Carroll County Historical Newspapers
THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
JAN. 21, 1876 - MAY 1877
THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC 1877
January 21, 1876
In Bankruptcy. Northern District
of Georgia, ss.
At Carrollton, in the County of Carroll, State of Georgia
this 20th day of January, 1876.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment
as Assignee, of the state of George W. Camp of Carrollton, in the county of Carroll,
State of Georgia, within said district who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his
own petition by the District Court of said District. W. W. Merrell, Assignee.
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April 27, 1877
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New Advertisements:
Mr. G. W. Guthrey shoemaker, who has lately located in our town, has a card in this
issue. He solicits a share of public patronage.
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To the Public. Owing to the hard times, and dull business, I have withdrawn
from the Carroll County Register. I return thanks to my friends who have so
kindly patronized me. Mr. Kelly will continue the publication of the Register
and will collect all claims and pay all indebtedness of sale. W. H. Meigs, Publisher
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Inventive Genius.
The little town of Bowdon in this county, is noted for its inventive genius.
With a population of not quite three hundred, it has within its incorporate limits,
no less than four gentlemen who have made valuable inventions. Dr. Aderhold
has invented a cotton chopper out of which a fortune or two has been made, we believe;
Dr. Coston has invented a garden plow; Mr. ___Sewell and Mr. J. W. Downs have
both made valuable improvements in plows. All of these inventions and two
others by Drs. Coston and Aderhold have been patented. Some of them have proved
quite profitable to the patentees.
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HYMENEAL:
At the residence of the brides father, Mr. John Tyson on the evening
of the 13th inst. (Jan. 13, 1876) by Thos. M. Hamilton Esq. Mr. W. M. Sheats and
Miss Nannie Tyson.
At the residence of the brides mother on
Wednesday evening, January 12th,(1876) by Elder B. A. Bacon, Mr. C. W. Griffin,
to Miss Maggie D. Adams.
On the 5th inst.,(Jan. 5, 1876)
at the residence of the bride's Mother, by J. M. Muse, Esq. Mr. John H. Moore of
Paulding county, to Miss Susan Whisenhunt of Carroll County.
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Legal Advertisements:
CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF SALES:
Will be sold
on the first Tuesday in February next, before the Courthouse door in Carrollton,
Carroll, County Georgia, between the hours of sale the following property, to wit:
Lot of land, number 38 in Trickum district, Carroll county, Ga. Levied on as the
property of the defendant, under and by virtue of two Justice court fi fas, issued
from the Justice court of the 1163 district, G. M. in favor of Porter and Butler,
against J. P. Coleman. Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Property pointed out by defendant.
Also The above described lot of land, levied on as the
property of the defendant, under and by virtue of two Justice court fi fas, issued
from the Justice court of the 1163 district G. M. in favor of Bruce & Conyers
against J. P. Coleman.
Also. Fifty acres of lot of land
number 36 and two acres of lot of land number 37 in the original Eleventh district
of Carroll county, Georgia, now Trickem district, levied on as the property of the
defendant for the purchase money thereof, under and by virtue of an attachment fi
fa issued from the Justice court of the 714th district G. M. in favor of John F.
Acklen against J. B. Merrell. Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Also. Lot of land number 139 in the Third district and Fifth section of Carroll
county Georgia. Levied on as the property of the defendant under and by virtue
of three Justice court fi fas issued from the Justice court of the 1026th district
G. M., and backed by W. H. Acklen, notary public et ex officio Justice of the Peace
in and for the 714th district G. M. in favor of J. A. Buchanan against D. W. Hashall.
Also. Lot of land number 244 in the Fifth district of Carroll,
county, Georgia. Levied on as the property of the defendant, Whit Attaway,
under and by virtue of a fi fa issued from the Superior court of Carroll county,
Georgia, in favor of W. T. Brock against W. & B. F. Attaway.
Also. ...levied on as the property of Samuel Ferrell. ....in favor of John R. Handley.
Also.....levied on as the property of Coleman Jones.....in favor of G. D. Crider...
Also.....levied on as the property G. B. Vies, in favor of Robert Houseworth for
the use of Richards & Tompkins.
Also.....levied on as
the property of E. Hugeons, in favor of B. F. Attaway.
Also.....levied on as the property of E. Hugeons in favor of Jesse Kenney
Also.....levied on as the property of E. Hugeons in favor of R. I. Holland and J.
Kenny
Also.....levied on as the property of Harrison Moore,
by virtue of a tax fi fa issued by James M. Hamrick, Jr. Tax Collector
Also.....levied on as the property of A. J. Richards, by virtue of a tax fi fa issued
by James M. Hamrick, Jr.
Also....." property of W. B.
Conyers, tax fi fa
Also.... " property of T. H. Hinsley
Also.... " property of J. W. Merrell, in favor of J. W. Stewart
J. T. Bedingfield,
Sheriff
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GEORGIA, CARROLL
COUNTY.....All persons interested are hereby required to show cause, if any they
have, why Moses Proctor, a colored minor, whose father is dead and whose mother
resides without the limits of said county, should not be bound out at my office,
in Carrollton, on the 17th January next. D. B. Juhan. December 1875
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DIVORCE: Mary Ann
Stephens vs. Vol Stephens. Libel for divorce in Carroll Superior Court, Oct.
term 1875. It appearing to the court by the return of the Sheriff, that the
defendant does not reside in this county, and it further appearing to the court
that he does not reside in this State, it is on motion of counsel ordered that said
defendant appear and answer at the next term of this court, else that the case be
considered in default, and the plaintiff be allowed to proceed. And it is
further ordered that this rule be published, in The Carroll County Times, once a
month for four months. Hugh Buchanan, j. s. C. C. C. A true extract
from the minutes of said Court.
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The Governor vs. Elbert D. Cash, Prin., Wiley J. Cash, Security. Carroll Superior
Court. October Term 1875.
It appearing to the Court of the
return of the Sheriff that the defendant Elbert D. Cash does not reside in this
county and it further appearing that the defendant Elbert D. Cash does not reside
in this State. It is on motion of counsel ordered that said defendant appear
and answer to the next term of the Court else that the case be considered in default
and the plaintiff allowed to proceed. Hugh Buchanan. J. M. Meadows, Clerk
October 22, 1875
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Georgia,
Carroll County....Whereas B. E. Mathews, administrator of Abel Mathews, represents
to the court in his petition duly field and entered on record, that he has fully
administered Abel Mathews estate: This is therefore to cite all persons concerned
kindred and creditors to show course if any they can, who said administrator should
not be discharged from his administration and receive letters of dismission, on
the first Monday in April 1876. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary. This Dec. 21st
1875
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Georgia, Carroll
County.....Whereas H. N. Wiggins administrator of M. C. Scott, represents to the
court, in his petition duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully administered
M. C. Scott's estate: ......letter of dismission....1st Monday in April 1876.
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JANUARY 28, 1876
Administrator's
Sale. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Carroll county, will be
sold within the legal hours of sale, at the courthouse door in said county, on the
first Tuesday in March next, the following property to wit: The north half
o lot of land number 54, lying and being the the Tenth district of Carroll county.
Sold as the property of Thomas Carten deceased, for distribution among the heirs
and creditors of said estate. Terms half cash, balance twelve months time.
C. A. Garrett, Administrator, Jan. 27th 1875
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Georgia, Carroll County.....M. C. Trimble, having applied to be appointed guardian
of the person and property of John L. Johnson, a minor under fourteen years of age,
resident of said county: This is to cite all persons concerned to be and appear
at the term of the court of Ordinary, to be held next after the expiration of thirty
days from the first publication of this notice, and show cause , if they can, why
said M. C. Trimble should not be entrusted with the guardianship of the person and
property of John L. Johnson. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary, Feb. 1, 1876
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PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS: W. P. Cole, Attorney; D. W. Sims, mill wright;
Chandler & Cobb, Attorneys; Austin & Harris, Attorneys; W. W. Fitts
and J. G. Arnall, Physicians and Surgeons; S. E. Grow, Attorney; Dr. I. N.
Cheney, doctor; C. W. Mabry, Oscar Reese, attorneys in Lagrange and Carrollton;
W. W. & G. W. Merrell, attorneys; B. J. Lunquest, watchmaker and jeweler; T.
W. Dimmock, Architect and builder; J. F. Cole, Physician & Surgeon; Dr.
T. P. McElwreath, Dentist; J. M. Dent, attorney (Newnan GA);P. B. Mathews,
Watchmaker & Jeweler.
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Administrators Sale: By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Carroll
county, will be sold within the legal hours of sale at the court house door in said
county on the first Tuesday in February next, the following property to wit:
Lot of land Number 20 in the Ninth District of Carroll county, Sold as the property
of W. F. Brown, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of the said
estate. J. J. Velvin, Adm'r.
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FEBRUARY 4, 1876
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY....W. M. Richards, having in proper
form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Angeline
M. Richards, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Angeline M. Richards, to be and appear at my office within the
times allowed by law and show cause if any they can, why permanent letters should
not be granted....D. R. Juhan.
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FEBRUARY 4, 1876
GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY....W. M. Richards, having in proper
form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Angeline
M. Richards, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Angeline M. Richards, to be and appear at my office within the
times allowed by law and show cause if any they can, why permanent letters should
not be granted....D. R.
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GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY.....Richard Benton, having in proper form applied.... on
the estate of Georgia Musick, late of said county...this is to cite....why adm.
should not be granted. D. B. Juhan
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Mr. J. T. McCarley of Villa Rica has recently located in Carrollton. Mr. M.
is a clever gentleman and good citizen and we take pleasure in noting his location
among us.
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A MAN
FROZEN TO DEATH. On last Tuesday, being Sale day in Carrollton, Mr. Jackson
Skinner, a citizen of Carroll county, came to town early in the morning and being
addicted to taking too much of the "ever joyful" was soon under the influence
of "King Alcohol". Late in the evening he started home and fell
by the wayside. He was found next morning, some four miles from town, near
the track of G.S. & N. A. Railroad frozen to death. Mr. S. was between fifty
and sixty years of age, and said, to be an hones, industrious and harmless man.
His sad and untimely death should serve as a warning to those who are in the habit
of indulging too freely.
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Obituary. Walter B. Garrison. On last Tuesday night, the 25th inst.,
(Jan. 25, 1873) Walter B. Garrison, departed this life at the residence of his father,
in this place, aged about 14 years. On Saturday morning...he was taken with
a violent attack of Meningitis. He was employed in the office of the News.
The above account of the death of Walter B. Garrison, son of Mr. P. G. Garrison,
late of this place .
Editor Times. At the request of Mr. P.
G. Garrison and Mary A. Garrison , I ask you to announce the death of his son Walter
who died at his father's house in Athens, Alabama at 12 o'clock on the night of
the 25th of January last. (1873)
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HYMENEAL:
Married at the residence of the brides father, on Sunday morning
the 26th December 1875. by the Rev. Thomas Garner, Mr. Franklin R. Walker and Miss
Harried R. Handley. All of Cleburne County, Alabama.
Married
in this place on the evening of the 27th ultimo. (Dec. 27, 1875) by the Rev.
A. C. Reese, Mr. E. I. McCoy to Miss Lillie Myrick.
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Off for Canada. Our good friend L. P. Mandeville Esq. will leave in a day
or two for an extended visit to Canada and the New England States. It is quite
probable he will be gone some time- may be, taking in the Centennial before his
return.
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Snow.
As we go to press, Friday morning, the snow, the beautiful snow is coming down with
a rush.
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Bowdon.
With a sorrowing heart we record the death of Chas. W. Garrett, on the 17th inst.
(Jan. 17, 1876)
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FEBRUARY 11, 1876
Frank Pope who recently left this place for Texas, is now located
at Dallas, in that State. Frank has got into business and we are glad to learn
doing well.
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MARCH
3, 1876
Reverly Johnson, the eminent statesman and lawyer, is dead. He
died on Friday (Probably Feb. 28, 1876) from the effect of a fall which is
attributed to an attach of apoplexy or vertigo. He was about 80 years old
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Personal. Mr.
John R. Gaines, brother of Carroll's poet laureate, R. J. Gaines, is on a visit
to this county. Mr. G. we believe is interested in the Waldrop mine, in Haralson
county and is here looking after his interests as well the mining interests of the
country generally.
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We have heard a gentleman say, that there were nineteen drummers at the Hotel on
last Tuesday night. Carrollton is getting to be a place of some importance.
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Charlie Adamson
of Bowden has located in Carrollton, temporarily, for the purpose of studying law.
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Married. At
the residence of the bride's father, on Thursday evening, the 24th (Feb. 24, 1876)
ultimo., by J. M. Muse Esq. Mr. E. T. Gray to Miss Mary Jane Williams.
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Carroll Sheriff Sales.
.....property of J. E. Jackson, in favor of G. W. Cavender
.....property of A. M. Richards and W. M. Richards, in favor of A. K. Seago
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property of Blalock and Tanner, in favor of J. W. Stewart
.....property of Willis
S. Hand, in favor of W. D. Jones
....property of S. J. Stovall, in favor of Baylis
Richardson
.....property of E. V. Barlow, in favor of J. M. Hamrick, Jr., tax
collector
.....property of L. J. V. Taylor, for taxes due
.... property of
John Rodahan, for taxes due
....property of N. Estes, in favor of W. T. Sumerlin
....property of Coleman Jones, in favor of A. G. L. Crider
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The sale from the personalty of G. W. Camp on last Tuesday only amounted to $913.
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MARCH 10, 1876-no
news
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MARCH
17, 1876
One of the most interesting features of the Centennial show, will be
the Newspaper Exhibition by Geo. P. Rowell & Co. They propose erecting
a building in which will be exhibited every newspaper and periodical published in
the United States. This build will be the headquarters of all the newspaper
men. Those of our readers who visit the Exposition will find The Carroll County
Times on Exhibition there.
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Villa Rica - Village of Gold, or Golden Village - took its name years ago during
the gold excitement, in its immediate vicinity. It is one of the oldest towns
in this section of the State. The first discovery of gold thereabout dates
back over forty years ago. In those days quite a number of people flocked
in there and the Villa Rica Gold mines became famous throughout the country.
The Villa Rica of today is a quiet staid and sober village, of, we should suppose
two hundred inhabitants. It has several business houses and among its prominent
merchants we might mention W. B. Candler, Floyd & Woodley, W. M. Sheets, J.
J. Velvin and J. F. Dobson. It has a neat hotel, the Tolbert House, which
would do credit to a place twice its size. Tom Tolbert, the genial and clever proprietor,
it is said, knows not only how to run a hotel, but is also a good judge of horse
flesh. We doubt from what we have heard, whether Watt Wells, Dick Vance or
even John Handley could give him any dots on that subject.
The Pine Hill gold mine, not far from Villa Rica, in the edge at Douglass county,
is being worked at present by Mr. T. M. Hamilton and Mr. Jno. Mable. The prospect
we are pleased to learn of these gentlemen is flattering. The great difficulty
heretofore in the operation of these mines has been the getting of sufficient water
on top of the mountain. They propose obviating this difficulty by the introduction
of the proper machinery part of which they have already got. We hope to visit
these mines before long, when we shall have something more to say about them.
Villa Rica is surrounded by a good section of country and a good citizenship.
The town itself was the home of the late lamented S. C. Candler, and it was here
his son, the present member of Congress from the Fifth district, was reared/
It is also the home of the Hon. J. T. Slaughter, the senator, from this district.
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County Court.
Convened on last Monday . March 14, 1876)
The first case sounded
was that of the State vs. John R. Turner, who was charged with the offence of assault.
After a hotly contested trial, verdict, of Guilty was rendered, and the defendant
fined $25.00 and costs. County Solicitor Cobb and G. W. Merrell Esq. for the
State; Austin & Harris, for defendant.
The next case,
the State vs Georgia Ann Williams, charged with assault, was called. Miss
Georgia had taken for her target, Mr. Dave Horton, at whom she fired on barrel of
a shot gun, (it is thought she would have fired the other barrel, if the gun had
had another) without doing any damage, however. The court allowed her ten
days, or the privilege of paying $15.00 and costs. Not being able to raise
the requisite amount, she has taken a room in the Smith house, where she will have
time to reflect on the impropriety of attempting to take the life of an innocent
young man. County Solicitor for the State; Merrells for defendant.
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Carroll County Sheriff Sales:
......Property of Georgia Manufacturing
and Paper Mill Company , in favor of W. A. J. Phillips, T. P. Amis, John M. Moyers,
U. R. Wilkinson, Lavander R. Ray, T. J. Hollis, J. W. B. Melson, H. J. Sargent.
......property of F. L. Company by Alday T. Herring.
......property to W. C.
Grace by tax collector
......property T. A. Grace President of said company,
by the tax collector.
.....property of William Entrekin, in favor of Wm. Amis
against T. G. Vickerman .
.....property of L. M. Parker in favor of John H. Coleman
.....I. B. Vines, by tax collector
...... Eliza Vines, by tax collector.
......D.
P. Vickery, by tax collector.
..... J. W. Caufiman, by tax collector.
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All property belonging to William Wilson at his death, upon which C. T. Wilson now
lives Levied on as the property of defendants under and by virtue of fi fas issued.
One in favor of G. W. Austin against C. T. Wilson, and one in favor of Austin against
C. T. Wilson and D. J. Moore.
The above property is sold under the Attorneys
lien in favor of the said Austin as attorney at law, and the defendant in the fifas
being heirs at law of the said William Wilson, deceased. J. T. Bedingfield,
Sheriff, March 10, 1876.
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GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY. Motion in Carroll County of Ordinary to probate deceased
will in solemn form, by the witnesses to the same. George Sharp and Hiram
Sharp. Executors of Hiram Sharp Sr., deceased. vs. the heirs at law and distributees
of the Estate of Hiram Sharp, Sr. dec'd. It appearing to the Court that a
part of the heirs and distributees of the estate of Hiram Sharp sr., deceased, live
out of the limits of this State: It is on motion ordered that service be perfected
upon all and each of the said heirs and distributees, residing out of the limits
of this State, by publication of this rule once a month, until the first Monday
in June net, in the Carroll County Times, a paper published in Carrollton, and the
said parties in interest are hereby required to appear at the Court of Ordinary
to be in and for said county of Carroll at the Court House, on the first Monday
in June next, to show cause if any they can, why the will propounded by the said
named executors should not, then and there be probated by the witnesses in solemn
form, as the last will and testament of the said Hiram Sharp, sr., deceased, and
admitted to record. Granted at March Term of Carroll court of Ordinary 1876.
D., B. Juhan, Ordinary, March 7, 1876.
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Georgia, Carroll County. All persons interested are hereby required to show
cause, if any they have, why Thomas Johnson, Catharine Johnson and George Johnson,
three colored minors - without father or mother living should not be bound to W.
F. Johnson, of said county, at my office in Carrollton on Saturday the eight day
of April next. D. B. Thomasson, J. C. C., March 9, 1876
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MARCH 24, 1876
Burglary - Ike Reid, a well known colored gent of this place was
caught on last Friday about noon, entering the store of C. B. Simonton, while the
latter was at dinner, through a window in the back part of the building. Failing
to give the proper bond, he was incarcerated to wait the sitting of the Superior
court.
Some time last week an old gentleman in the western
part of the county had stolen $400 in specie - $300 in gold and $100 in silver.
One W. C. Morris being suspected he was arrested and is now in jail awaiting trial.
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Centenarian....At
the Poor House in this county there is an old man by the name of James Conway, who
says that if he lives til the 8th of April he will be one hundred years old.
His life according to his account has been full of adventure. He has served
in three wars--- the war of 1812 ---The Indian war of '36 and the late war.
Notwithstanding his advanced age he gets about very well.
[Note by Liz Robertson. After
typing this article I have tried to find additional information on James Conroy
(I believe the paper gave the name as Conway). Below is what I have found
so far and I would welcome any additional information.]
Centenarian....At the
Poor House in this county there is an old man by the name of James Conway, who says
that if he lives til the 8th of April he will be one hundred years old. His life
according to his account has been full of adventure. He has served in three wars---
the war of 1812 ---The Indian war of '36 and the late war. Notwithstanding his advanced
age he gets about very well.
1850 Carroll Co. Census,, Page 43, (Image
84)
564 1 James Conroy 68 m Ireland (bn 1882)
564 2 Sarah Conroy 55 f GA
564 3 Melisa Conroy 29 f GA
564 4 Alley Conroy 16 f GA
564 5 Elam Conroy
15 m GA
564 6 Thomas Conroy 10 m GA
564 7 Frona Conroy 4 f GA
John
Conroy married Sallie Harrison, June 14, 1838. If this is the correct Conroy, then
Melisa Conroy age 29 in 1850 is not the daughter of Sarah Conroy shown on the 1850
census)
John M. Conroy married Sarah A Embrey, March 11, 1855
[I found
a James Conroy listed in the book, "War of 1812 Pensioners",
Volume
I: A - I, transcribed by Virgil D. White, page 451 - CONROY,
James, SO - 9054,
served Henry H. Whiten's Company 2nd US Infantry &
H.H. Brady's Company
in 2nd, 22nd or 23rd US Infantry, ALLEGED
There is no mention of a state
or any other particulars, just the above
information. Submitted by: Carole Kane,
[email protected]]
Company " H "
41st. Georgia Infantry Regiment
CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA
WOOL HAT BOYS
Conroy, James - private March 4, 1862.
Discharged in 1862
GEORGIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIER INDEX - Page 64 - Conley
thru Coody
39742-40350
Compiled and formatted by Keith Giddeon
Info and
F.A.Q. at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/military/gsi/index.html
40276 Conroy
James H 41st Inf. Reg't. Private
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40276 Conroy James H 41st Inf. Reg't. Private 40276
40277 Conroy John H 6th
Inf. Reg't
40278 Conroy John Wheaton's Company, GA Artillery (Chatham Artillery)
Private
40279 Conroy John 1st Inf. Reg't Private
40280 Conroy Michael B
63rd Inf. Reg't. Private
40281 Conroy Michael 1st Inf. Reg't Private
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Space for Indian Wars record: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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CENSUS RECORDS:
1850 Carroll Co. Census,, Page 43, (Image 84)
564
1 James Conroy 68 m Ireland (bn 1882)
564 2 Sarah Conroy 55 f GA
564 3 Melisa
Conroy 29 f GA
564 4 Alley Conroy 16 f GA
564 5 Elam Conroy 15 m GA
564 6 Thomas Conroy 10 m GA
564 7 Frona Conroy 4 f GA
Haralson Co. Census,
Page 238B, 1900 /cen6.txt
(note the age of the Thomas on the 1850 Carroll census
and Tomas below who was born in 1829. May not be the same Thomas)
238B 62-14B
86 260 262 CONROY TOMAS W M 4-1829 69 NEWFO. IRE IRE NEWFOUNDLIN
238B 62-14B
87 260 262 CONROY ANNA G. W F 3-1839 61 ENG ENG ENG WESTICHESTER
Family Search - James Conroy Census
Page -1880 Carroll Co. 181 C - Dist 714 -
Name Relation Marital Status Gender
Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Pacal
P KINGCHERRY Self M Male W 26 GA VT VT
Alice KINGCHERRY Wife M Female W 23 GA
Keeping House GA GA
Mary Alice KINGCHERRY Dau S Female W 1 GA GA GA
Nancy
MOORE Other W Female W 66 SC --- ---
*James CONROY Other W Male W 105 IRELAND
Barber --- ---
Rebecca AUTION Other Female W 60 GA --- ---
Jane TOWNSEND
Other W Female W 66 IL --- ---
Godfrey BUFF Other M Male W 74 SC Farmer ---
---
Polly BUFF Other M Female W 64 AL --- ---
Nehemiah PHILLIPS Other M
Male W 61 VA Farmer --- ---
Mary PHILLIPS Other M Female W 34 GA --- ---
Nancy PHILLIPS Other S Female W 6 GA --- ---
George W PHILLIPS Other S Male
W 4 GA --- ---
Martha PHILLIPS Other S Female W 8M GA --- ---
Margaret ENTREKIN
Other W Female W 46 SC --- ---
Davis ENTREKIN Other S Male W 12 GA --- ---
Samuel ENTREKIN Other S Male W 8 GA SC ---
Lucinda ENTREKIN Other S Female
W 6 GA --- ---
Mollie PENDER Other S Female W 30 GA --- ---
Edwin Gardner
PENDER Other S Male W 1 GA --- ---
ARTICLE; THE CARROLL CO. TIMES, APRIL
14, 1876: Brevities. Old man Conroy's 100th birthday came off last
week.
If you have any additional information
regarding James Conroy or his family, please advise Liz Robertson at
[email protected].
Newspaper Abstract from "The Carroll County Times",
April 1882 by C. Gravelle LOCAL News
James Conroy, an inmate of the Poor
House for the past several years, and
reputed to be the oldest man in the county,
died last Monday the 10th inst., at
the advanced age of 105 years.
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Stabbing Affray in Bowdon. From a note from a friend
in Bowdon, we are informed that considerable excitement was created in that ___
village on last Monday evening, by a stabbing affray, in which Robert Vance was
pretty badly cut by Joseph Terrell, Jr. The wound was in
the neck.
Luckily the knife struck a bone and did not penetrate very deep. Vance was
not so badly hurt but what he could get in his
buggy and ride home. Merrell
got away without arrest.
Our correspondent does not
state what he origin of the difficulty was but we learn from another source, that
it was something about a
land trade between the parties.
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OBITUARY. Died at his residence in the Sixth district of this count, on last
Friday, the 18th instant, of Pneumonia fever, Mr. Thomas Brooks,
in the twenty
sixth year of his age. Mr. B. was a strict member of the M. E. Church, and
set an example of piety and virtue worthy of imitation.
The funeral services
were performed at Asbury Chapel on last Sunday by the Rev. C. Trussell, before a
large concourse of friends and
relatives of the deceased.
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Mr. Z. T. Adams of Kansas district in this county is responsible for the following.
He says that on last Sunday morning, that his little boy got
hold of a young
squirrel, which he brought to the house. Not wishing him to keep it, he told
him to give it to the cat, which he did. The cat
instead of destroying
it, as was expected, kindly took it and placed it with her kittens, where she nourished
it as one of them, and up to the time
Mr. A. was telling this, the little squirrel
was doing fine.
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March 31,
1876
Hymeneal: Married on the 16th (Mar. 16, 1876) inst at the residence
of the bride's father, by John Carroll Esq. Mr. J. T. Lyle and Miss Sue E.
Pearson.
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The Carroll County Times, March
31, 1876... ARBITRATION
The case between Mr. J. J. Summerlin of Haralson county
and Mr. C. Whittle living near here, in reference to a place bought by the latter
from the former, was arbitrated on last Saturday by Mr. Eli Benson, Dr. Fitts, and
Mr. Mandeville. The decision of the arbitrators was that Mr. Summerlin should
pay Mr. Whittle $240 at the end of the year, when Mr. W. should surrender the place
to Mr. S. This decision was rendered in view of the fact that Mr. Whittle
had originally paid Mr. Summerlin $680 purchase money and also claimed that he had
put $600 worth of improvements on the place. As an offset to this he gets the place
three years and the $240 dollars above awarded.
We understand
that the decision of the arbitrators was satisfactory to both parties.
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Mr. G. W. Camp left the first of this week for Texas. We failed to learn what
part of the State he has gone to.
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Mayor Watt Wells is again in the livery stable business. He occupies the old
stand on Newnan Street. Watt has a genius in this direction. What he dont
know about a horse, aint worth knowing.
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Lige Harper is almost crazy with joy because it's a girl baby. He says it's
the finest in Georgia, and thinks it will be ready to flirt with the boys before
long. We understand that Mr. J. S. Walker is waiting on Lige during his delirium,
and thinks he will come to his senses all right after a while and wish they were
all boys like his.
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APRIL 7, 1876
HOME ENTERPRISE. Mr. Editor: After a recent visit to the home of our
townsman, Col. C. W. Mabry, I was so much impressed by the busy scene that presented
itself before me - all going forward under the immediate supervision and direction
of Mrs. Mabry - and the further knowledge of the great good she has already accomplished
and is yet doing, that I feel like making this public mention of it.
Mrs. Mabry is carrying on a regular manufacture of socks and stockings for men,
women and children's wear, and that to on no very small scale.
We do not know how many knitting machines are in use; perhaps a dozen or more, furnishing
regular employment to about two dozen ladies. The skillful worker sometimes
realizes seven or eight dollars a week.
May ladies are knitting
at their own homes, and in some cases own the machine; they all receive a certain
amount per pair. Mrs. Mabry has undertaken all the trouble of introducing,
selling, shipping, etc. of the goods, which have already found a market in several
of the Southern States.
As to the quality and style of
these goods they seem to be of the very best, and of various grades according to
the number of thread used. they are sold at a very reasonable price. I
can see no reason why they should not be as durable or even more so than those imported
and sold at the same prices.
---We believe her spirit of
enterprise will enable her to supply any demand that may be made for her manufactured
goods. All praise, say I, to be given to her and those worthy ladies who
labor with her. M. B. Hardin
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APRIL 14, 1876}
SUPERIOR COURT. Our readers will recollect that when we
went to press last week, that the jury in the case of the State vs. Hazle charged
with burglary, was being impaneled. After the jury had been made up Hazle
withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty of burglary in day time.
Upon this confession of guilt he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary. McLucus colored whose case had been previously tried and
he had been found guilty of same offence, was sent up for four years.
The
case of the State vs Wm. C. Morris, charged with burglary, was tried Friday.
The State was well represented by the Solicitor General and Austin & Harris.
Morris was ably defended by W. W. & G. W. Merrell and Chandler & Cobb.
The trial lasted until nearly 10 o'clock P. M. Friday night and excited considerable
interest on the part of the audience. About half past twelve o'clock the jury
returned a verdict of guilty and the Court pronounced sentence and the crown
dispersed. Morris goes in for five years, the extent of the law.
There was one divorce case, Mary Ann Stephens vs. Vol Stephens, Divorce granted.
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Off to Honduras. Mr. J. B. Coleman, well
known in this county, will leave for Honduras on next Monday. Mr. C. goes
out with the intention of remaining a year, when if he likes, he will return
and move his family to that country. While we regret to loose Mr. Coleman as a citizen,
since he wills it otherwise, we wish him a prosperous voyage and much success in
that distant land.
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JURIES DRAWN FOR OCTOBER
COURT.
The following are the names of the grand Jurors drawn for the October
term of the Superior Court for the present year:
Joel A. Culpepper, J. W. Merrell,
E. B. Darden, John Shadinger, L. C. Williams, J. W. Chappell, F. M. Skinner, John
H. Chambers, W. Copeland, R. B. Reid, J. M. Reagan, Jas. Westbrooks, Henry A. Coleman,
W. J. Doster, J. D. Wood, J. C. Cantrell, J. E. Green, G. W. Camp, H. W. Brazier,
J. C. Shackelford, A. F. White, James a Bass, L. H. King, George M. Smith, Lemon
Shell, H. B. Reagan, T. E. Holmes, J. R. Reives, W. S. Craven, S. W. Noland.
TRAVERSE JURY: F. J. Gilbert, E. W. Barnes, J. R. Camp, J. F. Cochran, W.
S. Tweedle, Isaac Lather, H. A. Strickland, C. B. Webb, J. W. Downs, W. G.
Robertson, J. R. Phillips, J. M. Hambrick, Z. W. Muse, Isham Akins, J. C. Murk,
Joseph Entrekin, W. J. Wynn, D. W. Adamson, R. C. Lyle, Jos. D. Moore, C. H. Lasater,
Isaac Kenney, A. J. Camp, Jesse Gray, D. Y. Griffin, M. P. Trimble, R. R. Hooley,
Eli Reed, John McGarity, W. C. New, W. G. Bonner, A S C Chance, G. S. Sharp,
John K. Roop, Mathew Reid, E. T. Davis.
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Brevities. Old man Conroy's 100th birthday came off last week.
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DEATH: At his residence in Whitesburg Carroll County, on the 10th inst., (April
10, 1876?) Mr. John Gilbert, in the 64th year of his age, from an injury received
in the following manner: He had gone into the new Baptist church in company
with one of his sons, and was piling up some loose lumber, and while walking about
on the sleepers, the floor not being laid, he stepped upon the end of a short piece
of plank, which not being fastened, flew up and hit him in the side, causing a contusion
of the bowels. His sufferings from the time he received the injury on Saturday
morning about 8 o'clock until Sunday evening, were very great, when he expressed
himself as feeling a little easier. On Monday morning an evident change for
the worse had taken place, and his physicians gave up all hope of his recovery,
and about 8 o'clock his spirit winged its way to the God who gave it.
Thus passed away from the turmoils of life a kind husband, an affectionate father,
and a useful citizen, loved and respected by all who knew him.
Mr. Gilbert was the owner of the land upon which the beautiful little town of Whitesburg
is located and was extensively engaged in the building up of that place. We
deeply sympathize with the bereaved family, but it is consoling to believe that
their loss is his eternal gain.
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HYMENEAL.
Our young friends Mr. Giles Boggess and Mr. Henry Coleman were united in holy bonds
of matrimony on the evening of the 12th inst. Giles was married to Miss Whittle,
daughter of C. Whittle living some six miles below here, and Henry was married to
a cousin of Giles bride and of the same name. Our best wishes attend the newly
married people.
(Note by transcriber: Mr. Giles Sanford Boggess married
Martha Whittle, April 12, 1876. He was the son of Ahaz Jefferson Boggess and
Margaret F. Benson. Giles Sanford Boggess died September 6, 1910.
I believe
Henry M. Coleman was the son of James P. Coleman (see Page 132B of the 1870 Carroll
Co. Census. Henry was age 16 in 1870. I was unable to find the marriage
record for him.)
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Grand Jury Presentments.
April Term of Carroll Superior Court 1876...various findings presented by the jury:
Wm. L. Adamson, Foreman, Samuel M. Craven, John T. Robinson, Wm. H. Worthy, John
R. Garrett, Theopholus Spurlock, Briton Gaston, John B. Warren, Wm. S. Pentecost,
James H. Cobb, A. L. Waddell, Joseph Hutchinson, Chestley Whittle, wm. W. Williams,
Larkin J. A. Turner, Joseph L. Morris, Henry T. Heath, John S. Fletcher, J.
J. Velvin, John M. Thurman.
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Is he a Prophet?
The following letter upon the mineral resources of this section was written by Mr.
R. J. Gaines, to Major Richardson of this place in 1872, and is published as a matter
of interest, to show how near Gaines comes to being a prophet:
"
Villa Rich, July 22, 1872". Maj Richardson. Dear Sir - According
to promise I give you some items in regard to the mineral indications in this section
of Carroll county, and also the "Waldrop Copper Mine' in Haralson county, Georgia.
I will commense with what is known in this county, as the "Chamber's Lead,"
some 5 miles in length, with large outcroppings at various points. For instance,
copper has been cut on the Hill property, at the depth of 95 feet from the surface,
disclosing a vein of the yellow sulphuret of copper some 8 ft. in width, which promises
to be a permanent and paying mine.
Adjoining this mine is
the Chamber's property, upon which has been sunk a shaft to the depth of about 100
feet with a similar result to that in the Hill shaft.
The
next point on this great mineral Lead where copper has been discovered, is known
as the "Wick copper mine, " and is the best developed property in this
mineral section. The vein on this property is about the same width of that
of the Hill and Chambers mines.
Copper has been cut at several
other places on this lead, and they all promise to make rich and paying mines.
All we need is capital, skill and enterprise, to make this one of the wealthiest
and most independent sections of the State.
..........The
surface indications of all the properties as above described, are identical, and
of the same character of those at Cornwall England, and Duck Town, Tennessee.
I write in great haste, in order to send this epistle by Thomas Chandler, Esq. Robert
J. Gaines
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Mr. J. S. Walker wants a name for
his last boy. He has had to name seven - of his own - and has run out of names.
Give him a name somebody. Seven boys and one girls, and the chimney fell down and
killed the balance.
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April 21, 1876
Executor's
Sale. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, the undivided half of
lot of land number 186, in the fifth district of Carroll county. Sold as the
property of John Long, deceased. Sold on time until December 25th 1876.
b. M. Long Executor, April 11, 1876
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Georgia, Carroll County.
Mrs. Sarah Powell has applied for exemption of personalty and setting apart and
valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Monday
the first day of May next, at my office. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors. State of Georgia Carroll County. Notice
is hereby given to all persons having demands against William Entrekin, late of
said county, deceased to present them to me properly made out, within the time prescribed
by law, so as to show their character and amount. And all persons indebted
to said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment. Joseph Entrekin,
Exec. April 5, 1876
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Notice to Debtors and
Creditors. State of Georgia Carroll County. Notice is hereby given to
all persons having demands against William Entrekin, late of said county, deceased
to present them to me properly made out, within the time prescribed by law, so as
to show their character and amount. And all persons indebted to said deceased
are hereby required to make immediate payment. Joseph Entrekin, Exec. April
5, 1876
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Notice. The paper "Register"
has been discontinued and combined with The Carroll County Times.
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A. T. Stewart died childless. His wife is his principle heir. His friend
and executor, Judge Hilton, gets a round million. Employees in his service
over ten years got $1,000 apiece, those under ten years $500. (note by transcriber.
That is all of this article. I cannot tell what it was about)
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Carroll County Sheriff Sales.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in May next,
1876, before the Courthouse door in the town of Carrollton, Carroll county, Georgia,
between the usual hours of sale the following property, to-wit:
... The
east half of lot of land number 4 in the Eleventh district of Carroll county, Georgia,
levied on as the property of the defendants under and by virtue of a fifa issued
from the Justice court of the 1163rd district G.M. of said county, in favor of John
H. Coleman against L. M. Parker and J. W. Parker.
... 100 acres...levied on as
property of defendant.....in favor of George W. Austin, against C. T. Wilson.
... One town lot and house in Whitesburg...known as the hours formerly occupied
by A. J. Richards as a bar room, levied on as the property of defendant under and
by virtue of two fifas issued....in favor of W. A. Turner against John C. Brantly.
... levied on under and by virtue of one fi fa issued by J. M. Hamrick, Jr., Tax
Collector, against A. N. Denham for taxes due for the year 1875.
... levied on
.... by virtue of a fi fa issued by J. M. Hamrick, Jr., Tax collector...against
W. D. Heaton, for taxes due for the year 1875.
... levied on... by virtue of
a fi fa issued by J. M. Hamrick, Jr. ...against W. J. Pyron, for taxes due for the
year 1875.
... levied on...by virtue of fi fa issued....against J. R. Thurman,
for taxes due for the year 1875.
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Notice to
Debtors and Creditors. State of Georgia Carroll County. Notice is hereby
given to all persons having demands against William Entrekin, late of said county,
deceased to present them to me properly made out, within the time prescribed by
law, so as to show their character and amount. And all persons indebted to
said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment. Joseph Entrekin,
Exec. April 5, 1876
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MAY 5, 1876
Georgia,
Carroll County. William Brooks, having in proper form applied to me for permanent
letters of administration on the estate of Thos. S. Brooks, late of said county,
this is to cite all and singular, the creditors and next of kin of Thos. S. Brooks,
to be and appear at my office, within the time allowed by law, and show cause if
any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted to William Brooks
on Thos. S. Brooks estate, on the first Monday in June next. D. B. Juhan,
Ordinary
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Sheriff's Sales...
.... levied
on by virtue of fi fa issued in favor of George W. Driver against J. J. Winkles.
.... levied on by virtue of fi fa issued in favor of W. T. Brock against W. &
B. F. Attaway.
... levied on by virtue of fi fa issued in favor of William
Wyatt against H. H. Scogin.
....levied on by virtue of fi fa issued in favor
of John F. Acklin, against J. B. Merrell.
.... " in favor of Homer M. Key
against Daniel Bustle.
.......against J. S. N. Lewis for taxes due for the year
1875.
.... property of D. V. Crider, to satisfy a judgment, rendered at said
term of said court, on an attachment in favor of James C. Armstrong vs. D. V. Crider,
defendant, and Savannah Griffin & North Alabama Railroad as garnishee.
....
against R. G. Dick for tax for the year 1875.
... in favor of M. C. & J.
F. Kiser & Co. against J. B. Stewart, and another against J. B. Stewart and
J. Y. Blalock.
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There is a chicken at the drugstore
of D. Juhan, which has four legs, four wings, two backs and two tails. It
was brought to town by Mr. John Handley.
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Col. Harris and Charley Juhan left for West Point on Wednesday morning. Charley
for the purpose of appearing today before the Examining Committee for the Naval
Cadetship. Brisbane Richardson who also goes before the Committee, went down
yesterday morning by rail. We wish our boys success and trust that one of
them may win the prize.
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MAY 12, 1876
Death of Mr. W. O. Sharpe. After a lingering invalidism of many years, and
a more serious illness of a few weeks, this old and highly esteemed citizen died
of consumption of the bowels, at his residence in West Point, on Saturday last,
about noon. (Mar. 6, 1876) His last hours were consoled by the presence of
all his children, (one of whom, Mr. E. R. Sharpe, is editor of the Carrollton Times.)
and by the faithful administrations of neighbors and friends,. His remains
were buried in Pine Grove Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Rev. P. M. Ryburn
officiating.
Mr. Sharpe removed to this section from South
Carolina many years ago. Until recently he resided in Chambers county, about
two miles from town. He was 59 years of age.
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CENTENNIAL PARTY ... The night of May 10th, 1876, will never be forgotten by the
hundreds who assembled at the College building to participate in the exercises and
pleasure of the long-looked for Centennial Party. The affair was of a dual
nature. It was gotten up not only to signalize the opening of the great worlds
fair at Philadelphia to celebrate the one hundredth birth day of the Federal nation
but also to afford the ladies an opportunity to take the lead, in pursuance of the
immunities of the immunities, and the privileges which the quadrennial Leap Year
bestows, and show what they know about conducting an entertainment. And well
it was while the stirring scenes at Philadelphia are attracting universal attention
to the trying times of the Republic's infancy, when Revolutionary heroes threw off
the yoke of regal oppression, and tyranny, that the fairer sex, stung to desperation
by innumerable wrongs, blunders and delays, show throw off the burden of masculine
dictation and control, and for a while at least, declare themselves free and independent,
of the customs, and nonsensical conventionalities, which an unjustly discriminating
society imposes. At the proper hour, Col. Harris appeared upon the stage,
and in one of the most beautiful, and appropriate little speeches we ever heard,
introduced the orator of the evening, Maj. Jno. M. Richardson. Maj. R's effort
was happy indeed. Usually so terse, and interesting, he discharged the duty
assigned him, in a manner, that more than satisfied all expectations, and captivated
every hearer. The most material objection to the speech was its brevity.
At the close of the speaking, J. L. Cobb Esq., on behalf of the ladies, presented
beautiful bouquets, to Col. Harris and Maj. R. in a speech that fully sustained
his reputation as an orator and a scholar...
The most noticeable
defect in the proceedings was the sex of the speakers. It may have been all
right to call in specimens of the uglier sex to do the spouting, but it occurs to
our unsophisticated mind, that at a leap year entertainment, professing to be purely
woman's work. there was an admirable opportunity for "Earths angels to take
the stand; and with the piercing intellect, vivid imagination, and oilly tongue
characteristic of the sex, teach to blubbering bigoted man, the purity of diction.
and the soul of eloquence. After the public exercises were over, the assembly
resolved itself into a party proper, and in every species of enjoyment incident
to sociables, time flew by on winged feet till the 'wee sma' hours'.
The ladies acquitted themselves nobly as beaux. Men presented, who had been
learning to act the gentlemen for twenty years, saw their proudest achievements,
in the way of gallantry and gentility out stripped by the progress the ladies made
in a single evening. The dear creatures promised to teach the boys some things
during their temporary ascendancy, which they certainly fulfilled, but there were
some practical hints thrown out on the other side, which we hope our fair sisters
will heed. For instance as to their usual conduct, when a poor stammering,
lovesick boy is trembling on the brink of an excruciating courtship, and endeavoring
to launch out for the untried shores of connubial bliss, or blister. When
the time rous youth encouraged by an occasional smile from the object of his admiration,
screws his courage up to the highest tension, and approaches the momentous question,
she gnaws her handkerchief in mock surprise, and killingly ejacualtes, "Oh!
how unexpected." ....God bless the noble girls of Carrollton, preserve
the pretty ones, improve the ugly ones, and bring us another Centennial!
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MAY 19, 1876
Sheriff's Sales: Property of L. M. Parker and J. W. Parker,
in favor of John H. Coleman
....also property of J. J. Winkles, in favor of George
W. Driver
....property of Daniel Bustle, in favor of Homer M. Key.
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Died at his residence near Billow of Calculus or gravel, at 7 o'clock. on the evening
of the 13th inst.(May 13, 1876?) Mr. Thomas H. Griffies, of this county, in
the 65th year of his age...."Uncle Tommie Griffies" as he was familiarly
called, needs no eulogium of any man. His actions in life speak louder than
the words of a friend All who knew him are ready to accord with me in stating that
he was a perfect patron of godliness. He lived where he died for 23 years
in perfect peace with the neighborhood.
His funeral
was preached before his interment at Smith's Chapel by Rev. John Thurman, at 4 o'clock
P. M. Sunday, from Psalms the 34th and 19......
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Died upon the 6th inst.(May 6, 1876) Lucy infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
White. Also upon the 13th inst, (May 13, 1876) at the residence of Mr.
A. J. Garrison, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lea.
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Married. On last Tuesday evening, (May 14, 1876) at the residence of the bride's
father, Dr. D. B. Juhan, by the Rev. Wm. Dimmock, Mr. P. P. Kingsbery to Miss Alice
Juhan...all of Carrollton
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MAY 26,
1876
We learn from the last number of the Christian Advocate,
that Mr. Robert Duncan, who went to school here last year at the Masonic Institute,
died recently at Dahlonega, Georgia.
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Married. At the residence of the bride's father in this place, on the evening
of the 18th inst, (May 18, 1876) by the Rev W. F. Quillian, Mr. E. G. Kramer
to Miss Nellie Mandeville.
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JUNE
2, 1876
JUNE 9, 1876
HYMENEAL. Married on the evening of the 4th inst.,(June
4, 1876) by the Rev. W. W. Roop, at the residence of the bride's father, Rev.
John Bonner, Miss J. C. Bonner, to Mr. J. C. Shackleford - all of Carroll county.
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The Randolph County News, published
at Roanoke, Alabama, records the marriage of E. W. Reaves of that place to Miss
Ida Bloodworth of our town. Miss Bloodworth was on a visit to her uncle, Rev.
J. P. Shaffer. (Article appear June 9, 1876, no date of marriage given)
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JUNE 16, 1876
Sheriff Sales. Property of W. L. Adamson and T. C. Smith,
in favor of N. Shelnutt, Admin. & C.
.....Property of J. R. Jennings and
John W. Wood, in favor of Daniel Wester
.....Property of J. J. Carson, in favor
of Daughty & Granger
..... Property of G. T. Connell, for tax for year 1874.
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OBITUARY. Died at Villa Rica just
as the first grey streaks of morning announced the dawn of the Sabbath, June 11th,
1876, Mr. William Hill, in the 72nd year of his age. Mr. Hill or Uncle Billy,
as he was most usually called, had been for many years a residence of that neighborhood.
.....Mr. Hill had been a member, and an Elder, in the Presbyterian church at Villa
Rica, from the time of its organization. In the quiet hour of the Sabbath
evening we committed to the grave the body that had been so long and so severely
afflicted. W. D.
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We received a letter one day this week with the new centennial stamp upon it.
It is of a light red color, in the form of a shield. At the top is, "1776,
U. S. Postage", and at the bottom, "Three Cents, 1876". On
the upper part of the immediate space is the picture of a postman, and on the lower
part steam engine and cars.
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HYMENEAL.
Married near Villa Rica, May the 30th, (1876), 3:45 P. M. by S. W. Noland, Esq at
his residence, Mr. John W. Higgins to Miss Mary Rush Walker, both of the Sixth District,
Carroll County.
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County Court.
The June term of this court has been in session this week. The first criminal
case tried was that of the State vs. H. S. Jones who was charged with practicing
physic without license. Verdict, not guilty.
J. C. Brantly
charged with keeping open tippling shop on the Sabbath plead guilty and was fined
$30 and costs.
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Lunacy. Mr. Wm.
Conyers and family of this place, went over to Coweta county, the latter part of
last week, on a visit to his relatives near Newnan. While over there it was
discovered that he was not alright mentally and as he finally became so violent
in his actions as to be dangerous, he was taken charge of by the sheriff of that
county, and brought back here Monday evening, and turned over to the sheriff of
this county. There being no other alternative he was placed by the sheriff
in the common jail of the county for safe keeping, where is is at present writing.
The only cause we have heard assigned for this aberration
of mind of Mr. Conyers, and this was only surmise, was pecuniary embarrassment.
His case is considered a hopeless one by those who have seen him.
(Mr. Conyers
was the son of John E. Conyers Esqr.)
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Large Crane. Mr. J. G. Holland of the Sixth district killed on Friday evening
last, a crane, which measured 7 feet from tip of one wing to the other, and 6 feet
and 4 inches from the end of his toes to the end of his bill.
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JUNE 23, 1876
Gone To Rest. Died at 5 o'clock A., M. on the 20th inst,.
(June 20, 1876) the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sharpe. Our beautiful
little girl babe lived but little over an hour after its birth...
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JULY 14, 1876
Sheriff's Sales. ...property of S. R. Burson in favor of N. Shelnutt
vs S. R. Burson.
.....property of John A. Grice, in favor of Elisha Yeager.
.....Two hundred bushels of corn and sixteen hundred bundles of fodder, levied on
as property of John M. Gilley in favor of James Bryan.
Assignee's Sale... Lots
of land numbers 126, 131, 156, 202-1/2 each, about 160 acres of lot number 132,
about 10 acres of lot number 125, and about 170 or 180 acres of lot number 127,
and part of lot number 128 containing in the aggregate, nearly one thousand acres
more or less, Sold as
the property of Geo. W. Camp, bankrupt, for the benefit
of his creditors, free from all encumbrances. W. W. Merrell;, Assignee, 7/7/1876
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Georgia, Carroll County. Rachel E.
Maynor having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of administration,
on the estate of
Joseph Maynor, late of said county, this is to cite all, and
singular, the creditors and next of kin of Joseph Maynor, to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by law, and show cause if any they can, why permanent
administration should not be granted to Rachel E. Maynor, on Joseph Maynor's estate,
on the first Monday in August, next. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary, July 4, 1876
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On the 25th of June there occurred in Montana
Territory one of the most remarkable massacres of modern times. Gen Custer,
at the head of five companies of the Seventh cavalry, in an engagement with the
Sioux Indians, was completely annihilated. Not a man was left to tell the
tale.
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Georgia, Carroll County.
L. Kendrick, administrator upon the estate of George Music, late of said county,
has applied to me for leave to sell the land belonging to said estate. All
persons concerned are hereby notified to file their objections if any they have,
on the first Monday in August next, else leave to sell will be granted the applicant.
D. B. Juhan, Ordinary.
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Georgia, Carroll
County. C. P. Gordon having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters
of administration on the estate of John Gilbert, late of said county, this is to
cite all and singular, the creditors and next of kin of John Gilbert, to be and
appear at my office on the first Monday in August next, and show cause if any they
can, why permanent letters of administration should not be granted to C. P. Gordon
on John Gilbert's estate. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary
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Mr. Charley Hyde is now carrying the mail between this place and Bowdon. He
commenced on the first of July (1876)
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JULY 21, 1876
Until the reign of the Empress Josephine a handkerchief was thought
in France so shocking an object, that a lady would never dare use it before anyone.
The word was ever carefully avoided in refined conversation.
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Mr. McElfresh and Johnnie Russell left for Atlanta on last Wednesday evening.
They went through by private conveyance.
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Sent to the Asylum. Judge Thomasson has succeeded in getting W. B. Conyers,
who was not long ago adjudged a lunatic, in the Lunatic Asylum at Milledgeville.
He was carried down on last Monday by the sheriff, assisted by Mr. Wirt Thomasson.
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Sheriff Bedingfield returned from Milledgeville
on last Wednesday evening, where he had been to carry W. B. Conyers.
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Bankrupt sale. The assignee's sale of the Camp property as advertised came
off on last Monday, the 17th. All of the property advertised to be sold then,
was bought by Mr. Jno. W. Stewart, of this place, for $5,650. This includes
we believe all of the Camp town property.
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Georgia, Carroll County. C. P. Gordon having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of administration on the estate of John Gilbert, late of said
county, this is to cite all and singular, the creditors and next of kin of John
Gilbert, to be and appear at my office on the first Monday in August next, and show
cause if any they can, why permanent letters of administration should not be granted
to C. P. Gordon on John Gilbert's estate. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary
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HYMENEAL. Married on the 6th July, 1876, at the Baptist Church, at Iuka, Mississippi,
by Rev. R. W. Officer, Mr. S. C. Candler of Villa Rica Ga., to Miss Jennie D. Bevill,
Iuka Mississippi.
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AUGUST 4, 1876
Sale Day: There was quite a respectable crowd in town on last Tuesday.
Very little property sold by the sheriff. W. W. Merrell, Esq. assignee of
G. W. Camp, sold the place known as the Ben Long place for $8,000, to Mr. Jno. W.
Stewart. The first bid was $5,000, by Major N. N. Lowrey, Mr. Stewart raised
this to $6,000, when the Major put in $7,000, which Mr. S. raised to $8,000 and
it was knocked off to him at that figure.
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AUGUST 11, 1876
Georgia, Carroll County. J. B. Martin having applied to
me by petition for permanent letters of administration on the estate of E. B. Martin,
late of said county, this is to cite all and singular, the creditors and next of
kin of e. B. Martin, to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law
and show cause if any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted
J. B. Martin on E. B. Martin's estate, on the first Monday in September. D.
B. Juhan, Ordinary
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Dead: The
infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Merrell died on last Sunday evening at 2 o'clock.
(Aug. 5, 1876)
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Married near Chapel
Hill, Douglas county, on the 30th ultimo, (July 30, 1876) Mr. A. J. Morgan to Miss
Anna Wingo.
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Obituary. Died on
the 27th of July, 1876, at her home in Whitesburg, Mrs. Mary Heath, in the fifty-fourth
year of her age. Mrs. Heath was born in Madison county, in this State but
was married in Coweta to Henry Heath in the year 1844. She died in the hope
of the Christian, having united herself, with the Baptist church at Whitesburg in
1874. She was an active member of the church., having served as deaconess,
the most of the time after uniting with the people of God. Mrs. Heath leaves
many warm friends to mourn her death, where she was known.
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In Memoriam. With a sorrowing heart we record the death of Mattie Jones, daughter
of Mr. W. D. and Mrs. M. H. Jones, who departed this life Wednesday morning, July
the 25th 1876, aged seven years and one month. Her illness was
short and her death an unexpected.
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AUGUST
18, 1876
A number of citizens of Carroll county were carried through here last
week (from the Newnan Herald), in charge of United States officers, charged with
violations of the revenue laws. Their names as ascertained by us are, John
Young, John Henson, William Vines, Walter Camp, Andrew Glaze, Jackson Capes, and
Luke Long. Upon examination in Atlanta, one or two of these parties were bound
over and promptly gave bond. The others were released there being no evidence
against them to authorize their detention. The friends of these gentlemen say they
were arrested on the information of one John Hilton who has been acting the spy
and reporting to the Revenue officers. Mr. Joe Hutchinson we learn was arrested
a short time ago on the information of the same party, charged with illicit traffic
in tobacco, but had no difficulty in establishing his innocence and was promptly
released. Hilton, the alleged informer went to Atlanta last week to be used
as a witness against the arrested parties. There is much feeling against him
among the friends of the gentlemen above named who believe the whole affair was
gotten up by him either as a speculation, or for revenge. Hilton himself was
under bond for his appearance before the Superior Court of Carroll County to answer
to a grave criminal charge. After his conduct in this matter his bondsmen
surrendered him to the proper authorities, and he was taken from Atlanta to Carrollton
yesterday (Wednesday) and committed to jail to await his trial.
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A special term of the County Court was called on last Monday for the purpose
of trying the case of the State vs. John Helton, charged with using obscene language
and opprobrious words in the presence of a female. Helton was found guilty
and sentenced to pay fifty dollars and cost, or be imprisoned for seventy-five days
in the county jail.
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AUGUST 25, 1876
SEPTEMBER 8, 1976
Married in Douglasville on the 23rd ultimo., (Aug. 23, 1876)
Mr. W. P. Duncan to Miss Emma C. Lowe.
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Notice: This is to notify the public that my wife Margia Ann McKey, is a free
dealer, in farming and all other kinds of business, and has been so acting, since
1873. Sept. 8th 1876, 4t D. E. McKey
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Sheriff's Sale. Property of C. B. McCutchins... in favor of T. J. Hollis &
Co.
....property of Georgia Manufacturing and Paper Mill co., in favor J. A.
McMullan.
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DEATH. Jacob P. Cospar,
one of the oldest citizens of Carroll county, died very suddenly on the 29th August
(1876) at his home in Lowell district. He was at the time of hi death in the
seventy ninth year of his age. He had been in the county about fifty years.
Mr. C. was recognized as a high toned and honorable citizen and was considered one
of the best citizens of the county.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 1876
SEPTEMBER 22, 1876
OCTOBER 20, 1876
Assignees Sale of
Bankrupt Effects. By virture of an order from the Hon. Lemuel T. Downing,
Register in bankruptcy in and for the Northern District of Georgia, will be sold
on Tuesday the 7th day of November, 1876, ...property of William C. Branan.
Oscar Reese, Assignee.
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Notice.
All persons are warned against trading for a note given to Lewis Lapiere October.
10, 1876, the consideration for the same having failed. The amount of the
note is $65,00 due November 1st, 1876. P. H. Hesterly
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Dead. On Tuesday, of this week, (October 20, 1876), Mrs. Stallings, wife of
Wilson Stallings, living near this place. Mrs. S. was quite old at the time
of her death, and had been living a long time in Carroll county.
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IN MEMORIAM. Died in Bowdon, on Friday the 11th inst., (October 1876) at about
two o'clock P. M., little Bobbie Mitchell, son of J. L. and Adelaide Mitchell.
His death was caused by that dreaded disease, diphtheria. He was taken with
all the appearance, of a bad cold, and was up for several days before his father
and mother suspicioned anything else was the matter with him. One hour before
his death he said to his brother that he was getting worse, and that he didn't believe
he would live till night. Bobbie at the time of his death was eight years
old.
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HYMENEAL. Married by
J. M. Muse, Esq. on the 15th inst (October 1876) Thomas Drew to Miss
Ann Giles, all of the Kansas District Carroll county.
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Sheriff's Sale:
.....property of J. B. Stewart, in favor of J. A. Lyle.
.....property
of Coleman Jones, in favor of A. G. L. Crider
.....property of J. J. Winkes,
in favor of G. W. Driver
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Georgia
Carroll County
Geo. S. and Hiram Sharp, executors of Hiram Sharp sr. late of
said county, deceased, has applied for leave to sell the lands belonging to said
deceased. All persons concerned are hereby notified to file their objections,
if any they have on the first Monday in November next else leave to sell will be
granted the applicant to sell wild lands lying in other counties to be sold either
at public or private sale.
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Georgia
Carroll County
Geo. S. and Hiram Sharp, executors of Hiram Sharp sr. late of
said county, deceased, has applied for leave to sell the lands belonging to said
deceased. All persons concerned are hereby notified to file their objections,
if any they have on the first Monday in November next else leave to sell will be
granted the applicant to sell wild lands lying in other counties to be sold either
at public or private sale.
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Assignees Bankrupt Sale.
....property of George W. Camp...to satisfy a lien held
by Owen O'Connor>
....property of George W. Camp...to satisfy liens held by
Eli Benson.
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OCTOBER 27, 1876
Suicide by Shooting. We learn from Squire Noland of Villa Rica, that a young
man by the name of James Lee, Son of Green Lee of the upper part of the Sixth district,
committed suicide on last Monday evening by shooting himself. No cause is
known for the rash act. The young man was very quiet and inoffensive in his
manner, but considered rather eccentric. The circumstances under which the
suicide was committed are as follows:
On Monday evening
in the afternoon he took his gun, and went off into the farm as if for the purpose
of hunting. Failing to come back at night, the family were alarmed, as he
was always punctual in returning home before night, when he went off, and immediately
aroused the neighborhood and went in search of him. It was not until the next
day, Tuesday, in the afternoon, that his body was discovered in a thicket in the
farm, with every evidence from the position of the bun and his body that he had
shot himself.
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We are requested
to state that the Rev. W. N. Chaudoin, so well known in this community as "Uncle
Shad", will preach at the Baptist church in this place, on next Sunday.
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Death of Mr. James Blalock.
Mr. James Blalock who returned not long since from Texas, to this place, his former
home, after a protracted illness, died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr.
B. F. Brown, on last Tuesday, a little after noon. Mr. B. leaves a wife and
babe and many relatives and friends in this community to mourn his loss. He
was reared in Carrollton and both as a youth and man was highly regarded, for his
integrity of character and exemplary deportment. In common with the entire
community we extend our sympathy to his wife and relatives in their bereavement.
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HYMENEAL. Married on Sunday,
the 23rd inst.,(Oct. 23, 1876) by J. M. Muse Esq, at the residence of the
bride's father, Mr. John F. Keese to Miss Harriet E. Mehaffey.
Also upon the same day and by the same, at the residence of the bride's father,
Mr. B. D. Cagle to Miss Francis Adams, all of the Sixth district Carroll county.
(Oct. 23, 1876)
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Georgia, Carroll
county. J. W. Stovall has applied for exemption of personalty
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Georgia, Carroll county. Mr. James M. Mabry, person of color, has applied
for exemption of personalty.
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NOVEMBER
3, 1876
HYMENEAL. Married on Sunday, the 23rd inst.,(Oct. 23, 1876)
by J. M. Muse Esq, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. John F. Keese to
Miss Harriet E. Mehaffey.
Also upon the same day and
by the same, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. B. D. Cagle to Miss Francis
Adams, all of the Sixth district Carroll county. (Oct. 23, 1876)
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NOVEMBER 17, 1876
Sheriff's Sale. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
December next 1876.....
....property of G. T. Connell, in favor of W. W. Merrell
....property of H. S. Jones, in favor of Officers of court of Carroll Co.
....property
of L,. P. Jones, in favor of Cheney A. Garrett, administrator &c.
....property
of John A. Smith, in favor of N. S. Russell
....property of Sampson McGarty,
in favor of William Amis
....property of J. P. Coleman, in favor of M. A. Urquhart
....property of L. M,. and J. W. Parker, in favor of John H. Coleman
....property
of J. M. Wester, in favor of B. M. Long
....Bankrupt sale, property of James
R. Thomasson, Bankrupt for the benefit of lien and general creditors of said Bankrupt.
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Georgia, Carroll County
Samuel Neill
has applied for exemption of personalty.
John S. Craven has applied for exemption
of personalty.
D. N. Bateman has applied for exemption of personalty.
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NOVEMBER 25, 1876
HYMENEAL. Married at 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, the 19th
inst.,(Nov. 19, 1876) by the Rev. John Thurman, at the residence of the bride's
mother, Mr. J. A. Roberson to Miss Lula Robinson.
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DECEMBER 1, 1876
Off for Arkansas. J. P. Cole Esq., Philip Crutchfield,
Samuel Stovall, Mack Brock and J. F. Cole and family, all living near this place,
left on the 23rd ultimo for northeastern Arkansas. The first two go for the
purpose of prospecting the country, the others to locate.
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Col. R. J. Gaines, the poet laureate of Carroll county, is writing verses to the
Atlanta Constitution on the delicate subject of "The Kiss of Love".---
When we remember that the author is a darned old bachelor, the question naturally
arises, what in the deuce does he know about it?
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DECEMBER 8, 1876
HYMENEAL: Married at the residence of the bride's father,
on the evening of the 25th ultimo,(Nov. 25, 1876) at 7 o'clock, by the Rev.
J. A. McGarity, Jno. W. Morris to Miss Louiza A. Garrett.
Also, on the evening of the 5th inst, (Dec. 5, 1876?) by Rev. W. W. Roop,
at the residence of the bride's father, W. W. Merrell Esq., Miss Emily C. Herrell
and Mr. Joseph W. Holmes, all of Carroll County
Also at the
residence of the bride's father, on Sunday morning, December 3, 1876, by J. M. Muse,
Esq. Mr. Philo W. M. McClung of Haralson county, to Miss C. A. Moore of this county.
Married on the 3rd inst,(Dec. 3, 1876) at 9 o'clock A. M., by the Rev. J.
D. B. Robison, at the residence of the bride's father, Miss Lucy Thornton to Mr.
A. W. G. Hackaba.
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Georgia, Carroll county,
R. T. McCurdy, has applied for exemption of personalty.
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DECEMBER 15, 1876
Green B. McDonald Shot. Green B. McDonald of this place
was shot on the public square on Tuesday last, by Jim Garner who lives near Hutchinson's
mill in Coweta county. Mr. McDonald is very seriously, if not fatally wounded,
the ball entering the abdomen, and it is feared penetrating to the cavity.
The facts, as far as we have been able to ascertain them, are these. Mr. McDonald
is an auctioneer, and was selling goods at auction during most of the day Tuesday.
His son Giles McDonald was acting as clerk for him and kept an account of the sales.
Garner was much under the influence of liquor, and bid for many things that were
offered for sale purchasing some articles. Finally he told Giles, the clerk,
that he had paid for more things than he had received. Words ensued in which
the lie was passed. Garner drew his pistol as if ___, shoot young McDonald
when the father interceded, seizing Garner's pistol. In the scuffle that ensued,
Garner shot McDonald as above stated. He was immediately taken into custody
and lodged in jail. The whole affair was a most lamentable one, whiskey being
the cause of it all. ---Newnan Herald.
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Carroll Superior Court. October term 1876. Petition for divorce & C.
Nancy M. Easterwood vs. Leroy L. Easterwood
It appearing to the court by the
return of the sheriff, that the Defendant does not reside in this county, and it
further appearing that he does not reside in the State. It is therefore ordered
that the defendant, appear at the next term of this County and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff and that service of the petition and process in the case made by
publication of the order once a month for four months, next, preceding said term,
and that said case stand for trial at said term. Hugh Buchanan, J. S. C. C.
C.,
October 5, 1876 The foregoing is a true extract from the minutes of
said court. J. M. Meadows, Clerk S. C., Dec. 5, 1876
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HYMENEAL. Married at Wesley Chapel Church on Sunday the 10th inst., (Dec.
10, 1876) at 10:45 o'clock A. M. by S. W. Noland, Esq., Mr. John H. Lee to Mrs.
Julean Jackson, all of the Sixth district of Carroll co.
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METEOR. On last Thursday night, at about 9 o'clock we are informed that a
meteor passed over this place going in a southern direction. Several of our
citizens saw it, among others Mr. E. G. Kramer. Mr. K. says that it made quite
a brilliant light, and apparently passed directly over Carrollton, exploding, not
far from here. We learn from a gentleman from Cedartown since then, that it
was quite bright there and created considerable alarm. At Buchanan also, he
says, the people were terribly frightened, which was manifested by the screaming
of women and the crying of children. They think up there, he says, that it
is the sign of another war.
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Billow and
About:
Miss Lizzie Brown of Bowdon, who taught school at Shiloh last summer will,
we are informed, teach at that place again next year.
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Bowdon News: Little Georgia Brown, a daughter of J. R. Barrow, aged 8 years,
died on the 5th inst of diptheria. (December 1876)
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Married at the residence of the brides father by Rev. S. R. Little, Mr. W. A. Wright
to Miss Mattie Hugley, all of Bowdon. (Article appeared December 15, 1876, no marriage
date given.)
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Shooting Affray. Joe
Lipsicomb, colored, living on the plantation of R. W. Hendricks in this county,
was shot and seriously wounded by a young man named J. T. Cruse, on Monday last.
The version of the negro differs very materially from that of Mr. Cruse as to the
origin of the difficulty. The negro says the dispute arose as to the possession
of an axe. The negro had a sharp axe and Cruse had a dull one. Cruse
borrowed the sharp axe and refused to give it up to the negro. As they were
walking to the field, the negro slipped or jerked the axe away from Curse.
Cruse became offended, went off and procured a gun and shot the negro through the
leg.
Cruse's version is entirely different and he has strong
circumstantial evidence to corroborate him. He says Joe and Abe Lipsicomb
have been angry with him for some time and have made frequent threats against his
life. On Monday last they attacked him and drove him from the field where
he was at work with them. He procured a gun and returned to the field and
went to work, placing the gun by a stump near him. Soon they advanced towards
him again with their axes, when he shot one of them. He then went to Mr. Upshaw's
house near by, to who me related the circumstances of his difficulty. Mr.
Upshaw says his house was soon surrounded by negroes who were in search of Cruse.
he told them that Cruse was there, but that if any of them attempted to enter he
would kill them. That they had a legal remedy if Cruse had violated the law
and should use no violence. Curse subsequently came to town and had warrants
issued against the two negroes who had attached him. Cruse is said to be a
very quiet and harmless young man. His person gives evidence of the rough
usage by the Lipsicombs in the first attach. Newnan Herald.
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Sheriff's Sale:
.....property of W. M. Allen, in favor of A. S. C. Chance, Administrator
of H. S. Chance, for the purchase money.
....property of Wm. C. Morris, in favor
of C. W. King.
....property of N. Shelnutt, in favor of J and M. Ross
....property
of Richard Carnes, in favor of W. J. Hembree, Administrator.
....property of
Thomas Cowan & Bro, in favor of E. Barber
....property of Tillman Fuller,
in favor of T. A. Barnes & Co., for the use of A. D. Freeman, trustee, &c.
....property of A. J. Richards and W. M. Richards, security. in favor of Adair &
Bros.
....property of A. J. Richards and R. L. Richards, in favor of Winters &
Potts
....property of Welbert & Pirkle in fvor of the Liebrandt & McDowell
Stove Co.,
....property of William Wilson, deceased, in favor of J. M. Griffin
....property of W. M. Echols, in favor of Edwin Daniel vs. W. M. Echols and Z. P.
Alman.
....property of W. O. Robinson in favor of Martin A. Morris
....property
of Dinque Caudle. in favor of John A. Grice
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Executors Sale: one lot of land number one hundred and ninety-nine in the
Sixth District of Carroll county, near Villa Rica, joining the lands of F. M. Fielder.
Sold as the property of the estate of Geo. Protho, deceased, for the benefit of
heirs and creditors. T. J. Brooks, Exeuctor, 12/3/1876
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Georgia, Carroll County. Mary Ann Houston, wife of O. R. Houston, has applied
for exemption of personalty.
R. T. McCurdy has applied for exemption of personalty.
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JANUARY 5, 1877
Bowdon News:
Mrs. Eason of this community departed this life, last Thursday night, the 29th (Dec.
1876) ultimo just a seven o'clock, after a short but severe illness. She was
the wife of Thomas Eason.
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Hymeneal: On last Thursday night the 28th ultimo,(Dec. 28, 1876) Dr,
Thomas P. McElwreath, was married to Miss N. M. Little. The ceremony took
place at the residence of the bride's father, Rev. S. B. Little, and was performed
by Rev. W. T. Twedell.
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Homicide.
On Saturday night, the 23rd of December, a young man by the name of John Craven,
son of Wm. Craven of the Eleventh district of this county, was killed at Green
Huckaba's in Blue Shin district, upper part of Heard county. It seems that
Craven had gone to Huckaba's in company with a young man by the name of Smith, and
while there Smith got into a difficulty with one of the young Huckabas, There were
two of them, in which Craven and the other Huckaba became involved. The result
was that Smith ran out of the fight and left Craven alone, who was stabbed to death
by Robert Huckaba, being cut in fourteen different place, seven of which would have
proved fatal.
We learn that a coroner's inquest was held over
the dead body of Craven, and they returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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A MISERABLE HERMIT. In a small
hut in a secluded spot on Turkey Creek about a half mile below Davenport's mill,
and about ten miles west of Carrollton, there has lived, for years, a hermit, in
the form, and under the name of Green B. Hammock, a well informed and intelligent
old gentleman, not withstanding his recluse and ascetic habits. No direct
reason is known among his neighbors for his seclusion, for in his early life, he
was always successful in his business undertakings, and soon by his energy and industry,
gathered around him plenty of this world's goods to make him comfortable and happy.
His disposition to retire from "the outside world' was about this time observed,
and for years, he has lived altogether inside his own enclosure, and on his own
land. He has sheltered himself under no roof but his own; made a track on
no land to which he had no title; worn no hat, shoe nor coat, for more than twenty
years. His business transactions, such as giving and paying taxes; buying
or selling, has all been promptly attended to by his wife. He truly has lived to
himself and for himself. It is said by those who claim to know, that he and
his wife have in their possession, which they purchased long ago, the most finely
carved furniture; and gorgeous bed clothing (that is never used) to be found in
the most magnificent mansion in Georgia, with dressing for himself and wife (which
is never worn) of the most costly goods. It is also reported that they have
table furniture (that is never used) such as plates, cups, saucers, knives, and
forks etc, etc, of the most elegant style and quality, with perhaps a large sum
of money, carefully hidden away. In addition to this, they have horses and
cattle in common with other people, and strange to say, they live in the poorest,
most uncomfortable hut to be found in Turkey Creek district, and on the coarsest
diet, and wear the meanest, filthiest clothing of any set of beggarly freedmen in
Carroll county.
About five years ago, Mr. Hammock was afflicted
with a cancer on his leg and hip, which has caused him great pain and suffering,
and twelve months ago this January, he was thrown upon his pallet (for he has not
slept in a bed for a number of years) where he now lies, the most pitable object
my eyes ever beheld. I visited him last Sunday for the second time in my life,
and I have it from his own lips that the sore with which he has suffered for the
last five years, the moxt excruciating pain, has actually eaten the flesh off, till
the bone in his leg and hip are perfectly bare, and it has already entered his bowels,
where it still goes on with its work of devouring the poor man alive. An odor
of the most offensive character, continually permeates every part of the miserable
hut, and for some distance around, the air is burdened with the same exhalations
that are emitted from his diseased body. Poor man, he is doomed to die - is
perhaps now dead. His wife a shriveled up old woman of fifty or sixty, keeps
up her nightly vigils all alone, nobody visits them, except perchance to see if
the miserable anchorite has gone to rest. J. A. Roberson, Billow, Ga., January
2, 1877.
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HYMENEAL. Married on Thursday
night the 21st of December, 1876 by P. H. Chandler Esq. at the residence of the
bride's father, Mr. M. P. McEwen of Carroll county to Miss Lucinda E. Watson of
Haralson County.
On the morning of the 21st ultimo.,Dec. 1876
at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. John McGarity, Mr. G. P. Sewell and
Miss Etta McGarity, the Rev. Mr. Roop of Carrollton officiating.
Also on the evening of the 26th ultimo, Dec. 1876 by the same, at the residence
of the bride's father, Mr. G.W. Fleming, Miss M. E. Fleming and Mr. V. C. Pentecost.
On the evening of the 2nd inst., (Jan. 1877) at the residence of the bride's father,
Mr. W. W. Key, and Miss L. O. Banks. Rev. J. M. D. Stallings officiating.
At the residence of the bride's father, on the evening of the 21st inst.(Dec. 1876)
by Rev. J. M. D. Stallings, Mr. Wm. E. Mote and Miss Mary Phillips.
On the evening of the 31st ultimo, (December 1876) at the residence of the bride's
father, by S. W. Noland Esq, Mr. N. J. Henderson of Sweet Water, Paulding county
to Miss Maggie Leathers of the Sixth district of Carroll.
At the residence of the bride's father on Thursday evening, December 28, (1876)
by J. M. Muse Esq., Mr. Martin N. Holcombe to Miss Lula M. Steel.
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Georgia, Carroll County. John R. Duke has applied for exemption of personalty.
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JANUARY 12, 1877
Sheriff's Sales:
.....property of A. Y. Blackman, in favor of James B. Martin administrator of F.
D. Bowen, deceased.
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Georgia, Carroll
County.
Wm. Chasteen has applied for exemption of personalty,
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HYMENEAL:
Married at the residence of the bride's father,
on the evening of the 27th of December, 1876, by J. M. Cobb, N. P., Mr. J. M. Davis
of Birmingham, Alabama to Mrs. A. C. Green, of the Sixth district.
Also by the same at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. Sarah Hudgens, on
Saturday January 4, 1877, Mr. W. L. G. Rogers to Miss Fannie C. Hudgens.
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GEORGIA, Carroll County
M. W. Upshur having in proper form
applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Elisabeth
J. Sealy, formerly a resident of said State and county, but afterwards a resident
of Green County, State of Arkansas, this is to cite all and singular, the creditors
and next of kin of Elisabeth J. Sealy, to be and appear at my office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause if any they can, why permanent administration
should not be granted to M. W. Upshur on Elisabeth J. Sealy's estate on the first
Monday in February next. D. E. Juhan, Ordy.
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JANUARY 19, 1877
HYMENEAL.
Married on Sunday the 7th inst., Jan 1877. at the
residence of the bride's father, five miles east of Carrollton, Mr. Thomas Prichard,
of Cleburn County, Alabama to Miss Amanda Dougherty of this county. Ceremony
performed by Rev. J. C. Burnam.
Married at the residence of
Mr. F. M. Wood on the 17th inst, Jan. 1877 by W. L. Craven, Esq., Mr. P. B. Smith
to Miss Ida E. Barker
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FEBRUARY
2, 1877
HABEAS CORPUS. On the 11th inst., Mr. Pikcius Smith, of this county,
ran away with Miss Ida Barker, the oldest daughter of W. Z. Barker, Esq, of this
county and they were married by W. L. Craven, Esq., of Carroll county. The
bridegroom took his ladey to the place he was staying on Squire Barker's farm and
retired for the night. In the short time after Squire Barker came up, demanded
his daughter, and they went on home together. On the 18th inst., Mr. Smith
had Squire Barker and his daughter before J. B. Beall, Ordinary, by virtue of a
writ of habeas corpus. After some maneuvering between the parties and sharp
shooting among the attorneys engaged, the petitioners council stated to the court
that he was satisfied that he could gain nothing by the writ, the lady in question
being unwilling to live with his client, and moved to dismiss the writ. His
Honor granted the motion. Squire B, and his daughter, a beautiful blonde,
under eighteen years old, went off together and Mr. Smith, Oh, where was he?
He really don't know whether is a married man or not. He claims a wife, and
can sing - Tis sweet to love, but oh! how bitter.
Tis to marry a girl and then
can't git her."
W. H. Daniel Esq. represented the petitioner
and Frank S. Lofton and J. B. Merrill, contra. Franklin News.
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Notice in Bankruptcy. In the United States District court, for the Northern
district of Georgia.
This is to give notice once a week for
three weeks that I have been appointed assignee of the estate of Wm. F. Johnson,
Bowdon, Carroll county, Ga. who has been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition
by the District court of said district. John H. Russell, Assignee.
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Georgia, Carroll county. C. J. Vaughan has applied for exemption of personalty.
W. H. Huff has applied for exemption of personalty.
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FEBRUARY 9, 1877
SHERIFF'S SALES:
....property of B. F. Ringer, in favor of
S. T. Sims
.... property of J. R. Gray, in favor of Benson and Coleman, as assignee
to T. M. West
.... property of Joseph Sticher, in favor of Eli Benson
....property
of J. L. Doster, Principal and Eli Benson, in favor of Amos & Whitfield
....property
of W. O. Robinson, in favor of Martha A. Morris
....property of J. B. Merrell
Sr., in favor of J. W. Stewart
....property of Trustees of Bowdon College( John
Coston, secretary, J. W. Adamson, et al trustees), in favor of John A. Morris
....property of G. W. Camp, in favor a tax fi fa city of Carrollton
....property
of Bill Benson, in favor of a tax fi fa city of Carrollton
....property of A.
J. Daniel, in favor of City of Carrollton
....property of J. P. Coleman, in favor
of tax fi fa, city of Carrollton
....property of Eli Benson, in favor of City
of Carrollton
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Georgia, Carroll County.
Jno. K. Vines has applied for exemption of personalty.
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Frank Pope got back to this place from Dallas, Texas on last Tuesday. He has
been out in that State something over a year. We have not yet seen him, as
he is unwell, but we learn that he has got enough of Texas to last him a while.
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Owen Carter and Calvin Long, two gentlemen
of color, were consigned to quarters in Sheriff Hewitt's hotel on Tuesday.
The charges were burglary in the night time, somewhere in the vicinity of Whitesburg.
They will be tried on the April term of the Superior Court.
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HYMENEAL. Married on Thursday evening, the 1st inst.,(Feb. 1, 1877)
at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Jno. M. Ferrell to Miss Amanda E. Burson.
The ceremony was performed by the father of the bride, the Rev. G. W. Burson.
Also at the residence of Mr. W. S. Hearn on the evening of the 31st January,1877,
by Rev. J. A. McGarity, Mr. S. J. Crumbley to Miss M. E. McGarity.
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Death of Mrs. Allen Coleman of Honduras. On last Monday evening the remains
of Mrs. Coleman, wife of Mr. Allen Coleman of Honduras, were received at this place.
From what we can learn, Mrs. Coleman left Honduras some thirty or forty days ago
for the purpose of returning to this county where she formerly lived for the restoration
of her health. She was accompanied by her brother in-law Mr. Jno. Coleman
who went out to Honduras, from this county, last spring, besides she had along with
her two children, one a son of twelve or thirteen years of age, and the other a
baby some six or seven months old. As we have stated, Mrs. Coleman left Honduras
sick, and in crossing the Gulf of Mexico, on the way to New Orleans, her troubles
were no doubt added to by the death of her babe. Being far from land at the
time of its death there was no other alternative but to cast the remains of the
little one into the Gulf. This was no doubt a terrible shock to the mother,
already very feeble, and she did not long survive. She died we are told after
she had arrived in this country, on the cars between New Orleans and Montgomery,
(we have not been able to find out, at what exact point). and her remains were coffined
in Montgomery, and brought on as we have stated to this place Monday evening.
From here they were carried Monday night to the Sixth district of this county, where
they were buried the next day.
Mr. Allen Coleman the husband
of the deceased is a son of Major Coleman of this county. He went to Honduras
after the war. His wife, the deceased, was also a native of this county.
Her maiden name was Riggs.
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Dead.
We learn that Mrs. Sim Murphey, daughter of Dr. Coston, of Bowdon, died near that
place on the evening of the 6th inst., Jan. 1877
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FEBRUARY 16, 1877
Mr. Eugene Camp has returned from Texas.
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We inadvertently omitted to mention last week that Mr. James Spurlock one of our
best young framers, left for Texas with Mr. Garrison and son. We regret to
see such young men leaving Georgia .
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Sheriff's Sales: ...property of D. W. Thornton, in favor of C. W. King.
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Dead. We learn that Mrs. Sim Murphey,
daughter of Dr. Coston, of Bowdon, died near that place on the evening of the 6th
inst., Jan. 1877
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We understand
that the babe of Mrs. Coleman, who died on her way from Spanish Honduras to this
county, was not thrown over in the Gulf, as stated in the notice in reference to
her death, but was buried in Balize, British Honduras.
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Sad Accident. We learn of quite a sad accident in the family of Judge J. W.
Downs, of Bowdon, one day last week. His infant child, a little boy not quite
a year old, was being nursed by his little sister, who accidentally let if fall,
and such were the injuries received by the fall, that the little fellow did not
long survive. In this sad casualty the parents have the sympathy of the public.
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HYMENEAL. Married on Sunday morning
the 11th of February,(1877), at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. R.
T. Bishop, to Miss Mattie Ferrell. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Jno.
Thomasson.
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Hunting for Ancestors. ----
A very searching investigation was carried on in England a few years ago.
In the north of England two families were searching up their respective ancestry.
The strife was great between them, each one determining to look back into antiquities
further than the other. One of the families, whose name was Spencer, employed
an artist to paint an historic scene, representing the building of the ark and the
loading of the ship by Noah and his sons with its multifarious and various cargo.
On the gang plank leading to the deck of the ark, two men were seen rolling up a
large box, on one side of which was painted in large letters, "Relicts, insignia
and Papers belonging to the Spencer Family".
This was
consider a coup d'etat hard to beat, but the other family determined not to be outdone
in the antediluvium pretences of their name, prepared, at great cost and research,
a record of their antiquity. In describing the exploints of one of their ancestors
at the very early day, who was represented as a man of some authority, this remarkable
passage occurs: "During this year Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise."
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MARCH 2, 1877
HYMENEAL: MARRIED AT
THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER ON THE 22ND ULTIMO, (Feb. 22, 1877)
Mr. Thomas R,. Hanley and Miss Frances C. Phillips. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. J. M. D. Stallings.
Also on on the 25th ultimo,
(Feb. 25, 1877) in the County of Heard, at the residence of the bride's father,
A. P. Daniel, by C. J. Thaxton, N. P., Miss L. E. Daniel to Prof. S. M. Garrett
of Bowdon, Ga.
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From a postal card
from Jimmie Garrison, who recently left here for Texas, we learn that he has located
at Weatherford, Parker county in that State.
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Georgia, Carroll county.
Nancy A. Wyatt, wife of John Wyatt, has applied for
exemption of personalty.
C. J. Lyle, has applied for exemption of personalty.
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MARCH 9, 1877
Sheriff's Sales:
.....property of W. F. Bonner, in favor of Eli S. Morgan (asignee to Z. Bonner)
vs T. S. Garrison, Administrator, etc., John T. Meador and W. F. Bonner.
...property
of S. C. Dickson, in favor of Van B. McClure
....property of F. A. & D. L.
Trussell, in favor of Jones F. Miller vs. Sylvanus Hembree, principal.
....property
of W. B. Leatherwood, in favor of J. P. Carnes
....property of Aaron Johnson,
in favor of A. B. Carr
...property of Sarah Hight, administrator on the estate
of Wm. Hight, deceased, in favor of W. J. Hembree.
...property of Wm. B. Conyers,
in favor of Cox and Hill.
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Death of Mr.
C. C. Smith. Mr. C. C. Smith, one of our best known citizens, died at his
residence in this place at 1 o'clock A. M., on the 2nd inst. He had been sick
a long time and his death was not unexpected. (March 2, 1877)
Mr. S, died in the prime of manhood, being about thirty-five years of age at the
time of his dissolution. He was born and reared in this county, and as he
was man of generous impulses, he had many warm and true friends who mourn his untimely
death.
During the revival in this place last summer, Mr. Smith
united himself with the M. E. Church, and when the dread monster Death came, he
expressed himself as resigned to his fate. He told his pastor, who visited
him just before his death, 'that he was ready to die'.
He
was buried at Concord church in the Sixth district, on last Saturday. He leaves
a wife and six children to mourn his loss, who hve the sympathy of the community
in their bereavement.
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Hammock, the hermit,
living hear Davenport's Mill, died some two weeks ago, we understand but we did
not hear of it until a few days ago.
(Article appeared March 9, 1877)
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MARCH 16, 1877
HYMENEAL: MARRIED AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER
ON THE 22ND ULTIMO, (Feb. 22, 1877) Mr. Thomas R,. Hanley and Miss Frances
C. Phillips. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. M. D. Stallings.
Also on on the 25th ultimo, (Feb. 25, 1877) in the County of Heard, at the residence
of the bride's father, A. P. Daniel, by C. J. Thaxton, N. P., Miss L. E. Daniel
to Prof. S. M. Garrett of Bowdon, Ga.
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Sheriff's
Sale: Will be sold before the Court house door:
.....property of Wilson
Cartwright, levied under and by virtue of a tax fi fa.
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MARCH 23, 1877
Brevities: Mrs. Easterwood, an old lady living in the Sixth
district, died the latter part of last week. (week of March 11, 1877)
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J. S. Bird, one of the first settlers of this county, died on the 15th inst., at
his residence, a little over two miles west of here. (March 15, 1877)
He was
at the time of his death, about seventy-six years old and had been a citizen of
this county about forty years.
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MARCH 30,
1877
HYMENEAL: Married on the 15th inst. (March 15, 1877), by the Rev J.
M. D. Stallings, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J. P. Coleman, Mr.
John H. Jones and Miss Mary Coleman.
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APRIL
6, 1877
SHERIFF SALES: J. M. Hewitt, Sheriff.
.......property of Andrew J.
Richards, in favor of tax collector
....... property of W. B. and A. J. Richards,
in favor to tax collector
.......property of David F. Knott, in favor of tax
collector
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Georgia, Carroll County
Moses J. Baxter having in proper form applied to me for letters of administration
on the estate of Columbus c. Smith, late of said county, deceased, this is to cite
all and singular, the creditors and next of kin of said C. C. Smith, to be an appear
in my office, within the time prescribed by law and show cause if any they can why
administration should not be granted to Moses J. Baxter, on the estate of C. C.
Smith, deceased.
Witness the Hon. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary of
said county. Thos. Chandler, D. Clk. C. O.
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Georgia, Carroll County
Moses J. Baxter having in proper form
applied to me for letters of administration on the estate of Columbus c. Smith,
late of said county, deceased, this is to cite all and singular, the creditors and
next of kin of said C. C. Smith, to be an appear in my office, within the time prescribed
by law and show cause if any they can why administration should not be granted to
Moses J. Baxter, on the estate of C. C. Smith, deceased.
-----------------------------------
Georgia, Carroll County
Moses J. Baxter, having in proper
form applied to me for letters of administration, de bonis non, on the estate of
L. J. Smith, late of said county, deceased, this is to cite all, and singular, the
creditors and next of kin, to be and appear in my office within the time allowed
by law and show cause if any they can why administration de bonis non, should not
be granted to M. J. Baxter, on the unadministered estate of L. J. Smith.
Thos.
Chandler. D Clk. C. O.
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Mrs Garst, wife
of Christopher Garst, living near Allen's Mills, died the first of the week (week
of April 6, 1877). Mrs. G was about 70 years of age.
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HYMENEAL: Married on the 29th ultimo, (March 29, 1877), by the Rev. J. C.
Burnam, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Jas. F. Driver, to Miss Susan
A. Neill.
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APRIL 13, 1877
April Court:
Two divorce cases have been tried. Harriet A. Morgan vs F. A. Morgan, total
divorce granted plaintiff and disabilities removed of defendant. The other
case was M. A. Johns vs Jas. M. Johns and the verdict was the same.
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April 27, 1877
On last Sunday evening according to previous arrangement, the
ties of wedlock were solemnized between Mr. A. F. Sharp and Miss Katie Blalock,
by the Rev. W. F. Quillian pastor of the Methodist Church at this place.
It seemed to be the understanding among the inhabitants of
our pleasant little town and vicinity, that the marriage ceremony would take place
immediately after the usual religious exercise at the Methodist church on Sunday
evening the 22nd inst. Long before the conclusion of the Rev. Mr. Quillian's
able and interesting sermon, the house was filled to its utmost capacity by the
friends and acquaintances of the youthful and promising couple, that were about
to enter into one of the most solemn and binding compacts know in catalogues of
divine or human law.
At the conclusion of the Reverend gentleman's remarks, a
breathless silence pervaded the entire assembly, and almost simultaneous with the
close of the discourse, Mr. A. F. Sharp, one of our most popular and enterprising
young merchants entered the door, with the lovely and beautiful victim of Cupid
leaning trustingly and confidingly upon his arm. They passed up the aisle
and halted immediately in front of the pulpit, where the martial ceremony was performed
in the most solemn and impressive manner, and Albert and Katie, in the presence
of that vast multitude of witnesses, and in obedience to that divine and ever to
be venerated institution, were pronounced husband and wife.
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Tried for Lunacy. A young man by the name of Robert Barron, living in the
Fifth district, was tried for lunacy, on last Wednesday, before Judge Juhan.
The verdict of the jury after hearing the evidence and examining the young man was
that he was an epileptic and a lunatic and a fit subject for the Lunatic Asylum.
---------------------------------
Bowdon Dots...Another one of our aged citizens
of Carroll has fallen asleep. Dennis Noles, living near Squaire Becks.
He was buried on last Tuesday. (April 24, 1877) . He was at the time of his
deth 100 years old, some say 104.
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Carroll Superior Court. April term 1877. Petititon for Divorce.
Lewis
Taylor and Nancy Taylor.
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Georgia,
Carroll county D. F. Norman has applied for exemption of personalty.
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MAY 4, 1877
Georgia, Carroll county. Mary C. Boatwright, wife of J. A.
Boatwright, has applied for exemption of personalty.
...........Elizabeth
A. Davenport, has applied for exemption of personalty.
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The Carroll County Times 1877
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE
CARROLL COUNTY TIMES", Carrollton, Carroll
County, Georgia for SEPTEMBER
1877, OCTOBER 1877, NOVEMBER 1877, DECEMBER 1877
NEWSPAPER Issue of
Friday, SEPTEMBER 7, 1877
LOCAL News
Mr. John Orr and Mr. Will O'Rear
have opened a new grocery store in the corner building next to W.T. Richards.
---
We are indebted to Mr. Joseph Benson for a copy of the Sacramento Weekly
Union, published at Sacramento City, California.
---
Willie Benson
got back from California the latter part of last week. He has been in bed sick,
the most of the time since he returned.
---
Mr. J.B. Silvey, living four
miles north of Bowdon in the Ninth district, was in town the first of the week
with some fine grapes for sale. Mr. S., we learn, has 100 young grape
vines bearing the second year. Also he has 1500 sets now growing which will
be ready for market this winter.
---
VILLA RICA News
Mrs. John
Richards died last night. She is a relative to your townsman Mr. W.T. Richards.
---
Mr. W.J. Kilgore is rebuilding his gin and grist mill that was washed
away by the heavy rains in January last.
---
BILLOW News
Several
cases of fever aboud through the country, but as yet, none have proved fatal.
Mr. J.M. Fletcher living near Shiloh is quite sick with fever but it is hoped
he will recover.
---
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, SEPTEMBER 14, 1877
LOCAL News
Married on the evening of September 5th by the Rev. G.W. Burson
at the residence of the bride's father E.B. Darden, Mr. G.W. Morris to
Miss Katie A. Darden, all of Carroll county.
---
We understand that
Messrs. Atkinson and Cowan will start a steam saw mill within a few miles of
Carrollton, at an early day.
---
Stewart, who was sent to the penitentiary
for life fo rthe murder of Jas. Seales of Douglas county, and who was not long
since granted a new trial by the Supreme Court, has been brought back to Douglasville.
---
We learn from Dr. McElwreath who has recently been over in Cobb and Douglas
counties, that the Rev. Luke Mizell of the M.E. church died at Powder Springs
on last Friday. Mr. M. was one of the most prominent men in that section.
A good many attended his remains to their last resting place.
---
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, SEPTEMBER 21, 1877
LOCAL News
Married,
on the 13th inst. by J.P. Griffin, J.P. at the residence of the bridegroom,
Mr. James Moore to Miss Lula Hendon, all of this county.
---
Lee Crouch
has sold out to Jasper Williamson and will move to Alabama near Oxford, Calhoun
county.
---
We learn that the Rev. Wm. Timmons, well known in this community
where he lived a number of years, died at Cave Springs on the 18th. His
remains, we understand, will be buried at the old Camp Ground.
---
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, SEPTEMBER 28, 1877
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
Will be sold before the court house door in Carrollton, Carroll county,
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in November next, the following lands belonging
to the estate of Chas. Phillips, deceased: Lot of land number 122 in the
Tenth district of Carroll county and lot number 219 in the Third district of
Carroll county, each containing two hundred two and a half acres, more or less.
Sold for benefit of heirs. R.P. McWilliams, Administrator, Sept.
28, 1877.
----
VILLA RICA News
Mr. Robert Morris living near Villa
Rica died on the 16th with pneumonia. Mr. M. leaves a wife and three little
children. We tender our sympathies to the bereaved family. Mr. M. was
a consistent member of the Baptist church and we hope is now free from this
world's troubles and is at rest above.
---
LOCAL News
Col. R.J.
Gaines, the well known poet laureate of Carroll county, arrived home last Tuesday
evening from East Tennessee where he had been paying an extended
visit to relatives.
The Colonel is looking better than we have ever seen him and is just bubbling
over with poetry and good humor.
---
Our friend, S. Owen Smith, leaves
for Savannah today where he goes to enter mercantile pursuits again. His family
who remain for the present, will follow in a short time. We regret the departure
of Mr. S. and family from our community but hope as fate has ordered it thus,
that success may betide them in their new home.
---
We regret to learn
that Frank Pope will leave us in a few days for Texas. Frank is one of our cleverest
young men and we do not like to see such kind straying off.
---
There
is a good deal of sickness in town at present. Mrs. J.M. Hewitt and one of her
little boys is quite sick, as is Mrs. Rhudy and Mr. Wm. and Alex Worthy.
---
Mr. W.J. Embrey, living up in the neighborhood of old Carrollton, set fire to
a hickory tree in his new ground on the eight day of May last, and this fire
burned in the stump of said tree until the 31st of August.
---
We
get the following particulars of a terrible accident which happened at Dickson's
old mill, now owned by Wesley Smith, on the 20th, and which resulted in the
sudden death of a little son of Thomas Upshur of this county. The little
boy had been staying with his grandfather Mr. James Upshur, but on the 20th
he started to return home, going as far as the mill with his uncle, Mr. Aderhold.
His father Mr. Thomas Upshur, it was understood, was to overtake them at
the mill. When the little boy and his uncle got to the mill, his uncle
went off to a syrup mill which he had in operation near by. In the meantime,
the litttle boy took a notion he would go home with Mr. Clark Hindon, but got
only far as Mr. Eady's, some two or three hundred yards, where he stopped, afterwards,
returning to the mill.
It was but a short time after his return
that he wandered off up stairs where in some way or other he was caught in the
machinery and crushed to death. His head was cut and his arms badly bruised.
At the time he was in the mill, the miller was present and a Mr. Harris, but
they being busy, failed to see him when he went up the stairs. The stoppage
of the mill caused an investigation to see what was the matter and it was then
discovered that the mutilated body of the little boy was the cause of the stoppage.
The little fellow, we learn, was about six years old and was quite a sprightly
child, being a great favorite with all who knew him. We tender the stricken
parents our sympathy in their great and sudden bereavement.
----
NEWSPAPER
Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 5, 1877
NOTICE
This is to warn all persons
against hiring or harboring my two sons. The oldest, Joseph Avery, who is eighteen
years old, left my house the first of September; the other, Allen Avery,
who is seventeen years of age, left on the 30th of September. John Avery
(colored), October 5, 1877.
----
LOCAL News
We learn that Mr. William
Lovvorn of Randolph county, Alabama, who owns an interest in the Wilder mills
at Billow, has recently bought out Messrs. Little and Word's half interest in
the Bowdon mill.
---
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 12, 1877
SUPERIOR COURT CASES
The following is a brief synopsis of the cases disposed
of by the Superior Court last week:
Nancy Easterwood vs. Leroy Easterwood,
divorce. Verdict for plaintiff.
---
BILLOW News
Mrs. Mintora Arthur,
wife of Mr. J.A. Arthur, living near Shiloh, died of diptheria last Sunday evening,
after an illness of about a week. She left an infant some three or four
months of age, and an affectionate husband to mourn her loss. Truly your sympathies
should be awakened in behalf of such. It is said she suffered much pain while
sick.
---
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 19, 1877
ADMINISTRATOR'S
SALE
Under and by virtue of an order of the honorable court of Ordinary of
Pike county, I will sell before the court house door in Carrollton, Carroll
County on the first Tuesday in December nest, between the legal hours of sale,
all that tract or parcel of land in the Fifth district of said county known
as the old Browning Place, containing two hundred two and one half acres, more
or less, the same being the entire estate of Mary A. Browning, formerly Mary
A. Speer, late of Pike county, deceased, in said land. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of the said deceased. W.D. Willis, Administrator,
Milner, Georgia, Oct. 7, 1877.
----
LOCAL News
Mr. Z.T. Adams
of Kansas district has a little son not quite twelve years old, that picked
236 3/4 pounds of cotton on the 12th inst. If anybody can beat this we
should like to hear from them.
---
Col. R.J. Gaines is the first man we
ever knew that blacked his boots and put on a standing collar to go opossum
hunting.
---
SUDDEN DEATH OF DUNCAN TALLEY
Duncan H. Talley, formerly
a citizen of Carroll county, but at present living in Haralson, while topping
a tree in his yard on last Monday, accidentally fell out of the tree and from
the injuries received, died in about six hours. The deceased was about
sixty years old at the time of his death. He was well known to a good many of
our citizens, having lived in the Ninth district of this county a long time.
---
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 26, 1877
GEORGIA, Carroll County
To all whom it may concern;
Angeline League, having in proper form applied
to me for letters of administration with the Will annexed on the estate of Elbert
Fowler, late of said Carroll county, deceased; this is to cite all and singular
the creditors and next of kin of said Elbert Fowler, to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by law and show cause, if any they can, why administration
with the Will annexed, should not be granted to Angeline League on said estate;
otherwise, said letters will be granted the 1st Monday in December next.
This Oct. 18, 1877. Thos. Chandler, D. Clk. C.O.
---
LOCAL News
Claiborne Trussell, son of Mr. Lindsey Trussell of this place, died last
Saturday the 20th inst., after an illness of one week. The disease from which
he died is said to have been typhus fever. The deceased was about twelve
years of age at the time of his death. He was a bright and amiable lad and his
good behavior and respectful bearing won for him the esteem and confidence of
all who knew him. His remains were buried on Sunday evening and quite
a large number of our citizens were present at this last sad rite. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Quillian who delivered an affecting and
appropriate discourse for the occasion. The loving parents in their bereavement
have the
sympathy of the community.
----
Married, at the residence
of the bride's mother in Bowdon on last Tuesday evening the 23 inst., by the
Rev. Wm. Dimmock, S. Emerson Grow of Carrollton
to Miss Lenora McDaniel
of Bowdon.
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We regret to learn that Mrs. Fletcher of Bowdon was badly
burnt one day last week by the accidental explosion of powder gourd.
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Frank Pope returned last week from Texas. This is the second trial Frank has
made to the Lone Star state but after all, there seems to be no place like old
Carroll. He was gone only two weeks on this trip.
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Mr. Silas Hyett
of Bowdon was accidentally shot last Saturday in the edge of Bowdon as he was
just starting out in company with Mr. Monroe Coston on a hunt.
The accident
happened from the falling of Mr. C.'s gun, it being discharged by the fall and
the contents lodging in the foot of Mr. H. The wound is not considered serious,
though very painful.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of NOVEMBER 2, 1877
GEORGIA,
Carroll County
To all whom it may concern;
Isham Akin having in proper
form applied to me for letters of administration on the estate of John Akin,
late of said county, deceased; this is to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of said John Akin, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law and show cause if any they can, why administration should
not be granted to Isham Akin on the estate of said deceased; otherwise such
letters will be granted on the first Monday in December next. Thos. Chandler,
D. Clk. C.O.; this Oct. 31, 1877.
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LOCAL News
Married
at the residence of W.L. Craven, Mr. Elisha Thomas Gentry and Miss Carrie
Lena Bloodworth on the 25th of Oct., by W.L. Craven, Esq., all of Carroll county.
May their days of life be one of pleasure with no clouds to mar its beauty;
may their path bloom with richest of flowers, till life's journey is over.
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Mr. John WIlliams in the neighborhood of Allen's Mills had his house
burnt on Saturday night. He succeeded in saving part of house household goods.
The house
was located on the premises of Mr. W.T. Richards.
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Mrs.
Emaly Russell of Pittsburg, Texas is on a visit to relations in this county.
Mrs. Russell is a sister of Mr. M.R. and Jas. H. Russell. Her mother will return
with her to Texas.
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Mr. Mark Glass has returned from lower Georgia
where he has been for some time.
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We learn that Mrs. W.E. Neill of
the Eleventh district died on the 31st ultimo.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of
Friday, NOVEMBER 9, 1877
WHITESBURG News
Mr. Frank Webb, near Mr.
Matt Rooks on Friday last, got his hand caught in the cogs of a sorghum mill
and lost thereby two of his fingers the first and second.
On the
same day, Mr. Vol Crawford and Mr. H. Freeman had a serious altercation
in Lick Skillet, which came near resulting in the death of both, from the
severe wounds inflicted upon each other by their pocket knives.
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DEATH OF MR. WARREN CORBIN
On Wednesday evening of alst week, the 24th
ult., Mr. Warren Corbin, living in Stamp creek district, left town with a two
horse wagon loaded with shingles, for home. About one and a half miles
from town, in going down a long hill, his mules ran with him, throwing him out
and dragging his body some two hundred yards. It so happened that Mr. G.W. Satterfield
and family were returning home from Cherokee county in a vehicle and were coming
up the same hill at the time. Mr. Satterfield barely had time to get his vehicle
out of the way of the running team. When Mr. S. came up with Mr. C. he
was speechless and died in about a half hour. The head of the deceased
was badly fractured in two or three places and much bruising upon his body.
Strange to say nothing was broken although the heels of both his boots were
knocked off. The deceased was in the bloom of health and had promise of
a splendid manhood. He was a brother of Mr. W.F. Corbin, ex tax collector of
this county. We deeply sympathize with
the family, and friends of the
deceased in this sad occurrence. The Cartersville Express
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, NOVEMBER 16, 1877
LOCAL News
Alexander
H. Worthy, son of Mr. Z.P. Worthy of this place, died at 2 o'clock a.m. on the
9th inst., after a long and protracted illness from typhoid fever.
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MARRIAGES
Married on the 8th of November 1877 in Carroll county near
the Randolph county lines, Mr. P.T. Meaders to Miss L.A. Thurman,
Rev. G.W. Burson officiating.
Married on the morning of the 11th day of November
1877 at the residence of the bride's father Mr. J.P. Yates, Mr. J.M. Word
to Miss Hannah C. Yates, the
Rev. Wm. H. Daniel officiating. The
following were the attendants for the occasion: Mr. W.A. Hollaway, Miss
Nancy H. Stewart, Mr. Wm. F. Yates, Miss
Jancy A. Gibson, all of Carroll county.
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We learn that at a corn shucking at the residence of Mrs. Holley on last
Saturday night that while Mr. Jas. Coleman and Ben Cox were attempting to quiet
a difficulty between a young Mr. Hanvey and some other party, they themselves
were cut with a pocket knife. Hanvey also, in the melee it seems, was stabbed.
None of them seriously. We fail to get the particulars of the difficulty.
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Mrs. Leah Russell, mother of Mr. M.R. and J.H. Russell, left for Texas
on Tuesday morning with her daughter Mrs. Emaly Russell.
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BILLOW
News
Death in all its terrors visited for the first time on Sunday
night last, the home of Mr. John Cooglar, living near Shiloh, and took little
Johnnie away to the realities of an unknown world. He, with the rest of
the family except two, was afflicted with typhoid fever. Our tenderest
sympathies are extended to the bereaved family.
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NEWSPAPER Issue
of Friday, NOVEMBER 23, 1877
LOCAL News
Married last Sunday evening
at the residence of the bride's father Mr. S.H. Harris, by the Rev. W.F. Quillian,
Mr. Thomas B. Griffin to Miss Parisade Harris.
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Married, on the
evening of the 15th inst. at the residence of the bride's father Mr. Wm. Lyle,
by the Rev. W.F. Quillian, Mr. Larkin B. Walker to Miss Julia N. Lyle.
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Married the morning of the 18th inst., at the residence of the bride's
father, Mr. Archabel P. Robinson and Miss Sarah C. Crumbley, the Rev.
Wm. J. C. Timmons
officiating, all of Carroll county.
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Married
on the 19th inst., at the residence of Dr. Green of the Eleventh district,
Mr. W.I. Latimer and Miss Henrietta Green, a sister of Dr. Green. The
Rev. W.S. Tweedel was the officiating clergyman.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of
Friday, DECEMBER 7, 1877
Married, Sunday morning, November the 25th at the
residence of Mr. C.W. Worley, Mr. R.H.L. Gentry to Miss C.E. Barnes, all
of the Eleventh district. The knot was tied by W.L. Craven, Esq.
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VILLA RICA News
Our town has been shocked by a dreadul accident which
occurred in the gold mines last week, 29th ultimo. Mr. J.P. McCarley works
several hands on the mines and it seems that he was trying to mine under a vein
when it gave away very suddenly and killed two men, Johnnie and Willie
Chambers, and covered up Mr. McCarley entirely but did not hurt him very bad,
though he is not able to work yet. We tender our sympathy to the sad family.
It is the most painful calamity that has befallen the community. There
is not language to express it, just to think of two brothers just in the bloom
of life, healthy and stout, taken off, without a moment's notice. They were
both buried in the same grave together last Friday, at the family graveyard,
at their grandfathers, Captain J.T. Chambers.
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BILLOW News
Mr. Frank Stephenson who is a regular Carroll county boy, but who has been for
several years teaching school at Lineville, Ala., arrived at his father's, Mr.
Frank Stephenson Sr. on the 4th inst. with his young wife, Miss Dora Gaston,
of Lineville. We wish him much happiness.
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LOCAL News
We learn from Mr. B.F. Cotton who was over in Randolph county, Alabama last
week that Deputy Sheriff John Burnett of that county was frozen to death on
the evening of the 29th ultimo. He left Wedowee late in the evening for
home and as he was under the influence of whiskey, he fell off his horse and
was frozen to death.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 14,
1877
SHOT BUT NOT KILLED
On Saturday last, a difficulty occurred in
the lower part of this county near the line of Heard, between two brothers,
J.C. and C.B. Newman in which the former shot the latter in the forehead, without
however, inflicting a dangerous wound. J.C. Newman states that he acted entirely
in self defense as his brother was at the time advancing on him with a loaded
pistol, threatening to kill him. The difficulty took place at the home
of J.C. Newman in the presence of his wife and children, which alarmed and terrified
them very much, and we are gratified to state that this shooting scrape did
not result more seriously than it did. We hope the boys will make up their
quarrel. The Newnan Herald
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER
21, 1877
A REMARKABLE Man
From "The Rome Courier"
M.A. Wimpee of this county will be sixty years old the 20th of June next.
He has been married twice, had 16 children by his first wife, 11 boys and 5
girls and 7 boys and 7 girls by his last wife, 30 in all, the oldest being 42
years old and the youngest at the breast. He lost 7 sons in the late war.
Mr. Wimpee is a hard working man, a good citizen, and is doing a good part by
all his children. All are loved and respected by those who know them. The old
gentleman is a sout and able-bodied man, in good health, and is hard a a
lightwood knot, and bids fair to live many years longer. The Rome Courier
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DEATH OF MR. HIRAM SHARP
Mr. Hiram Sharp, a well known and highly
respected citizen of this county, died at his home, four miles north of here
at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, the 15th inst. and his remains were buried at
3 o'clock on Sunday evening the 16th inst. The death of Mr. S. was not
altogether unexepected, as he had been suffering for some time, from that fatal
disease, consumption.
Mr. Sharp, we suppose, was one among the oldest citizens
of Carroll county. He had been here since 7 years of age, and he was 51 at the
time of his death, thus making a continuous residence in Carroll up to the time
of his death of 44 years.
As a man and citizen Mr. Sharp stood high in
the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. As a man, he was honest
and upright in his dealings with his fellow man and tried to live up to the
golden rule to do unto others as he would have others do unto him. As
a citizen he was patriotic and was ever ready to bear the burdens and duties
of citizenship. Mr. Sharp leaves a wife and six children and to them we
extend our sympathy in their great bereavement.
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LOCAL News
Married, at 10 o'clock a.m. on the sixth inst., at the residence of the bride's
father, the Rev. G.W. Burson officiating, Mr. Jas. M. Hardigree of Alabama
to Miss Sarah L.S. Ferrell of Carroll county.
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Mrs. Ann Forbes,
wife of Mr. John Forbes of the Eleventh district, died, we learn, on last Monday
evening. We failed to obtain any of the particulars of her death. Mrs. F. was
quite old, being 82 years of age at the time of her demise. She was a
pious and consistent member of the Presbyterian church and was loved and respected
by all who knew her. To her husband and friends and relatives we tender our
sympathy.
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Mr. Whisenhunt, who works at Mr. Camp's mills had a finger
cut off last week by the machinery of the mill.
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We learn from
Toombs Brown of this place that one of his most intimate friends, Mr. L.E. West,
a member of the firm of Smith & West of Wedowee, Alabama, died
on the 16th
inst. of brain fever. Mr. W. was a splendid merchant and was well known
throughout the section of Alabama in which he lived.
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