Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

hunting grounds in Georgia, the Creeks
and Cherokees, sympathized with the
British. They were severely dealt with
by the wings and after the war ended
were forced to cede all that fine BODY
OF land lying east OF the Oconee river
from its head waters TO its mouth 10
the state of Georgia. This included that
of Georgia south of Rabun and north
of Camden county and between the
Ogechee and the Oconee rivers. Two
counties were made, Washington,
whose northward boundary was Cher
okee Conner and Franklin, which
stretched to the mountains. The next
year Greene was cut of from WASH
ington. II included a part of Wilkes,
all OF Hancock. a part Of Oglethorpe
and a part OF Warren and Talliaferro.
II was a magnificent domain, and al
though Il was on the exposed from
tier II was so attractive that II was
rapidly peopled. The new Corners were
Ali Virginians and North Carolinians.
Many of them were from North Caro-
lima. The North Carolinians made a
settlement on Shoulderbone creek and
on the Oconee river. Samuel Ried
and his sons, John, Alexander and
Samuel, and his brothers, Andrew,
Alexander and George; the Abercrom-
bries, Hugh Hall, the Brantleys and
Hargroves. all came from North Caro-
lima and settled on Shoulderbone and
on the river. The Indians were not
at all reconciled to the cession OF their
lands and soon there was border
war. The state had to rely on Its mi
litia and in Wilkes and Greene COM
panies of horse guards were organic
ed. Forts were built along the river
and the mother OF Bishop Hargrove
was born in one of these forts. The
Indians made forays and killed some
of the settlers and drove off their stock
and their negroes to Alabama, but stu
the tide of immigration rolled on.
These settlers were of the best class
of southern yoemanry. There were few
of them who had ten negroes, but many
who had from three to FIVE. find in
1875 among the earliest settlers the
Ashmores, Fitzpatricks, Andrews,
Baytop, Alfred, Abercrombie. Alexan-
der. Aubrey, Hunter. Johnston, Rodg-
ers. Lawrence, Ashfeld. Hill, Hall,
Crawford, Coleman, Criddle, Wardlaw,
Marks, Adair, Mcneil, Mccoy, Elder,
Alleson, GLIB. Armor, Dickson.
These names are those of the best
families Of Virginia and North Caro-
lima, and they will be found now IN all
the southern states. In the list OF land
grants in an old book in the clerks
ONCE 1 find a list of those to whom
which shows who were some of the
earliest settlers in Greene and Han
cock. In addition to those mentioned
above there were A. Boland, Charles
Burke, Thomas Booker, Andrew and
James Baxter John Buchanan, 8. Bra
zeal, William Buford, John Booth. Will
liam and Stephen and James Bishop
George Bayby, Job Bankston, Thomas
Brantley, William Buckhalter, Nathan
Samuel RTOUn
Thomas Baldwin, William Barnard,
Thomas Bonner, Samuel Bellah, VIII
liam Canny. Nathe Cooke, Abner Coch-
ran, Charles Cissnaro, Arch Gresham,
Josiah Carter. Henry Graybill, Peter
Coffee, Matt Castor, Daniel Conner,
Thomas Grimes, Couplin Coulston,
Miles Gathright, John Cane. Humphrey
Graves, Joseph Cooper, George Gray,
Cato Sterling. James Graham, John
Outright, Bey Gilbert, Peter Car
bright, Aaron Grier, Duncan Cameron,
Major Thomas Harris George Cowan,
James and Joshua Hangton. Charles
Carroll. Thomas, Evan, James and Mi
chael Harvey, William Daniel. Newday
Ousley, Alex and Simon Dunn, Sarah
Haggerty Joseph and George Dawson,
Davis Harrison, Walter Ellace Rob-
ert Hill, Rich Farley, Jacob Hogg.
Robert Flournoy. James Hardwick,
Benjamin and William Fitzpatrick,
William Johnson, John Garrett, Isaac
Jackson, r. Greene, Hugh Jones,
Thomas Greene, John Killgore, VIII
liam Greene, Henry Kerr Carr
Thomas Lanier, Levi Lancaster, Will
liam Maddox, Robert Middleton, Anon
Ried. John Mckay, Samuel Ried,
Andrew McComb, John Ried. Hallard
Middleton, George Ried, William Nc
Clelland, Math Rabun, General Moore,
Joseph Ratchford. Joel McClendon,
John Ragan, Robert Moreland, Ezekiel
Robinet, W--Iam Milton. Josh Reese,
NJ Mullens, Joseph Spradling, David
Mitchen, T. Simonton Rich Newton,
James and Henry Stewart, James MIS-
bett, Dave Spatters, John. helms. John
Swepson, Joshua William and Joseph
Phillips, James Scarlet, ]. H. Pritch-
ard. william, John and Archibald
Smith, oliver Porter, Matthew stone.
James Palmer, John Swinney, Daniel
Parker, Isaac Stocks, James Pinkard,
Thomas Steward, Benjamin Posey,
Samuel Slaughter. Reuben Slaughter.
William Hunt. Jesse Thompson, Joseph
Taylor Thomas Trammell, Robert
Thompson, Samuel Townsend, James
Thweat John HankerIey, william,
Ben, Jack Thompson, Robert Thornton,
Robert Thompson, Ezekiel John. Jesse
Vengry, John p. Wagner, William
Willoughby. Curtis and Thomas Wei
born, Ethelred and Mathew Wood,
Silas Williams. John Wall. William
Washington. John Wilson, Daniel
Whatley, John and William Wilson.
Thomas Warbutton, Alb. Warmack
Thomas and George White, James
Ware William Walker. James Wood.
This long list of names will not be
dead reading to many OF The Journal
subscribers, and to any one who knows
Georgia II viii be OF interest. Colonel
Albert H. Cox. Governor Gambler. DIR.
Bolin, Sapnett, Mr.. w. Grant and
scores Of other people in Atlanta will
find the names of their ancestors in
this list. Bishop Hargrove's grand
father is among those mentioned. Mrs.
Bishop Gamblers ancestor is there.
The founder of the famous Georgia
Nisbetts is there. The ancestor of
Mark A. Cooper is in this list. These
people settled close together when the
lands were good. They had a long
way to go to the nearest trading post,
and they bought little. They lived in
their cabins. and raised stock. Things
were too uncertain for even the courts
to hold regular sessions for some time
after the country was laid out, but
1t was organized by 1857 and the first
estate was settled. 1t was Dorothy
Ashford's. She had 90 bushels corn at
25 cents a bushel. bay mare, l COW.
and calf, l heifer. hogs. Among other
articles bale, mug, a washtub and
a churn. 200 acres, Els.
Mr.. Jackson, 1898, had u negroes. The
first circuit court was held in 1897 and
Judge Henry Osborne was chief jus
tice. The first grand jury was Tn omas
Harris, David Love. Walton Harris,
Davis Gresham, John A. Miller, Will
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