The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-05-24
MARIETTA FROM 1888 TO 1879.
Interesting "reminiscences.

statistics OF our town from settlement
to date. If there were any inaccu-
races We ask the citizens to furnish
data and with your aid we will try
and furnish items weekly.
The first Sheriff elected was Mr..
Baber in 1884, the same year John
3. Anderson and John G. Clay were
elected Majors of Militia. The first
Inferior Court was organized by
Joseph Gault, j. p, of DeKalb coue-
ty, (he is the celebrated foot racer
and author of Gault's Reports). The
Court met in log cabin, near Mr..
Frltz's Mill ; Judges Lem Kirtley,
James Powers, James Berry, Bill
Harris and John Pace presiding
The first store house was built and
occupied by John Lemons on corner
of the lot belonging to Henderson y
Dyson. The first school Teacher
was A. N. Simpson, The first
school trustees were Geo. w Win
tiers, VIM b. Malone, Lem Kirtley,
VIM. Morris and j. r. Brooks
Judge T. Nj Kirk patrick and Henson
Roberts were added in 1886. Ma
rietta was Incorporated in 1851
Charter amended in 1886. The first
Town Commissioners were appoint
ed by the Legislature in 1884, they
were Leonard simpson, Wash Win
tiers, George w. Cupp, James An-
derson and Lem Kirtley. The first
election for commissioners was il
1886. The Legislature Ia 1885 ap
propriated $4,000 to build an
academy, ibis is the house now 90,
cupied by Mr.. Aston McAfec. The
first couple united in matrimony were
Jas w. Carlton to Miss Emiline
Hornbuckle. In 1885 the Superior
Court was in session, Judge Hiram
Warner presiding. lie ordered
Jesse Davis, noisy, drinking shoe
maker, to jail. Sheriff Daniel May
informed the Judge there was 40
Jail, whereupon he ordered him to
put Davis neck in the crack Of a
rail fence, where Jackson Randall
lived.
There was Military Company
organized and uniformed il 1886,
Hon. George d. Rice was elected
Captain, in January 1877
The company received orders to
march to Fort Mitchell, near Column
bus. A meeting was called and the
company become divided into two
parties. The "s,and>ups' and
''back -outs.' ]. S, Morris was the
bearer of dispatches to the Governor
representing the stand-ups, Judge
Mays the back-outs, there being a
large number that would not "come
to time" assigning as reason that
it was new country and the wrong
season Of the year. The organiza-
ton was disbanded.
Benson Roberts was the first
keeper of the old Marietta Hotel.
Mr.. Leonard Simpson then kept
Hotel in the house now occupied by
Mr.. Pitner.
The first Church was built by the
Baptists about the centre of the Con-
federate Cemetery. This country
was occupied by the Cherokee In
dians, and during the summer of
1888, a report was circulated that
the Cherokees were going to attack
the town. The citizens became ex-
cited and made preparations to meet
them--they buckled on their armor
fortified the town-sent scouts to
the mountain and made a fort Of Tom
Johnson's house, During the ex-
element, about 10 o'clock at night,
the Post Office caught on fire. 4
rumor was circulated that the In.
dams had fred it and were ready for
fight. The citizens were afraid to
90 near, and the house and contents
were consumed.
A merchant that had moved from
Lawrencevillc to this place had been
over in that direction came in Town
after night and reported that the
Indians were moving in battle array
on the place, burning and destroy ING
| everything as they come. Next
| morning, Uncle Jimmie Anderson
! blowed his horn, the citizens Assem-
bled aud appointed a committee con
sisting of Hezekiah Foote, N. +
Legg, } w. Carlton, Marcus W
Green and others to reconoiter thC
country. They did SO cautiously
and found that the alarm was false
| The Indians were friendly and re
NAMED so until they were removed
BY u. ). Troops in the year Of 1888.
Tie old settlers used to have great
sport with them III their ball games,
bow and arrows, hunting, &c.
About the year 1888, the fal
fights commenced. Mike Willing
ham cast a rock at his Antagonist
Mr.. Gross, and killed horse, which
he had to pay for. The citizens tina
moved here from 1885 to 1910, there
remain Joseph GauIt, Judge Davit
Irwin, Judge N. B. Knight, William
Root, Col. E. Denmead, DIR. w. N
Elliott, w. z. Anderson, J. 5. Nor
ris, d. s. Anderson, 7. NJ. Kirkpat
n.-Iu. ny II FT,,ol,