county, on the 22d inst.
of apoplexy, Thomas Morris, aged
thirty four years, a member of the M. E. Church, a good citizen and a worthy
man.
December 24, 1861
Southern Recorder
DIED, Near this city on the 10th inst., PAULINE
MILES, daughter of Lafeyette and Pauline V. Carrington. aged
4 years and 9 months.
December
24, 1861
Southern Recorder
DIED. In this city, on Sunday morning, the
23d inst., of Camp Fever, contracted while in the service in Western Virginia, George
Gilmer DeLaunay, aged 22 years, 5 months and 18 days.
December
24, 1861
Southern Recorder
DIED, at Camp of 10th Georgia Regiment,
near Young's Mills, Va., on the 17th of December,
CHARLES C. CUSHING, eldest son of I. T. Cushing, Esq., of Milledgeville,
Ga., He died of Typhoid fever after two weeks illness. he was aged 19 years,
9 months and 9 days. he held the position of Drum Major, and belonged to
the Pulaski Guards of Savannah, Ga. The letter from Lieut J M Millen
communicating
the sad intelligence to his father, paid a compliment to Charles as a soldier,
and spoke of him in terms of warm personal esteem. Friend Cushing has lost
two worthy sons, since the war began, and the community sympathize deeply
with him in his bereavement. Two such sons, is a sacrifice on his country's
altar, worth any patriot's heart. J. H. N.
December 24, 1861
Southern Recorder
~except~ Departed this life on the 29th
of November in the 39th year of her age, Mrs.
ADALINE C. VAUGHN wife of B. R. Vaughn...As a wife and mother
here life was eminently lovely....
January
7, 1862
Southern Recorder
Another Volunteer gone. DIED-At the residence
of his father, Capt. Jno. S. Stephens, his son, Isaac
B. Stephens, in the 19th year of his age. He volunteered his services
in the Baldwin Blues in July last, and joined his company at or near Norfolk,
Va., where he soon fell a victim to the prevailing disease of camp
life. He went to the Hospital, where he remained for 13 weeks. When he
got able he set out for home, but he was so feeble from a long journey
he relapsed and never left his room from the day he reached home.
February 4, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On Tuesday night, January 21st,
at the house of Mr. Daniel R. Tucker, near Milledgeville, by the
Rev. Dr. Talmage, Mr. GEORGE SIBLEY, of Augusta, Ga., to Miss
EMMA TUCKER, of the former place.
February 4, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 8th inst., by the
Rev. T. J. Adams of Linton, Hancock county, ROBT. R. GUNN, to Miss EMILY
E. DICKSON, daughter of Judge James Dickson of Baldwin County.
February 6, 1862
Daily Chronicle & Sentinel
DEATH OF AN EDITOR -
On the 24th of November Cosaim
Julian Barlett, Esq., died of consumption at San Bernadino, Cal., aged
34 years and 6 months. He was a native of Milledgeville, Georgia, but grew
to manhood in Florida. He was a member of the New Orleans bar prior to
removing to California, where he was connected with influential journals
as editor. In 1859-'60 he was again in New Orleans for some months, during
which time he was an editor of the Cresent.-Marrying in that city he returned
to California with his bridge, and at the time of his death was editor
and proprietor of the San Francisco Daily Bulletin. He was a high
toped and honorable gentleman of great ability, and of amiable and engaging
deportment.
February 18, 1862
Southern Recorder
DIED, In this city, on the 11th inst. HENRY
TRACY, about 65 years, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He taught
a classical school in Milledgeville several years, and was profoundly skilled
in the Latin and Greek languages. It is not known that he has any relatives
in America.
March 4, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, By Rev. H. J. Adams, at
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Milledgeville, on Sunday March 2d, Dr.
THOMAS F. GREEN and Miss MARTHA
H. CROWDER.
March 11, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Baldwin county, on the
2d inst., by Wm. A. Batson, Esq., Mr. WM. G. WOOD, of Jones county,
and Miss ELIZABETH PETTIGREW.
March 18, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Baldwin county, on the 2d inst.,
at the home of Benjamin Brooking, Esq., by Rev. S. C. Leonard,
JOSEPH J. SIMPSON and Mrs,
SARAH YOUNG, all of said county.
May 6, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Milledgeville, on Thursday morning,
May 1st., by Rev. Dr. Talmage, Mr. JOHN E. CULLINS of Washington
co., Geo. to Miss HORTENSIA
A. PAINE.
March 18, 1862
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED, In Baldwin county, on the
27th of February, 1862, of Typhoid Fever, Miss
LUCY R. BUTLER, aged 25 years.
April 7, 1862
Macon Telegraph
We regret to learn of the sudden death on
Friday night last of Col.
D. C. Campbell, Secretary of the Executive Department, at Milledgeville.
Peace to his ashes!
April 22, 1862
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~Died in this city, April 12, of consumption, JAMES W. DENTON, aged 35 years and 3 months.
May 13, 1862
Southern Recorder
TWO MEN KILLED. In a rencounter at Treanor's Mill, on Town creek, in the county, on Saturday last between Jesse Balcom, W. J. Evans, and John Lahee, the latter and Balcom were killed.
The Coroner's report was, we learn, that Lahee came to his death by accident, and that Evans killed Balcom.
May 20, 1862
Southern Federal Union
~excerpt~ Died, at home, near
Milledgeville, Ga., on Friday evening, 18th of April, 1862, MRS.
TEMPERANCE MORAN, wife of Mr. William Moran, in the 63d year
of her age, from cancer of the breast. For more than three years was she
afflicted by that painful malady. ....sister-in-law, Mrs. Jane Moran...consistence
member..of the Baptist church, at Mount Olive, in Baldwin county, having
received Baptism at that church by the ministration of the Rev. James
Barnes, upwards of thirty years ago..A Friend.
June 3, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 19th instant,
in this city, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. S. E.
Brooks, Mr. JOHN C. JUDSON, of Macon, Ga., and MissEMMA
S. HAYGOOD, of this city.
June 3, 1862
Southern Recorder
Died, suddenly in this place, on 12th instant, Mrs.
FRANCES C. CROMWELL, wife of Mr. N. Cromwell, in the 43d year
of her age.
She was a faithful wife and devoted
mother. Though her last, short painful illness prevented her from giving
evidence on this point, her life finished a surer ground for
hope that she is now where "all tears are wiped away from all eyes," than
any dying expressions merely, could.
~Excerpt~ It becomes my painful
duty to record the death of Mr.
C. C. CARR of this city, who departed this life after a short, but
violent illness, on the 7th day of May, 1862.
June
17, 1862
Southern Recorder
Died, in this city, on Saturday evening
last, after a few days illness, Capt.
ELISHA CAIN, in the 34th year of his age. Capt. C. was taken sick here
while on his way to join his company in Macon, the Turner Volunteers, (Hancock
co.) where the regiment was yesterday to be organized. He was Captain of
the first company that was raised in the commencement of the war in that
county, but from infirm health was compelled to resign his command. Under
a patriotic desire to serve his country, he lately raised another fine
company, suffering, unfortunately, his patriotism to overcome his physical
ability to undergo the hardships of camp life-having only been in camp
a few weeks, he has fallen a victim to his noble impulses.
A lawyer by profession, Capt. C.
has for years past occupied a prominent position at the bar, and his numerous
friends will mourn his untimely death.
July 1, 1862
Southern Federal Union
~excerpt~ DIED, In this city, on 26th inst,
MissEMMA CRAWFORD, aged
16 years, daughter of Col. N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State.
July 15, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the 6th
inst., by the Rev. S. E. Brooks, Mr. PLEASANT HEMPHILL to MissNARCISSA
DEAN.
In this city, on the morning of the
6th inst., by Rev. H. J. Adams, Dr. H. A. BARNWELL to Miss GEORGIA
H. CANDLER.
July
29, 1862
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, near Richmond, Va.,
on the 6th inst., of a wound received in the battle of June 20th, WM.
A. FAIR, son
of Peter Fair, Esq., of this city,
in the 22d year of his age.
The deceased was a Sergeant in Capt.
Conn's company, which left Milledgeville in March. His career as a soldier
was short but honorable, and it was ended abruptly, but gloriously, by
giving his life for his country. He leaves parents, a wife, sister, three
brothers in the service, and other relatives. to deplore his early death.
August
5, 1862
Southern Federal Union
Another Patriot Gone. Capt. Chas.
A Conn in a letter to Mr. Joseph Etheredge of this county, thus
speaks of the death of young Etheredge, who fell in the fight before Richmond:
"Your son Oliver
rendered
his country good service; ready at any time to perform the duties required
of him, of a genial disposition, he won the esteem of his officers and
the company. He was not inclined to be wicked. I never knew him to use
a profane word since I've known him. He died bravely defending the capital
of his county. His name will live through ages."
August
5, 1862
Southern Recorder
EDWIN
FRANCIS JEMISON, a member of the 2d Regiment Louisiana Volunteers,
fell in the battle of Malvern Hill, on the 1st July, 1862, aged seventeen
years and seven months.
He was brave and honorable.
In the first call for volunteers to defend our rights his noble and enthusiastic
spirit was one of the first to respond; and nobly did he, although but
a child in years, sustain himself in the front rank of the soldier and
gentleman until the moment of his death. Bounding forward at the order
“Charge!” he was stricken down in the front rank, and without a struggle
yielded up his young life.
He was early dedicated by a loving,
Christian mother, in baptism to God. May he who maketh wars to cease, comfort
the sorrowing parents whose boy lies, buried by loving hands, on the battlefield
near Richmond.
DIED, in this city, on 27th inst., Mr.BENJAMIN B. OVERMAN, aged 40 years, from diseases produced in the army in Virginia. He was a member of the "Baldwin Volunteers."
August 19, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED. On the 10th instant, at the residence
of the bride's father, by H. W. Jones, Esq., Mr. GEO. W. BLEDSOE,
of Milledgeville, Georgia, and Miss
LIZZIE SEALS, daughter of W. F. and Elizabeth Seals, of Burke
county, Georgia.
August
19, 1862
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, James
P. Rose, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Rose, of Milledgeville, aged
36 years. The deceased was on a visit to his relatives in Texas and Louisiana,
at the commencement of the war, when he promptly volunteered and joined
Capt. Wise's company of the First Louisiana Regiment, a regiment made glorious
by its gallantry and desperate fighting.
On the eve of battle their war was,
"That demon, Butler, and Louisiana." The deceased was first attacked with
dysentery, and afterwards with camp or typhoid fever. He was sick in Richmond,
Va., three weeks, where he was carefully nursed by an affectionate brother
and nephew at a private house. As soon as he thought he was able to make
the trip home, he procured a furlough, which relects honor upon him as
a soldier, and left for Georgia, the place of his birth, but soon discovered
the fatigue of the trip was too much for his feeble frame. He pressed forward.
however. and reached home greatly exhausted, where he lingered for then
days, surrounded by his mother and other relatives and friends, who administered
to his every want, and who procured the best medical skill; but it was
decreed by Him who controls the destinies of nations and of men, that he
must die-and his spirit took its flight, I trust, to a better and a happier
world, on Friday August 8th, at 11 o'clock, A.M.
August 19, 1862
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ MRS.
SARAH C. PATTERSON, consort of Archibald J. Patterson, daughter
of Claibron and Sarah Buckner, was born in Baldwin county, Ga.,
October 20th, 1839, an died of typhoid fever, at her father's residence,
near Tallassee, Ala., June 29th, 1862. Sister P. joined the M. E. Church,
South, in 1860, of which she remained a faithful member until her death.
She was a obedient daughter, and affectionate wife, a fond mother, a loving
siser, and a kind mistress; and the language of her neighbors is, "She
was one of the best women I ever saw." "A good name is rather to be chosen
that many riches." She (having two sisters gone before) leaves a father
and mother in their old age; a companon, now in the Confederate arm, a
sweet little daughter (of one summer) in the care of her parents, two sisters,
and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss...B. F. Blow.
September 9, 1862
Southern Federal Union
MARRIED, In this city on Sunday 7th inst.,
at the Presbyterian Church, by Rev. C. W. Lane, Maj. STEPHEN F. MILLER,
Associate Editor of the Southern Recorder, and Miss JANE
WINDSOR, of Charleston.
September
9, 1862
Southern Recorder
Died, near Richmond, Va., on the
1st of July, of pneumonia, HENRY
SANFORD, son of Joseph K. Sanford, of Baldwin county, in the
18th year of his age - a member of the Putnam Volunteers.
Died, at Richmond, Va., on the 26th
of July, from a wound received in the battle of 1st July, WILLIAM
BRADFORD PROSSER, son of William Prosser, deceased, and Eliza
L. Prosser of Baldwin county-aged 25 years, 3 months and 13 days. He
belonged to the 2d Louisiana Regiment.
September 16, 1862
Southern Recorder
Died, at Midway, September 9th, EUGENE
L. NICHOLS, son of James H. and Kate L. Nichols, aged
one year.
September 16, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Baldwin county, on 11th, ult.
by the Rev. J. H. Cauley, JOHN CHAMPION, Esq., of Greene county,
to Miss EMMA S., daughter of John
Respass Esq.
September 30, 1862
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Little ANNA,
daughter of Rev. George and Elizabeth Macaulay, died in this city
after a brief illness, on 12th inst., 5½ years of age.
October
20, 1862
Macon Telegraph
REPORTED DEATH OF A GEORGIA. We make the
following extract from a letter received by us yesterday from a correspondent
at Winchester:
"A member of the Fourth Georgia
told one of my company that private Meminger
Campbell, son of the late Col. D. C. Campbell, of Milledgeville,
and brother of my Captain, was killed at Sharpsburg. He was the youngest
son of his bereaved widowed mother. This sad. intelligence will cast a
deep gloom over that affectionate family, with whom Mem. was a favorite.
"thus has fallen another noble
youth-a holocaust of liberty-a sacrifice to the mad passions of a heartless
invader, a fanatical people!" Sav. Republican.
October 21, 1862
Southern Recorder
Died in this city on 14th, inst.
of Typhoid Fever Mrs.
Catharine, wife of Mr. Enoch Renfroe.
~excerpt~ Died on Wednesday morning
15th inst., MARION GRIEVE
daughter of Dr. S. G. & Carrie B. White, aged 3 years &
10 months.
October 28, 1862
Southrn Recorder
MARRIED, on 3th ult., by Rev. H. J. Adams,
JOHN H. GILMORE, Esq., of Washington county, and Miss LAURA
C., daughter of the late Harper Tucker.
November 4, 1862
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, At the residence of Jacob Gans,
in this city, on Wednesday, 29th ult., by Rev. J. Rosenfelt of Savannah,
Mr. ASHER LEVY of Madison, Ga., to Miss ADA
B. DEYOUNG of this city.
November 11, 1862
Confederate Union
JAMES
F. ELLINGTON, died in this city on the 27th of October, of pulmonary
disease. He was a member of the Baldwin Blues, and had been in service
more than a year, when he was so enfeebled by disease as to be compelled
to ask for a discharge, which he obtained. His fellow soldiers say that
he was a true soldier, ever at his post, and ever willing to do his duty,
so long as he was physically able to discharge it. He was a soldier of
three wars. He served in the Mexican war, and saw much hard service, though
engaged in no battle. He was with General Walker in his Nicaraguan Revolution,
and while there, no doubt from hardship and exposure, prepared his constitution
for the inroads of that subtle disease which terminated his life. He was
a printer by profession and one of the thousands of that class who leave
the case to shoulder a musket, when ever the country calls. Like all other
men he had some faults; but withal he was an honest and peaceable man.
"After life's' fitful fever he sleeps well."
November 12, 1862
Daily Chronicle & Sentinel
There was a most delightful
concert given here last night at Newell's Hall, by the little misses and
young ladies of Milledgeville, assisted by Col. Lowe and the renowned
Barnes
of
Atlanta. It was a most complete success, given in aid of our soldiers,
and the house was jammed-the net proceeds near $200-eleven young ladies,
representing the eleven Confederate States, appropriately dressed and bearing
in their hands the staples of the States - cotton, rice, sugar cane, tobacco,
grains and a tar bucket-sang with great effect The Southern Wagons
and
produced altogether the most pleasing effect I ever witnessed. Barnes and
his favorite "Root Hog or Die" in first-rate style, and a more pleasant
entertainment was seldom or ever enjoyed in this metropolis. A young lady-quite
young, not more that twelve or fourteen years of age I should think - a
daughter of Major H. J. G. Williams Secretary of the Executive
Department, gave evidence of a power, compass and tone, which with cultivation
might make her a most charming Prima Donna some day.
December
9, 1862
Southern Recorder
Died, in Virginia, October 31st,
1862, SAREPTA BALDWIN
PROSSER, aged 20 years, son of William Prosser, deceased, and
Eliza
L. Prosser. He was a member of the "Baldwin Volunteers," 9th Georgia
Regiment.
December 23, 1862
Confederate Union
MARRIED, On the 18th inst., at the Milledgeville
Hotel, by Rev. A. Van Hoose, Mr. J. C. KING and Miss SALLIE
JONES, all of Griffin, Ga.
OBITUARY. ~excerpt~ Died suddenly
on the 12th inst., at his residence near this place, Mr. WILLIAM
SANFORD, in the 86th year of his age.
1863
February 3, 1863
Southern Recorder
DIED. In Baldwin County, Ga., on the
16th of January 1863, and in the 56th year of his age, Mr.JOHN
E. CHAMBERS, after an illness of eleven days. He died as he lived,
firm, honest and beloved. He leaves a wife and eight children besides many
other friends and relatives who mourn his loss. E.C.
February 17, 1863
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Miss
SALLIE HACKETT NEWELL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Newell of
this city, died of typhoid fever after a protracted illness of eleven weeks,
on the 22d year of he age.....
March 10, 1863
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 2d March,
1863, in Milledgeville, by Rev. S. E. Brooks, Mr. BENJAMIN F.
DENTON, and Miss SARAH E
HAWKINS, both of this city.
In Hancock county, on
1st inst., by Rev. F. L. Brantly, M. A. BARNES, Esq., of Baldwin
county, to Miss M. L. BUTTS.
~excerpt~Died, at the
residence of his mother in Scottsboro', February 1st, BENJAMIN
F. PALMER, aged nearly 20 years.
He left his home in April,
'61, at the call of patriotism, and went forth a volunteer in the Baldwin
Blues to the defence of his country. After a long absence of 21 months,
during which time he showed himself to be a faithful and gallant soldier,
and bore himself bravely in all the battles in which his regiment, the
4th Georgia, was engaged; he returned to his home on a brief furlough,
apparently in perfect health. Within a day or two, a violent attack of
pneumonia prostrated him, and in a few days more, he died......
April 10, 1863
Chronicle & Sentinel
Milledgeville, April 8
The weather is
delightful and vegetation is coming forward rapidly.
The gay belle and
beaux of the metropolis had another cotillion party at the Milledgeville
Hotel last night, which was quiet numerously attended.
Col. Huson continues
to make his house attractive and his guests comfortable. It is rumored
that he designs giving up the house, and returning to his plantation on
the Etowah. It is to be hoped that something may turn up to reverse this
decision.
April 28, 1863
Southern Recorder
On Monday morning Coroner
Johnson held an inquest over the body of Nicholas
Treanor, a lad about eight years of age, who was accidentally drowned
at his father's mill near this city, on Sabbath afternoon. The verdict
of the jury was that the youth came to his death by accident.
May
26, 1863
Southern Recorder
Died, at his father's residence in
Baldwin county, on the 16th inst.,
GEORGE W. BROOKINS, in the 17th year of his age. He was a member of
the 57th Reg't Georgia Volunteers. He left his regment at Vicksburg, Miss.,
on a furlough, in feeble health, to returned to his family and friends.
He lived but a few days after reaching home. He was a dutiful son, an affectionate
brother, a good soldier and a true patriot. His early departure was an
afflictive dispensation to his family and friends, but it was a consolation
to them to see him in his last hours calm, peaceful and happy.,
June 16, 1863
Southern Recorder
Died, at Midway, on Sunday morning last,REBECCA,
wife of Dr. Thomas B. Lamar.
July 14, 1863
Confederate Union
Married, In this city, on the 5th inst.,
by Rev. S. E. Brooks, Mr. AUGUSTUS H. THOMPSON and Miss MARY
BAUCAM.
August 4, 1863
Confederate Union
~excerpt~ DIED. In Baldwin county Georgia
July 9, 1863, MISS EMMA S.
BROWN, in the fourteenth year of her age. She died from the subsequent
effects of scarlet fever - the disease falling upon the brain (during her
convalescense) and producing delium and sudden death...E. P. Birch
August 6, 1863
Chronicle & Sentinel
Henry Stevens mill, on the Milledgeville
and Gordon railroad was destroyed by fire on Saturday. A large amount of
wheat and corn were destroyed. The fire was the result of accident __.
We do not know what the loss is to __, but it must be very heavy.
September 15, 1863
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on Sunday evening,
by the Rev. F. L. Brantly, Mr. GEORGE W. HAAS, and Miss KITTIE
J. WHIDDON.
September 22, 1863
Confederate Unionn
MARRIED, At Midway, on the 15th inst., by
Rev.
Dr. Talmadge, Lieut. E. P. Cater, 1st S.C. Reg't Sharp Shooters,
to Miss
SALLIE
E. WRIGHT, of Midway.
At Midway, on the 16th inst., by
Rev.
C. W. Lane, Mr. R. L. Smythe to Miss MARY
E. SCUDDER.
September
22, 1863
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~A Tribute to the Memory ofWm.
E. Hanna.
I have received the sad intelligence
of the death of this noble young man, my brother and companion in arms,
and feel it to be my duty to inscribe a few lines to his memory.
He died in the 20th year of his age,
on the 18th day of July, in the city of New York, from a wound received
in a skirmish at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., on the 2d of July. He
was left in the hands of the enemy when the army retired, and was carried
to New York where he found a grave. The sad news was brought to his mother
and sister by a letter from a member of the 45th Ga. Regt., who was also
taken prisoner at the time he was, and who waited upon him in his dying
moments. His dying request was, "write to my mother and sister, tell them
I die the death of a christian, and death I do not fear, but feel perfectly
resigned to the will of God." What consoling words these must have been
to their bereaved hearts! Though he died far away from home and friends
he died the death of a christian and was decently buried. Eddie
was a dear friend of mine, and the news of his death overwhelmed me with
grief almost as though he had been my own brother. For more that two years
before the war he was my daily companion, and our love for each other became
almost unsurpassable. He was a devoted christian, having joined the M.
E. Church in the 13th year of his age, and from his orderly walk and christian
character gained the love and admiration of all who knew him.
He enter the service in the early
part of the war as a Sergeant in Capt. W. D. Wood's company from Hawkinsville,
Ga. He was a brave and faithful soldier participating in all the battles
with which the Regiment was engaged previous to the time he was transferred
to the 45th Ga. He received a wound in the foot in the first battle of
Fredericksburg, and was sent to a hospital where he soon recovered sufficiently
to return to his Regiment. After the Chancellorville fight he was transferred
to the 45th Ga. Regt., Capt C. A. Conn's company from Milledgeville, Ga.,
the home of his childhood, and where his mother and sister now reside.
Though he was with us but a
short time before he received his death wound, he won for himself the love
of all his companions, and when the sad news that Eddie was dead, was announced
to his comrades, each heart was filled with sadness, and tears were seen
to glisten in the eyes of the harvest. His father died when he was quite
young, but he was raised by a pious mother, and was all that her heart
could wish him to be. The love and pride of his mother, the idol of his
sister, it was a severe blow to them to learn that he was dead. May God
sanctify the affliction to the good of their bereaved hearts.......
September 29, 1863
Southern Recorder
MILLEDEVILLE
HOSPITALS
The ladies have gone to work with
their usual energy and success, and have made arrangements to accomodate
a large number of wounded soldiers, from the late battle fields in Georgia,
and on the Tennessee line. They have dispatched an Agent to confer with
the chief Surgeon, and to state their preparations. We understand that
Newell's Hall, the large Armory Room, belonging to the estate of Dr. Fort,
the rooms above Wright & Brown's Store, and also the Male and Female
Academies, have been secured as Hospitals. The use of other buildings will
be obtained, if necessary. Committees have gone forth on their errands
of love, and have received, and will, as necessity may require, continue
to receive, from families and the citizens generally, whatever may be required
for the comfort of the wounded defenders of our State. In addition to what
may be contributed privately, Messrs. Waitzfelder & Co. have agreed
to manufacture cloth ofr matresses at less than the usual price, Messrs.
Wright & Brown, will furnish cotton at cost, and Col. Green, Keeper
of the Penitentiary will have the matresses made with all possible expedition.
All this savors of the right spirit. May Heaven bless the Ladies for their
patriotic enterprise.
We take great pleasure in stating,
that the Grand Jury last week, when the subject was proposed to them, subscribed
more that $2,000 to assist the Hospitals, and to encourage the fair patrons
who devote themselves to the good work in this city. Their example we trust,
will have a salutary influence in stimulatng other communities in the same
direction. We are gratified to learn that most of the towns on the Rail
Roads, are inviting their share of the wounded.
October 6, 1863
Southern Recorder
DIED In this city, on the 2d inst. MARTHA,
aged one year, infant daughter of Dr. T. Hartley Hall.
October
20, 1863
Confederate Union
Died suddenly, and almost alone in
the night, in hospital at Rome, Ga. on 11th ist.
Sergeant NEWTON J. ROGERS, of Town Creek, Baldwin County, of Capt.
Dole's Co., State Guard, aged 36 years leaving a wife and five chidren,
in whose sorrows a large circle of friends join to sympathize. Though not
yet a church-member Mr. Rogers' life and confidential conversation furnish
every requisite proof that he was a christian; and he has, doubtless, gone
to enjoy in a happier world the realty of a christian's hopes. In life
he had no enemies, but lived and died in peace, beloved of all who knew
him leaving his county to mourn the loss of a good citizen. A FRIEND. October
17, 1863.
Milledgeville, Dec. 11, 1863
Chronicle & Sentinel
Captain
T. G. Raven
died at the Milledgeville Hotel, of pneumonia, on Wednesday.
He was an Englishman by birth, a man of military education, and he rendered
the State valuable service as an Engineer. He married an accomplished Charleston
lady, who was with him at the time of his death, and whose inconsolable
grief has elicited the liveliest sympathy. The General Assembly adopted
the following to the memory of this gallant young officer:
Information
has been received that Captain T.G. Raven departed this life on the 10th
instant, whilst on a visit at Milledgeville, connected with his duties.
The facts, full authenticated, connected with the brief and honorable career
of the deceased, merit from the State an earnest tribute to his memory.
Capt. Raven was
born in England, and was a graduate of the Military College at Addescows.
Emigrating to America, he was married to a lady in Charleston, where he
embarked and was engaged in commercial pursuits at the beginning of the
war. Without a formal transfer of allegiance, he generously espoused the
cause of the South, and has with unremitting industry and devotion given
to her the benefit of his labors and scientific training. He did creditable
service in South Carolina, but learning the great need of Engineers in
Georgia, tendered his services to the authorities of this State as one
of the Volunteer Staff of the Adjutant General.
In the capacity
of Engineer, he has by his skill, energy and fidelity, secured honorable
mention in the last report of that officer. He has been suddenly stricken
down by disease contracted in the service of the State, in the very flush
of his early manhood. It is for his family and friends to cherish
the remembrance of his private virtues, whilst the State reverently pause
to make record of his disinterested zeal and active labors in her behalf
in view of the foregoing.
Resolved, by the
General Assembly of Georgia, That we have learned with unfeigned regret,
of the death of Capt. T. G. Raven, and gratefully recognize his active
and intelligent labors so unselfishly bestowed for the defense of the State,
Resolved, That,
we tender our sincere condolence to the friends and family of the deceased;
and request that a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions accompanying
be sent by the Governor to his bereaved widow.
Resolved, That
in further evidence of our respect for the memory of the deceased, the
General Assembly will adjourn this day at 12 o'clock, to attend his funeral
from the Episcopal Church.
May 10, 1864
Confederate Union
MARRIED, in this city, on the 3d inst.,
by Rev. Cameron F. McRae, Mr. AUGUSTUS MERRITT of Griffin,
and Miss SARAH A..
daughter of Wm. B. Tinsley, Esq., of Savannah, Ga.
May
31, 1864
Confederate Union
~excerpt~..etracts from several private
letters from his bother who is a member of the Baldwin Blues, 4th Ga. Regt.
Wilderness May 6th, 1864........Eugene
Hawkins was killed, shot through the heart....We are all very much
distressed at the death of Eugene Hawkins. He was on Gen. Doles staff.-
During the fight yesterday a Virginia Brigade on Doles' right gave way,
and out Brigade was immediately flanked, by a large force of the enemy,
and exposed to an enfilading fire. They were ordered to fall back, which
they did in good order, about four or five hundred yards. A new line was
formed and Capt. Hawkins had just given the order to charge, when
he fell dead-never spoke...Capt. H. is buried in a Church yard near
our camp-grave appropriately marked.....
June 4, 1864
Southern Recorder.
MARRIED, In this city, on 1st inst., by
Rev.
Wm. Flinn.. Lieut. WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS, of the first Georgia
Regulars, and Miss BESSIE,
daughter of
Col. Miller Grieve.
July 19, 1864
Confederate Union
Married, In this city on the 10th inst.,
by P. Fair, J. I. C., THOMAS TURK, Esq'r. to Miss
SARAH PSALMONDS.
August 9, 1864
Southern Recorder
BROWN
HOSPITAL
Several weeks ago we noticed the
removal, from Atlanta to Milledgeville, of the Hospital for the Militia
called into service by Gov. Brown. - The following gentlemen constitute
its organization:
Dr. Robert J. Massey, Surgeon in charge.
Dr. Wm. C. Musgrove, Consulting Surgeon
Ward No. 1. Dr. C. W. Stegall, Surgeon in
charge, Dr. J. T. Sego, Assistant Surgeon.
Ward No. 2, Dr. W J. Green, Surgeon in charge;
Dr. C. W. Duggan, Assistant Surgeon.
Ward No. 3. Dr. A. A. Jernigan, Surgeon
in charge; Dr. W. L. Alfriend, Assistant Surgeon.
Ward No. 4. Dr. O. Pinkerton, Surgeon in
charge; Dr. G. M. Clements, Assistant Surgeon.
Ward No. 5. Dr. M. Bishop, Surgeon in charge.
The buildings at present occupied
for Hospital purposes are the Male and Female Academies. A large number
of new and substantial Tents have been erected under the trees in the yard,
and also on the old court House square, which have the appearance of comfort
to the inmates.
Those in charge of Hospital's estimate
them in a good condition when not more than four per cent of the patients
is lost; but this Hospital has not lost more than one per cent. The capacity
of the Hospital is five hundred, and the following are the deaths for the
last month:
J. R. Ellis, Co. B., 2d Batt.
- Rubeola.
J. M. Winn, Co. F. 2d Regt.
- Typhoid fever.
We have observed, with great pleasure,
that the Ladies are assiduous in their daily attentions to the sick and
wounded soldiers, and have greatly aided the Surgeon in charge in providing
every necessary and available comfort. Such kindness and sympathy not only
relieve the sufferings of the soldier who has become and invalid by exposure
for his country, but his spirit is refreshed, and his patriotism burns
more brightly when he sees gentle fair ones ministering to his wants. The
ladies of Milledgeville are entitled to grateful remembrance for their
successful exertions in the noble work to which they have devoted their
energies from the commencement of the war to the present time, - the welfare
and happiness of our brave soldiers.
August 23, 1864
Southern Recorder
Local Activity. The removal of the
Brown Hospital, with its several hundred inmates, and the presence of Col.
Lee's military command for the protection of the Capital, give an air of
activity and bustle to which our city is not accustomed in the recess of
the Legislature.
. The Hospital has been enlarged by the
occupancy of Newell's Hall, Armory Hall, and buildings once known as the
Huson Hotel. Most of the officers have taken rooms for business and lodging
at McComb's Hotel. The Quartermaster and Commissary have their departments
to suit their convenience, and do a good deal of drayage in their line,
which adds to the business features of the city. Thus do we experience
war at a distance.
September
6, 1864
Confederate Union
List of persons who have died at "Brown
Hospital" since its establishment, to 1st of Sept., inclusive.
Marion Atkerson, August 23
N. B. Bates, July 6
Jas T. Buckner, August 31
E. M. Clark, Sept. 1
Elisha B. Cape, August 29
Ringold Commander, August 5
Wm Fussell, August 29
Wm Gaff, June 19
Wm Grogan, June 22
J. M. Green, August 30
J. M. Hutcherson, August 24
Jno M. Jones, June 22
T. Judge, August 24
A. A. Lanford, July7
J. N. Meadows, July 28
Jno. McLeod, August 27
Jno W. Robinson, June 28
Owen Ramsey, August 16
Aaron Rogers, August 22
Green B. Turner, August 18
Reddick Thornton, August 27
J. A. Vaughn, June 26
J. M. Winn, August 2
S. R. Walker, August 6
Mordecai W. Wood,August 23
Deaths occurred since July 9th, took
place since the removal of the Hospital from Atlanta to this city.
The whole number of patients admitted
into Brown Hospital since June 13th, when it was opened, is 1,433.
September
13, 1864
Southern Recorder
~excerpt (addition to list above) died to
10th of September
Wm. Tapley, September 3
Huh Capnell, September 6
Wm. E. Joyner, September 7
Willis Harrell, September 7
James J. Wren, September 8
Roland Mercer, September 10
The whole number of patients admitted
into Brown Hospital since June 13th, when it was opened, is 1,619.
October 24, 1864
Chronicle and Sentinel
A MAGISTRATE SHOT- William
Boston (Batson), a Magistrate in the Scottsboro' district, Baldwin
co. who having refused to go into the military service, says the Milledgeville
Recorder, was shot last week by the arresting officer and died on Sunday
last.
Bisdon (Risdon)
Collins was also shot by the arresting
officer we learn, on Sunday last, and has died. He was, we are informed,
a deserter.
December 6, 1864
Confederate Union
Captured. Capt. Sam McComb, Lieut. Joe
Beall, Adolphus McComb, Gus Cone, and Theodore Sanford were
captured near this place, by some of Sherman's forces. Messrs Beall
andA.
McComb escaped at No. 14, C. R. R. on Tuesday last, and arrived here
safe on Friday last. Capt. Sam McComb was still a prisoner when
they left. They also state that Hon. Thos. F. Wells, our immediate
State Senator, was a prisoner, in the enemy's hands. We sincerely trust
that they may be soon released from durany vile.
December 6, 1864
Chronicle and Sentinel
Letter from Milledgeville, Milledgeville,
Nov. 27, 1864, Editor Macon Telegraph:
Sir:- for public information we drop you
a line or two from this point that it may be known what the Federal army
has done in passing through this place. The first appearance of Sherman's
cavalry in our city was on the 20th; but not more than twenty men first
making their appearance. They lingered on the outskirts of the town, cut
the telegraph wires, and after inquiring if any of Wheeler's men were here,
and being answered in the negative, advanced through the streets with cocked
pistols and carbines, seizing horses and exciting no little consternation
and alarm. By Monday afternoon Slocum's corps began to come in by way of
Social Circle, Madison and Eatonton, and the other division under him by
way of Monticello. Sherman's forces came in by the way of Clinton, on Tuesday
and Wednesday. The columns visiting Milledgeville composed the 14th and
20th corps, and it is thought numbered some twenty thousand muskets, with
corresponding artillery and several thousand wagons. These wagons were
mostly loaded with provisions, the army subsisting on what they found on
their way in the country.
The spread desolation
broadcast-taking everything in their way. In the breadth of about twenty
miles. Corn, fodder, meal, flour, horses. mules, hogs, cattle, sheep, poultry
of every description, servants that could be enticed and forced off, and
these in great numbers. The last of the army left on Friday forenoon,
destroying in its rear the bridge over the Oconee, at this place, having
previously burnt the Arsenal with three thousand stand of arms in it, blew
up the Magazine, and burnt the Railroad Depot. The Penitentiary was burnt
by some of the convicts, said to the women. The Railroad has been destroyed
for about two and a half miles from this towards Gordon and for about four
miles from Gordon in that direction.
We are informed that the road between
this and Eatonton was undisturbed, except the bridge across Little river,
which was burned with the depot at Eatonton. The State House, the Executive
Mansion, the Factory and the Asylum are left standing, though all bu the
latter dismantled. The Churches were entered and materially damaged. The
only private residences burnt were those of John Jones's State Treasurer,
and Mr. Gibbs,
formerly
Colonel Campbell's. This was done,
it is said by a mob of the soldiers, because he was a South Carolina. All
his household furniture was burnt, and his silver were taken to the amount
of about twenty thousand dollars. The city being one vast camp, fences
became their fuel, gardens and private yards became highways for horses
and men; hence, our city now presents a forlorn appearance.
The materials of the Southern Recorder
and Confederate Union were successfully concealed in the country, but some
time must elapse before the offices can be again put in operation. We have
now no mail facilities except by courtiers to your city.
As your city has been spared,
we hope some method may be adopted by which the distressed with us may
be supplied with provisions, as the community are left without food or
means of transportation.
We need not undertake to describe
the scenes of the past week. God grant they never be repeated.
R. M. ORME, Sen.
N.B. We hear of a great many private dwellings,
gin houses, and much cotton being burnt by the enemy on their different
routes; some within sight. Also, that several private citizens were shot.
It is, however due to the Federals to say that they respected families
in our city, within doors, but at the same time robbed the of all without.
In the country, families were frequently ill-treated, and their houses
also sacked.
I omitted to state, in
the proper place that the State House and Executive mansion were after
consultation on the part of Sherman and other Generals, left standing on
the ground that Georgia, within six months, would be again a part of the
United States through that action. A staff officer repeatedly asserted
that they knew the State would go back. We believe they are mistaken, for
judging of the effect of their vandalism on Milledgeville, we believe the
State will be a unit, as we are, in increased hatred of them. Loss of property
has only united us more closely in determined resistance, even to death.
May 2, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, By the Rev. S. E. Brooks,
at the residence of the bride's father in Milledgeville, on hte 19th day
of April, 1865,
Capt. J. M. SMITH of Laurens county,
Ga., to Miss HENRIETTA J.,
daughter of Maj. H. J. G. Williams.
May 16, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the night of the 10th inst.,
at the residence of Mrs. Griffin, in this city by the Hon. B.
B, DeGraffenried, Mr. HENRY T. BROOKINS and
Mrs.
NANCY TAYLOR.
May 30, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 22d inst., at the house
of the bride's father, near Milledgeville, by Rev. Wm. Flinn, Capt.
HOWELL COBB of Athens, Ga., to Miss
MARY, daughter of William McKinley, Esq.
DIED, In this city, on the 25th inst., Mrs. JULIA ROBINSON, wife of Wm. G. Robinson, in the 41st year of her age, leaving an interesting family of children and many friends to emulate her christian example and cherish her memory.
July 12, 1865
The Macon Daily Telegraph
We learn from the Federal Union
that Robert
Micklejohn,
one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of the residents
of Milledgeville, died in that city on the 2d inst.
September 5, 1865
Federal Union
~excerpt~ Death of Rev. Samuel K. Talmage,
D.D.
Truly a great man has fallen
in Israel. Dr. Samuel
K. Talmage died at Midway, on Saturday morning Sept. 2nd 1865, aged
about 70 years. He had been in feeble health, for some time, but his death
was sudden and unexpected.
September 26, 1865
Southern Recorder
DIED, At Scottsboro' on the morning of the
5th inst. MRS. ELIZABETH
UNDERWOOD, aged 83 years, 2 months and 24 days. "Sweet is the memory
of the just."
October 25, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the 18th inst.
by Rev. George W. Yarbrough, Mr. GEORGE W. CARAKER to Miss
SUSIE A. FERREL, both of this city.
October 31, 1865
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, in this county, on the 23d
instant, in the 25th year of her age, of a violent yet short illness of
a congestive nature, which lasted only eight days,
Mrs. MARY E., wife of Mr. John R. Strother, and daughter of
Sylvanus
and Elizabeth Prince.
November 4, 1865
Macon Weekly Telegraph
DEATH OF COL.
HINES HOLT. We are pained to chronicle
the decease of this distinguished gentleman, who breathed his last yesterday
afternoon, at Milledgeville about three o'clock He was one of the
delegates to the State convention from Muscogee county, and was suddenly
taken with an attack of paralysis while sitting in his chair in the capitol,
on the 1st inst., from the effects of which he died. Col. Holt was a lawyer
of eminence and had filled positions of trust and responsibility with honor
to himself and his section. His loss will be severely felt, not only by
numerous friends who appreciated his social qualities, but by the legal
fraternity, who will miss from among them, a bright ornament of the profession.
December 5, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the night
of the 28th inst. at the residence of the brides father, by the Rev.
G. W. Yarborough, Mr. PETER H. FERRELL, to Miss VICTORIA
Q. BYNUM, both of this city.
December 26, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 19th inst. by Rev. W.
Rogers, R. T. GIBSON of Baldwin to Miss
MATTIE R. CHOATE, of Jones county.
December 26, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED. In Columbus, Ga., on the morning
of the 18th, by the Rev. Mr. Devotie, Mr. JOSEPH W. JONES
of Milledgeville, to Miss
MARY E. RUTHERFORD of the former city.
December 26, 1865
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city on the 20th inst.
by the Rev. George W. Yarbrough, Mr. ROBERT WILLIS to Mrs.
Virginia E. Denton.
January 9, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Baldwin county, at the residence
of the bride's father, on the 2d inst., by Rev. C. W. Lane, Mr. CHARLES
F. MINTER, to Miss MARTHA
JANE CHAMBERS.
January 9, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city on the 4th inst.,
by the Rev. Mr. Flinn, Mr. RICHARD V. JONES, to Miss REBECCA
L. DAVIES.
January 9, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 27th ult. by Rev. Mr.
Leonard, Mr. FRANCIS M. BARNES to Miss
SALLIE HAWKINS.
January 9, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In the city on the night of the
31st ult., at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. S. E.
Brooks, Mr. J. A. J. HARRELL, to Miss ANNIE
COOK, both of this city.
January 16, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 24th ult, by Rev. S.
C. Leonard, Mr. WILLIAM H. ROBERSON and Miss
AMELIA HALL, daughter of W. Hall.
January 16, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the morning of
the 11th inst;, by Rev. Wm. Flinn, ROBERT B. RYAN, Esq.,
of Montgomery, Ala, to Miss JULIA
A ROBINSON, of this city.
January 16, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In Baldwin county, by the Rev.
G. W. Yarbrough, at the residence of the bride's father, on the 19th
ult., Dr. J. W. HERTY to Miss
MARY FANNIE BONNER.
January 22, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city on the 20th inst.
by the Rev. George W. Yarbrough, Mr. ROBERT WILLIS, of Atlanta,
to Miss VIRGINA E. WARE,
of Milledgeville.
January 23, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 16th inst., at the residence
of the bride's father, by the Rev. George W. Yarborough, Mr. CHAS.
R. HARPER to MissANNIE E. TATUM,
both of Baldwin County.
January 23, 1866
Federal Union
~excerpt~DIED. At the residence of her son,
Mr.
Charles E. Bonner, in Baldwin county, on the afternoon of the 16 inst., Mrs.
FRANCES BONNER, relict of the late James Bonner, and sister
to the Hon. Charles W. and Thos. Haynes, formerly prominent
and leading citizens of Georgia........For seventy-five years, she bore
the burden of life....The assemblage around her dying bed, and soon her
lifeless form, of her children and grand-children shedding tears...for
the aged mother..."she was one of the best mothers that ever lived."........
February 14, 1866
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ DIED, on the 1st inst., CICERO
BLIZZARD, eldest son of Bryant and Adaline Blizzard,
in the 17th year of his age, after a short but painful illness of inflammation
of the brain.
February 20, 1866
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died at her residence (Sycamore
Level) in Baldwin county, on the 11th of February, 1866, after a short
illness, Mrs.MATILDA E. HILL,
relict of David B. Hill, aged 69 years and 7 months.
March
28, 1866
Chonicle and Sentinel
The remains of Captain
Beall, of the "Albany Grays," who was killed at Knoxville, Tenn., passed
through Macon a few days ago, to be interred at Milledgeville.
April 10, 1866
Federal Union
Mr. W.
A. Roberson, of this county, who was shot, some ten or fifteen days
ago, by Mr. Strother, died on Thursday last.
April 24, 1866
Federal Union
MARRIED, April 19th, 1866, by Rev. G. W.
Yarborough, Mr. STEPHEN JONES, of Twiggs co., Ga., and Miss
BELLE COOK, of Baldwin Co., Ga.
April 24, 1866
Federal Union
MARRIED, In this city, on the 22nd inst.,
by
Rev. G. W. Yarborough, Mr. WM. H. UNDERWOOD and Miss
LIZZIE MICKLEJOHN.
May 1, 1866
Federal Union
DIED, At Midway, Ga., on the 14th day of
April, 1866, after an illness of four weeks and two days, Miss
MARY JANE POTTER, aged 19 years 6 months and 24 days.
She had been, from early youth, a
member of the Methodist Church and was much beloved by all those who were
acquainted with her. She has left behind, in this vale of tears, a widowed
mother and several young brothers to lament their loss.
May 8, 1866
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Died, in this city, on the morning of the
4th inst., George W. Fort, M.D.,
aged 38 years - Buried in the Cemetery at Milledgeville, Ga.
June 5, 1866
Federal Union
HOMICIDE - On Saturday last a difficulty
occurred between Elias Mahon,
and Green Williams, a freedman. The negro was shot through the thigh,
and Mahon's skull was fractured by a blow from a pistol in the negro's
hands, from the effects of which Mahon died on Sunday morning. We have
not all the facts in the case, and therefore refrain from giving particulars,
which will be fully developed hereafter.
See September 4,
1866
June 12, 1866
Southern Recorder.
HOMICIDE- Another affray took place in this
county on Wednesday last, between Bolling
Hall and Thomas Simpson, in which the former was stabbed several
times, of which wounds he died on Saturday last.
AGAIN - Two freedmen, brohters, got
to fighting at Mr. Ray's a few miles from town on Saturday last,
and one split the other's head open with an axe. He is expected to die.
AGAIN, A negro convict, by the name of Wilson,
committed for arson, a slave of Green R. Duke, of Jackson Co., crime
committed while a slave, and sentenced for life, was shot and killed on
yesterday while attempting to escape from the Penitentiary. Also, at the
same time, a white man by the name of Henry A. Clark alias J.
N. Brackett, from Pike Co., crime of robbery, from Col. Alexander,
was shot, but not mortally.
June 20, 1866
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Col.
Saml. Buffington, formerly a citizen of Milledgeville, died at St.
Augustine Fla., on the 1st. inst.
July 3, 1866
Federal Union
MARRIED, In this city, on the 1st inst.,
by the Rev. G. W. Yarborough, Mr. W. H. Hubbard, and Miss
Fanny Horton, all of Baldwin county.
July 3, 1866
Federal Union
Married, In Macon, Ga., on the 21st ult.,
at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. H. K. Rees, Mr.
J. Thomas Bivins, of Milledgeville, and Miss
Katie Cleveland Seaman, of the former place.
July 13, 1866
The Daily Sun
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED FLORIDIAN. We learn
from the
Jacksonville Union that Col. Samuel Buffington died
at his residence in St. Augustine, on Friday the 1st instant, and received
interment on Sunday, at the hands of the Masonic fraternity. He moved to
Jacksonville from Milledgeville, Ga., many years ago, and was a representative
in the Florida Legislature from Duval county. He removed to St. Augustine
in 1859.
July 27, 1866
Chonicle and Sentinel
Baldwin County,- The citizens of Baldwin
held a public meeting Saturday last to appoint delegates to the District
Convention.
Wm. McKinley, Esq., was chosen Chairman and Joseph
H. Nisbet, Secretary. The meeting appointed Col. Wm. McKinley and
Col.
Benj. Beck delegates to the District Convention; Nathan Hawkins
and
F.
G. Grieve, Alternates.
August 7, 1866
Federal Union
~excerpt~ MARRIED, In Scottsboro', on the
1st inst., by Rev. G. W. Yarbrough, Mr. THOMAS B. MOORE and Miss SARAH
VIRGINIA PALMER.
eptember 4,
1866
Federal Union
The Superior Court adjourned on Thusday
evening after a session of four days. Green Williams (Freedman.)
charged with the murder of Elias Mahon, was found guilty and sentenced
to the Penitentiary for life.
A verdict of "Not Guilty,"
was returned by the jury in the case of The State vs. Thomas Simpson.
October 3, 1866
Macon Daily Telegraph
Do You Want A Good Home? The
subscriber offers for sale his Residence in Midway, one mile and half from
Milledgeville. The House is in thorough repair and contains eight good
rooms. The location is healthy and convenient to good schools and to churches
of the different denominations. The lot contains thirty-five acres of good
fair land, about ten of which is in wood land, the balance all under cultivation,
and the whole place under enclosure. One the place are all necessary out-buildings,
with an excellent well, a good orchard and vineyard.
With the place I will sell the furniture
if desired. I will sell for just one-half the original cost of the place
in good money. Apply at once to: J. N. Nichols, Milledgeville, Ga.
October 4, 1866
Chonicle and Sentinel
David M. Edwards,
one
of the old citizens of Milledgeville, died last week. At the time of his
death he was engaged in the business of a grocery merchant. He was a good
man and citizen, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Aged 53 years.
October 17, 1866
The Macon Telegraph
Valuable Plantation for Sale
I will sell on Wednesday, the 7th day of
November next, at public outcry, on he premises, the plantation of
the late Dr. Thomas B. Lamar. This is one of the healthiest and
best places in Central Georgia. The plantation is on the Oconee river,
eight miles South of Milledgeville, and contains about two thousand and
five hundred acres of valuable land, about three hundred acres in first
class river bottom, one hundred of which is in cultivation and will yield
thirty bushels of corn to the acre. The other two hundred acres are equally
good, but on it is a splendid growth of cane, which, in raise Bee Cattle,
will, without expense, yield a better revenue than any cotton herd. In
the tract are one thousand acres of first class pine woods, heavily timbered,
and a fine mill site on a bold creek.- Lumber sells for twenty five dollars
per thousand at other mills in the vicinity. One the place are a new gin-house,
good screw, barns, stables, and good frame cabins for one hundred Negroes.
At the same time and place, I will
sell the Mules, Cattle, Corn, Fodder and Farming Utensils.
The land will be sold for one half
cash, the balance payable in twelve months, secured by mortgage on the
same. The cattle, corn, etc., will be sold for cash.
Further information can be
had by application to J. H. Nichols, Ex'r. At Milledgeville, or
to Wm. Ennis, on the place.
October 24, 1866
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED - On the 10th inst., at the residence
of Gen. S. P. Myrick,
in Midway, by the Rev. Sr. Lipscomb, Dr.
John W. Myrick to Miss Luda
J. Dowdell.
November 6, 1866
Federal Union
~excerpt~Departed this life, in Baldwin County, on the 11th of October last, Mrs. Eliza Cornelia, wife of Lafayette J. Echols, and daughter of William and Eliza Prosser,
in the 27th year of her age....She leaves a sorrowing husband and three
children of years too tender, to know of their irreparable loss.......
December 2, 1866
Macon Daily Telegraph
DEATH OF REV.
S. G. DANIEL
The corpse of this gentleman passed
through our city on Thursday, P.M., for interment at Milledgeville. For
nearly a year Mr. Daniel has been in business in this city, and at the
time of his death was a member of the firm of Callaway & Daniel. Several
years since he was the able and beloved pastor of the Baptist Church in
Milledgeville; afterwards, of the First Baptist Church in Savannah, from
whence, a few years ago, he removed to Albany, and was pastor of the Church
there, until near the lose of the war. Having a large family, he was forced
to go into secular business to maintain them. Mr. Daniel was a man of personal
intellect, and we sustain an irreparable loss in a husband and father whose
high pleasure it was to labor for their welfare and happiness.
He died of a severe attack of bilious
complaint. We knew Mr. Daniel well, and love and respected him as a christian
and as a man, by native, ability raised himself from a position of lowliness
to one of honor and distinction. As a preacher he ranked among he first
in his denomination, and all who knew him bestowed upon him their highest
esteem.
December 13, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 11th inst., at the bride's
residence in Baldwin county, by T. J. Finney, Esq., Rev. S. Castellow
of
Houston county, and Mrs. C.
L. Leeves.
December 25, 1866
Southern Recorder
MARRIED. A the residence of Mrs. E. M.
Prosser, in Baldwin county, JAMES F. GREGORY of Putnam county
to Miss ARAMINTER C. PROSSER.
December 25, 1866
Southern Recorder
DIED, In this county, suddenly, on Sunday
evening last, MARK D. HUSON, aged
66 years.
March 8, 1867
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs.Mary
V. Adams, wife of
B. B. Adams,
and daughter of sister Little, of Milledgeville, died at the residence
of her mother on 2d February, 1867. At the age of twelve she embraced religion
and joined the Methodist church.
March 15, 1867
Southern Christian Avocate
Miss Mary
S. Whitaker, daughter of Samuel
S. Whitaker, died in Baldwin county, Ga., Jan. 18th 1867, in the 20th
year of her age.
June 28, 1867
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs.Aurelia
Kenan, relict of Hon. Thos H.
Kenan, a resident of Baldwin co., Ga., died at the residence of Col.
Horne in Griffin, Ga., June 2, 1867, aged about 95 years. R. W.
Bigham
July 16, 1867
Federal Union
DROWNED - Jefferson
Edwards, son of Mr. M. E. Edwards of this city, a lad of eleven
or twelve years of age, was drowned in the Oconee river, on Thursday afternoon
last. He went in bathing with a number of boys about his own age, and getting
beyound his depth, in swift water, was drowned before assistance could
reach him. The afflicted family have the sympathy of the community in their
sad bereavement.
July 23, 1867
Federal Union
~excerpt~ Died in Midway, Geo., at the residence
of his father-in-law, Dr. Thomas F. Green, on July 10th, Captain
ADLAI O. HOUSTON, of Mobile, Alabama, aged 36 years.
September 24, 1867
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, On the 22d inst., by Rev. N. A.
Bailey, Mr. ISAAC NEWELL, to Mrs.
KIZIA CALLAWAY, both of this city.
Mrs. ISAAC NEWELL, Sr., died in this city on yesterday, aged about 69 years.
October 2, 1867
Memphis Daily Avalanche
Mr. Thomas
Micklejohn, his two sisters - Misses Louisa
and Kate
- and Mr.J. T. Vaughn, all of Milledgeville,
died of yellow fever in Galveston, Texas.
October 18, 1867
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs. Mary
B. Thomas, wife of Spencer T.
Thomas was born in Baldwin co., Ga., Oct. 20, 1818 and died in Florida
11th August 1867.
November 1, 1867
Southern Christian Avocate
Emily
Olivia Cox was born in Harris co., January 5th 1835, but was reared
in Columbus, Ga. She was married to the
Rev. D. D. Cox, of the Georgia
Conference, 20th Feb. 1856, and died in Baldwin co., 23d Aug 1867, leaving
a husband and two children.
W. M. Crumley
November 22, 1867
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Married, on the 14th ist.,
by the Rev. Benj. Johnson, at Woodville, Baldwin county, Gen. G. M.
Sorrel, of Savannah, and Miss Kate
Amelie, only daughter of Charles DuBignon, Esq.
January 31, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs. Georgia
Alma Cheeseborough, wife of Mr.
Charles Cheeseborough, of Augusta, Ga., died 12th January 1867. In
childhood left an orphan, her home with her brother General Doles,
of Milledgeville, a noble and gallant Confederate soldier. She was a cousin
of Bishop G. F. Pierce. She has left a kind and affectionate husband
and many friends to mourn.
February 28, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Ada Jane
Mitchell, my wife--dropping after our marriage the Jane, and calling
herself Ada Mitchell Jackson, was born in Putnam County on 25th
September 1835, and died in Macon on 7th January 1868. She was the daughter
and only child of Walter H. and Camilla D. Mitchell, until recently,
of Milledgeville, Georgia. James Jackson
February 28, 1868
Macon Weekly Telegraph
DEATH OF MRS. FITZGERALD. - We are
called upon to record the death of Mrs.Catherine
Fitzgerald, who died of old age, at her residence in Scottsboro, on
the 24th inst., aged 93 years and one month, having been born on the 29th
of January, 1775, in Burke county, Ga, and educated in Augusta. She had
the honor and pleasure of an introduction to Gen. Washington when
he visited Augusta, in 1791, she then being a young lady. Her first husband
was the Hon. Henry Osborne, one of the Superior Court Judges of
this state, and also a prominent actor in the framing of the State Constitution.
She leaves one son, John H. Osborne, of Macon, Ga. Southern Recorder,
25th.
February 28, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs. Barbary
A. Conn died on the 4th of Feb. 1868
in the 76th year of her age. Reared in Virginia... She removed with her
husband to Milledgeville, Ga., 50 years ago.
March 27, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Sister Mary
Murph died at Midway, near Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 5th, 1868, aged
83 years and a few days. She was born in South Carolina Feb. 1, 1785, joined
the M. E. Church when 18 years old. She had buried two husbands, the last
George
Murph, in 1856.... These venerable female members of our Church at
Milledgeville died in February-- Sister Conn aged 75; Sister
Murph, aged 83, and Sister Fitzgerald, aged 93 years.
March 27, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Rev.
Hinton Crawford, was born Dec. 27th, 1798, in Greene co., Ga., and
died Feb. 22d, 1868, in the Asylum, Milledgeville, Ga. W. R. Foote
March 27, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
My wife, Carolina
B. Jobson, daughter of Washington and Harriet Spier, was born
in Baldwin Co., Oct. 14th, 1839, and died in Perry, Ga., February 16th,
1868. John S. Jobson
April 17, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Sister Mary
J. Bayne, wife of Adolphus F. Bayne, died after an illness of
only about 24 hours, near Milledgeville, Ga., on the 20th of March, in
the 39th year of her age. She was formerly Mary J. Jenkins.
June 26, 1868
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
DEATH FROM FRIGHT - The Southern Recorder
of
the 19th inst. says: "Our fellow citizen, Mr. Daniel Caraker,
lost
a daughter on Saturday last, under rather painful circumstances. His daughter Amelia,
about
ten years old, with several other children, were out plum and blackberry
hunting, and going into the field of Mr. Brown, some one from mischief
or a desire to frighten the children, or to keep them from the plum trees,
set the dogs after them.
They became frightened and
ran for home; a distance of a mile; the day being hot and the sun shining.
Amelia reached home, but was so much scared, heated and exhausted, that
she was unable to speak and died in about five hours.
Let her sad death be a warning to
all never to frighten children, especially when away from home. Perhaps
no harm was intended, but children never stop to reason when they see a
dog coming towards them, no matter the size."
June 30, 1868
Southern Recorder
Mrs.
Nancy Lawson, of Hanock county, died in this city, on Sunday last,
at the Milledgeville Hotel, in the 76 year of her age. She was the mother-in
law of our fellow citizen, R. A. McComb.
July 7, 1868
Southern Recorder
HOMICIDE. On Saturday last, the 4th inst.,
in this city, Mr. ANDREW McCRARY,
was shot and killed by Mr. Joseph H. Tucker in a personal recontre,
four balls entering his breast and stomach. Mr. McCrary was somewhat under
the influence of drink, and when so, was inclined to be quarrelsome, and
being a man of large size, but few could manage him in a hand to hand fight.
From what we learn, Mr. Tucker acted upon the defensive, though there are
conflicting reports; but as the case will undergo judicial investigation
at the Superior Court of Baldwin for the August term, we make no comments.
Mr. T. is held to bail in the sum of $1000. Mr. T. was not hurt.
Mr. McCrary leaves a wife and five
children, the eldest being more than 11 years old. We sympathize with his
afflicted family in their loss.
July 10, 1868
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Leroy M.
Wiley, the subject of this notice, was born in Hancock county, Georgia,
and died at his plantation in Alabama, on the 16th day of April, 1868,
in the seventy-fourth year of his age. His father was one of the early
settlers of Baldwin county, and died when he was not more than fifteen
years old, leaving his mother a widow with six children and with limited
means of support. Without education, and thus thrown upon his own resources,
he entered the store of the late Farish Carter, in Milledgeville,
and by his energy, his faithfulness and activity in business, he soon gained
the confidence of all those with whom he came in contact.
Upon his arrival at manhood, Mr.
Wiley entered into business with Thomas W. Baxter, (who had married
his eldest sister), and under the name of Wiley and Baxter, and for many
years they continued a profitable business in the old store which still
stands in Milledgeville, and is known as Wiley & Baxter's corner and
belongs to the family.
After the settlement of Macon, they
opened a store on the corner now known as Payne's Drug Store, and owning
the entire square, they opened Cotton Avenue. In 1835 Mr. Wiley became
associated with the parishes of New York and removed to New York, and established
the house of L. M. Wiley & Co., which, under that and other names,
continued until he retired from mercantile business, in 1854.
At the commencement of the war, he
promptly removed South, and residing on his farm in Alabama, cast his lot
with his section and his friends.
By his energy and superior skill,
he amassed a large fortune, a considerable part of which was lost by the
effects of emancipation. Commencing life with a limited education, and
without influential friends, and without means, his success may well be
posited to as an encouragement to the many toiling, struggling young men
who are now commencing life, and ready to be overwhelmed with gloom and
despondency. While engaged actively in business, Mr. Wiley was stern and
unyielding, and by his strong will generally succeeded in his undertakings.
But after his retirement from commercial life, he was affable and eminently
social in his habits and disposition. In his intercourse with refined society,
nonce could be more courtly in his manners; and in his intercourse with
his immediate family, especially with his sisters and nieces, no one was
more considerate and affectionate. Two of his sisters having been early
left widows in dependent circumstances, he supported them handsomely and
contributed to the education of their children. He was never married, and
his defects of character were, perhaps, attributable to the fact that he
never knew the soothing influence of a wife, or the quiet happiness enjoyed
in the bosom of a family.
Mr. Wiley died of disease of the
brain. He was sensible of his condition in the commencement of the disease,
and it was painful to notice the struggling of his strong will with the
fatal Destroyer. He sank rapidly under it's approaches, and fell quietly
asleep under the affectionate ministrations of his nieces and three weeping
widowed sisters.
July 17, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs.Lucretia
Brown, wife of Mr. D. P. Brown,
died in Baldwin co., on the 19th of June 1868, in the 54th year of her
age, leaving a husband and nine children.
August 18, 1868
Southern Recorder
On the 14th instant a quarrel arose
between Newton J. Pugh and
John
T. Arnold at the distillery of O. Arnold, about 4 miles from
Milledgeville, in which Pugh was shot in the left breast twice-. He died
in a short time. The reports we hear are so conflicting, that we are left
in doubt as to who was to blame. Mr. Pugh was about 32 years of age, and
Arnold about 18, son of Obadiah Arnold, Sheriff of Baldwin county.
Pugh leaves two children.
See August
31, 1869
November 3, 1868
Federal Union
MARRIED, Near Acworth, Ga., on the 29th
September, by the Rev. R. W. Milner, Mr. WM. J. PALMER, of
Cobb co., to Miss ELLEN L.
LANE, of Milledgeville.
November 3, 1868
Federal Union
~excerpt~ DIED. In Baldwin county, on the
28th day of August, 1868, CLYDE,
daughter of John W. and Kate Bonner, aged three years, eleven months
and 28 days.
November 3, 1868
Federal Union
DIED in this city, on Sunday, 1st inst.,
after a short illness, Mrs.
SUSAN, wife of Mr. Daniel Caraker. She leaves a husband and
seven children and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her
loss.
October 2, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Married. In Athens, Ga., Sept. 18, 1868,
by the Rev. Dr. Lipscomb,Thomas F. Green, Jr., Esq., of Milledgeville
to Miss Ella B. Lipscomb.
December 18, 1868
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs. Jane
Matthews, relict of the late Josiah
Matthews, of Talbot co., Ga., died 9th November 1868 at the residence of
her son-in-law, Mr. John H. McCoy. She passed the anniversary of
her 74th year the day before her death. Her maiden name was Brown.
She was born in Abbeville District, S. C. When she was about ten years
of age her parents removed to Ga., and located in Baldwin co. She was married
in 1811. Her husband died in 1863. They raised a family of 13 children,
7 of whom still survive. Charles A. Fulwood
December 29, 1868
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this county, on the 17th
inst, by Rev. J. H. Morris - Mr. F. H. McCOMB, and Miss C.
C. PUGHE.
On the 17th inst. by F. P. Echols,
Mr. LARKIN HOOD and Miss SALLIE
A. BACON, both of Baldwin.
January 15, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs.Leonora
A. Conn, wife of Capt. W. T. Conn,
died in Milledgeville, Ga., on the 27th of December in the 30th year of
her age.
F. L. Brantly
January 27, 1869
Daily Columbus Enquirer
DEATH OF J.
L. BYINGTON, OF BYINGTON'S HOTEL, MACON.
We are pained to learn, through the Macon papers, that this estimable citizen
and unsurpassed landlord died in that city of Saturday last. - He was buried
the next day (Sunday) with Masonic honors by the brethren of the fraternity,
Rev. D. Willis, of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Mr. Byington was
a native of Baldwin county, Ga., but has been many years a resident
of Southwestern Georgia. He was a modest hotel-keeper, first, in Albany,
then at Fort Valley, and lastly in Macon, giving universal satisfaction
to his numerous friends and guests. He was polite nd attentive to all,
and kind and charitable to the needy and distressed. Peace to his remains.
February 12, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
William
Stembridge was born in Virginia, but was raised from a small boy in
Hancock co., Ga. He joined the church more than 40 years ago and has been
a member of Montepelier, in Baldwin co., where he died 14th Jan 1869, aged
72 years. J. V. M. Morris
March 23, 1869
Federal Union
Dedication of the New School
House in Milledgeville for the Colored Children.
The ceremonies of dedicating the
large and elegant new School House erected for the colored children, in
Milledgeville, took place of Friday the 19th inst.
About 3 o'clock, P.M. a procession
of the colored children, numbering over a hundred, formed under the leadership
of their teachers at the colored people's Baptist Church where the School
has previously been conducted, and marched to the new building. A
large audience was in attendance, composed in part of many of the most
respectable and worthy white citizens of Milledgeville. We were pleased
to see this class of our citizens thus evincing the proper interest in
the cultivation of the minds and hearts of their colored brethren.
Arriving at the new building, the
large crowd of pupils, teachers and spectators were soon comfortable seating
and the ceremonies were opened by an appropriate song (sung by the
whole school) followed by Scripture reading by the Rev. Wilkes Flagg,
who presided over the meeting; then prayer by Rev. July Dessasaw.Rev.
W. Flagg then following by some remarks in the course of which he expressed
himself in favor of styling the new building "The Milledgeville School
House," and alluded in touching terms to his long attachment to our goodly
little city. Then followed another excellent song by the school, and then
the dedicatory oration delivered by the Hon. Iverson L. Harris,
late of the Supreme Bench of Georgia. We will not attempt to follow this
learned jurist and eloquent orator in his train of felicitous remarks.
Suffice to say they were exquisitely appropriate to the occasion, and displayed
a proper zeal for the intellectual and moral cultivation of the colored
element of our population. Interspersed through his remarks were many gems
of sound practical advice to the sable young citizens of the great Republic-
"words fitly spoken-apples of gold in pictures of silver."
Then followed an admirable
address to the school by the Rev. Mr. Rockwell, the Superintendent
of this and other similar schools in Georgia. This address was in every
respect excellent, and in thorough harmony with the occasion.
Some motions were next introduced
which were gleefully adopted by the dusky happy-faced urchins-by the Rockwell,
thanks to the Baptist Society for the use of their church building as a
school house for three years-by Capt. Bell, thanks to City Council for
land on which the new school house is erected, and to all the citizens
who kindly aided in its erection; and some other motions of a similar character
were put and promptly passed.
The new school house is large,
and is most commodiously arranged. It is divided into large single rooms
with elegant walnut seats and desks. and blackboards surrounding the entire
rooms. Between these is an excellent recitation hall. These three rooms,
and a handsome vestibule, constitute the interior of the building. From
the rear of the building is a most picturesque view of Fishing Creek and
the Railway bridge across that stream are visible. In front, the white
tombs of the cemetery preach to the eye, and to the heart, the transitoriness
of human life.
Among the numerous white
gentlemen present we heard but one sentiment-that of pleasure at the progress
of our colored friends along the pathway of intellectual improvement. The
colored people owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Rockwell and to the faithful
and efficient corps of female teachers and the citizens who have patiently
labored for so great a length of time , sowing good seed for which, in
the harvest time of a just God, they shall reap no ten, nor fifty, but
"an hundred fold."
April 2, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Fielding Ellis,
my grandfather, was born in Va., Oct. 1774, and died in Barbour co., Ala.,
24th Feb. 1869... He removed from Va. to Baldwin co., Ga., in 1812, thence
to Walton co., where he resided until the death of his wife, and which
he passed his time with his children and grandchildren. He died a member
of the Baptist church.
April 6, 1869
Southern Recorder
On Saturday evening last, about 8
1/2 or 9 o'clock, CHARLES MATHIS, a lad about 15 or 16 years old,
but quite small for his age, had a difficulty with a negro woman by name
of Susannah Dumas, the particulars
of which, we can get no information, as no one was standing by at the time.
He was seen to strike her, and she turned and went to the store of Mr.
Joel where she was hired, and as she got there, fell, having been cut
in the left breast. She died in about half an hour after being cut.
April 9, 1869
Daily Columbus Enquirer
MILLEDGEVILLE
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
The Recorder says that in the city
election on Friday last, L. H. Briscoe, Esq., was elected Mayor
- no opposition. For Clerk, Peter Fair; for Marshal, John B.
Fair; Aldermen - Jos. Stanley, Dr. S. G. White, Ezekial Trice, Wm.
A Williams, P. T. Taylor, and Dr. W. H. Hall.
April 13, 1869
Southern Recorder
Charles Mathis, the young
lad who stands accused of the murder of the negro woman, Susannah Dumas,
and who was at large under bail, was re-arrested on Monday last and lodged
in jail. We learn that an effort will be made at an early day to have him
released by writ of habeaus corpus.
June 10, 1869
Atlanta Constitution
The Southern Recorder announces the
death of Mrs. Frances Hunter,
eldest daughter of Judge Iverson L. Harris. Also, Mr. John
Rogers, an old citizen.
June 10, 1869
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville has at present eight
schools, only two of which have prominence. Misses Rockwell, Horton,
Hurty
and
Mrs. Orme, teach a small number of pupils each. Miss
Davidson has a larger and better appointed school, and is one of the
best fitted teachers I have met. Messrs Carrington and Roberts have,
the former a small, and the latter, a large private school.
We should like to meet these teachers
during the coming August, at the Educational Association in Atlanta, and
concert measures by which efforts many be consolidated, and two enterprising
Academies charter in Milledgeville.
Miss Cotting, daughter of
our late State Geologist, and sister of our present Secretary of State,
now teaches a school extremely ill-fitted to her capabilities.
At Midway, the old Academy building
is rapidly disappearing into the kitchen fires of the neighborhood, while
near at hand, the Freedmen's High School stands completely furnished and
appointed throughout!
Oglethorpe College stands like the
doubter of old, halting between two opinions. Something in regard to its
future will be decided at the Trustees' meeting in about five weeks.
There is rather more stir in Milledgeville
just now, than in the other localities I have visited. S & R. A. McComb
are still proprietors of the excellent hotel, adjacent to the Capitol Buildings.
EARNEST
July 7, 1869
Federal Union
DEATH OF A LUNATIC - An aged lunatic walked
off from the Lunatic Asylum in Midway eight or ten days ago. On last Tuesday
he was crushed by a freight train in the vicinity of Gordon, and brought
to the Midway station on the nine o'clock train. He expired from his injuries
soon after his removal to the Asylum. We learn his name was Jacob
Freeman.
July 9, 1869
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
From Milledgeville. We clip the following
from the Federal Union of the 6th.
THE PENITENTIARY - We learn that Mr.
Thos. Alexander has leased this institution for a term of years. The
convicts will be employed, at present, on the unfinished portion of the
Macon and Augusta Railroad, lying between this city and Macon. Col. Walton,
late Principal Keeper, is, we understand, retained in the institution by
the State, the other officers being dispensed with.
HOT WEATHER - The weather for a week
past has been hot - "red-hot" - the thermometer keeping well up between
90 and 100, and all efforts at keeping cool, even with the assistance of
the excellent soda water at Mr. Clark's Drug Store, proved a failure.
Last night, however, we were blessed with a refreshing shower, which was
grateful the feelings of mankind and beneficial to the growing crops.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD - We learn
that Mr. Thos. Alexander commenced work on this end of the road
yesterday morning with the convicts now remaining in the penitentiary,
about 50 in number. Some two hundred more convicts, now at Rome, will be
added to his force during the week. We understand that other contractors
will shortly commence work, and we can now confidently look forward to
the early completion of this road to Macon.
July 13, 1869
Federal Union
DEAD. -"Old
Aunt Jenny Lamar," as everybody called her, (most of our citizens have
heard her called so as far back as their memory extends,) died last week.
She was probably ninety years of age. She came from Africa and was formerly
the servant of Col. Zach Lamar, who, in his will, in consideration
of her kindness to his family, gave her a house an dlot in this city, and
required that his daughter Mrs. Gen. Cobb, should support her as
long as she lived and exact no service of her. The wishes of her master
were faithfully carried out, and she lived, for more thatn thirty years,
at the home thus provided for her, where her wants were supplied and a
girl kept to wait on her. She was a good, christian woman and white and
black entertained for her the kinddest feeling. She was the mother-in-law
of the Rev. Wilkes Flagg.
July 16, 1869
Macon Weekly Telegraph
From Milledgeville.
The Milledgeville Recorder
announces the arrival in that city of a detachment of thirty-three men
from Company C., 18th U.S. Infantry, to investigate the charge of whipping
convicts employed on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
SUICIDE BY A CONVICT -
Luke Arnold, convicted of murder in Wilkes county, and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life, says the Federal Union, hung himself
in his cell on Thursday night last. He was received at the penitentiary
the evening previous, and worked with the other convicts on the railroad
Thursday. He was a negro of very bad character, having committed one of
the most fiendish murders that ever blackened the criminal records of this
state. (Note: buried in unmarked grave, Memory Hill Cemetery)
We learn from the Federal Union
that Oglethorpe College Commencement begins on Sunday, the 18th, with a
sermon by Professor Smith - Oxford on the same day, and Athens, August
1st. Mr. Joseph Marshall, the new Postmaster, was installed on Wednesday
last. The colored population had a gala day last Friday, and were heavily
reinforced from Macon.
Old Aunt
Jenny Lamar, an original African, died las week at probably about ninety
years of age. She was a servant of Col. Zach Lamar, who, in his
will, in consideration of her kindness to this family, gave her a house
and lot in the city, and required that his daughter, Mrs. Gen. Cobb,
should
support her as long as she lived and exact no service of her. The wishes
of her master were faithfully carried out, and she lived, for more than
thirty years, at the home thus provided for her, where her wants were supplied
and a girl kept to wait on her. She was a good christian woman, and white
and black entertained for her the kindest feeling.
July 23, 1869
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
From Baldwin County. The Milledgeville Recorder
of the 20th has the following local information:
STORM - On last
Wednesday we had quite a wind and rain storm; the wind was for a time terrible,
blowing down and wringing off the tops of many tress and also taking down
fences, &c. We are glad, however, to record that it did not extend
to Midway. What the damage above us has been, we have not learned. The
corn was laid low, but we hope to no great extent.
Our streets were badly washed from
the flood of rain, and we hope the City corporation will give them an early
attention, especially those that are much used.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD - Messrs.
Grant, Alexander and Co., brought the other day from Rome, the Penitentiary
convicts that were at work on the road in that section. They are no at
work on the Macon and Augusta road about two miles from Milledgeville,
some 150 in number.
August 31, 1869
Federal Union
In the case of
John T. Arnold, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and recommended
to mercy. A motion for new trial has been made, but not yet argued. Much
sympathy exists in his behalf on account of he previous orderly and gentlemanly
deportment.
(note: John T. Arnold was running for tax
collector in 1871.)
September 7, 1869
Southern Recorder
~excerpt~ Died, in Milledgeville, Ga., on
Tuesday afternoon, August 10th, Mrs.
SARAH CAROLINE, consort of Col. Miller Grieve, in the 56th year
of her age.
Peculiarly devoted as a wife
and mother....five sons and two daughters who sadly watched her decline.
September 14, 1869
Federal Union
HOMICIDE - A homicide occurred in
our county on last Sunday. Mr. J. Pickney Mimms shot a negro man
in the employment of Mr. T. J. Bivins, in the extreme western part
of our county, killing him almost instantly. The negro's name was Henry
Trotmore.
We are not sufficiently acquainted
with the facts to venture to relate them, and have not a copy of the finding
of the Coroner's jury.
September 24, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Spencer Moore
died in Lee co,. Ala., July 27, 1869, in the 89th year of his age. Father
Moore married his first wife in Green co,. Ga.,Miss Susannah Graham.
From thence he moved to Baldwin and then to Monroe, to Macon co., Ala.,
in the year 1837 where he ended his life....
William B. Neal
October 1, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs. Martha
Stephens, died at the residence of
her son-in-law,
Henry Stevens, in Baldwin co,. Ga., on 31st August
1869, aged about 80 years. C. W. Smith
October 1, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Bro. E.
J. M. Callaway was born in Baldwin
co., Ga., April 12th 1819 and died in Sumter co,. Aug. 22d, 1869. He leaves
a large family.J. M. Marshall/
October 5, 1869
Federal Union
BURNED TO DEATH. On Friday night last, a colored woman, by the name of Ann Blount,
was burned to death, in this city, by Kerosene oil. She was using an old
lard lamp, which she had filled with Kerosene to give her light while engaged
in quilting. While thus employed she overturned the lamp in her lap, the
oil spreading over her clothing, which in a moment were in a blaze,
and the poor woman was so badly burned that death ensued in about an hour.
The Coroner's jury, we learn, returned a verdict in accordance with
the above facts. No person should forget that the careless use of Kerosene
oil may result in the most frightful consequences.
October 19, 1869
Southern Recorder
Mr. Moses
Pittman, a merchant of our city, died on the 18th inst., of consumption,
aged about 56 years. He was a quiet unostentatious gentleman, a member
of the church, and also a mason. He leaves a wife and several children,
all grown.
November 5, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs. Mary
E. Clayton, daughter of John and
Martha W. Redding
was born in Baldwin co., Ga., Nov. 18th 1822, moved
to Monroe co., Ga., with her parents when quite young, where she lived
till married to
John B. Clayton in Nov. 1837. She died 3d Oct 1869.
November 12, 1869
Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Residence of Prof. Bates Burned
We are sorry to see from the following
in the Milledgeville Federal Union, that our friend Prof.
Bates,
of the Oglethorpe University, has met with misfortune:
Fire in Midway.- We regret
to learn that the residence of Prof. Bates, in Midway, outhouses, etc.,
was entirely consumed by fire on Sunday last. The fire broke out on
he roof of the building, and so high was the wind, and so very dry the
roof of the house, that the flames could not be arrested. Most of the household
furniture was saved.
The violence of the wind prevailing
at the time greatly imperiled other houses in the vicinity. At one time,
one of the out-buildings on
Col. McAdoo's premises was actually
on fire from a spark borne through the air fully 200 yards; but the promptitude
of that gentleman in ascending to the roof enable him to extinguish it
speedily with his own hands.
The dwelling which was consumed was
a part of the property of Oglethorpe College.
November 16, 1869
Southern Recorder
On the 10th inst., in Baldwin county,
Geo. Hollinshead shot and killed Dick
Williams, a freedman, on the plantation rented from Dr. R. G. Harper.
From what we can learn, the shooting was justifiable, as his life was threatened;
but as the case will come before the Superior Court at its next session,
we do not think it proper to give the conflicting rumors as we heard them.
December 3, 1869
Southern Christian Avocate
Mrs.
Permelia, wife of Col. Levi Ezell, was born in Wilkins co.,
April 20th 1813, and died in Houston co., Ga., Nov. 13th 1869. She joined
the Presbyterian Church in Milledgeville.... W. W. Stewart. Southern
Presbyterian please copy.
Dec. 10, 1869
Atlanta Constitution
The Federal Union says that a high
school is to be opened in the old buildings of the Oglethorpe University,
in Midway.
Col. L. H. Briscoe elected mayor
of Milledgeville.
The Southern Recorder says an attempt
was made the night of the 6th to burn McCombs' old hotel. The incendiary
escaped unknown.
The editor of the Milledgeville
Recorder wishes to sell the half interest of the late R. M. Orme,
Sr. He wants a business partner. The business is too big for one man.
December 18, 1869
Daily Constitutionalist
The Milledgeville Recorder says: Mrs.
Lucinda Williams, died in this city on the 13th last, after an illness
of a few hours, of apoplexy. She was one among our oldest citizens, and
much beloved by all who knew her.
December 21, 1869
Federal Union
MARRIED. At the residence of Col. N. Hawkins in Baldwin Co., on the 16th inst., by Rev. C. W. Lane, Mr. G. D. MYRICK to Miss E.P HAWKINS.
December 21, 1869
Federal Union
MARRIED In Scottsboro, on the 15th inst., by Rev. C. W. Lane, Dr. ROGER G. SMITH to Miss JEMIMA THOMAS.
December 28, 1869
Southern Recorder
MARRIED, In this city, on the 20th inst.,
by Rev. C. W. Lane, Mr. G. H. Wilson of Madison and Miss Lizzie
C. Bynum of this city.