Jul - Sep 2003
Chatham County, Georgia Queries

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Ann Porter Fri Jul 4 17:09:04 2003
I am trying to locate the grave of my great great grandfather, James Robert BEARD who is said to be buried in Monteith, Ga. Confederate Cemetery. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Carolyn Flint Sun Jul 6 19:28:00 2003
I am looking for decendants of four brothers living in Savanah, G. They were originally from Hoopeston, Ill. area. I think John BARKER was their father and the mother was Anne FLINT. One was an attorney in Savanah, Ga. I think his name was Robert BARKER.
Any info on this family would be appreciated. Thanks, Carolyn

Mary Twigger Mon Jul 7 20:32:02 2003
Seeking Emma BROUGHTON death date after Oct 1949. Living in Savannah, Ga.
Thank you for time & effort.

Niles Reddick or Niles Reddick Tue Jul 8 07:54:07 2003
Hi folks, Our family is interested in obtaining any and all information about the RADICK/READICK/REDDICK family of Chatham County. According to records a Palatine family came to Savannah in the 1730s---the RADICK family, which consisted of John (Johann) and Barbara and their children John 2 (Johann), Anna, Peter, and Michael.

Though Michael married, he did not have children.Michael's will is recorded in the late 1700s. His plantation was on what is today Dutch Island. Peter married and had several children. His will, too, is recorded in the late 1700s. We know nothing of Anna. We do know of Johann (John) the second's having obtained several grants of land in both Christ Church Parish as well as St. Phillip's Parish along the Ogeechee River in what may be Bryan County today. His land was next to the BIRD / BYRD family.

We do know that John RADICK/READICK/REDDICK had 5 children as recorded on one particular grant application, and we recently discovered that John owned land in St. George's Parish next to the BYRD / BIRD family in 1767.

Our ancestors, four brothers named Nicholas, Peter, Jacob, and Francis, were in St. George Parish/Burke-Screven County as early as 1785 where they appear in court documents. They settled and were granted land along Brier Creek next to Francis PARIS on land that today is Millhaven Plantation. Peter married Margaret CLARKE from Beech Island (daughter of Col. John CLARKE and niece to TOBLER's and ZUBLY's). Jacob was married to Nancy WIGGINS. We are unsure of Nicholas and Francis' wives.

Any information, however remote, on any of these families could help us solidify the origins of our ancestors. Thanks so much for any assistance.
Niles Reddick

Al Sun Jul 13 12:45:38 2003
Looking for a Flannery O'CONNOR (1925-1964) genealogy to trace the O'CONNOR name in the Chatham County area. Her father was Edward F. O'CONNOR.
Thanks, Al

Carolyn Flint Mon Jul 14 11:02:35 2003
I am looking for decendants of the following children. I will give what I have and wish for wives, birthdates, deathdates, marriage dates, occupations and etc. James BARKER b. 1885 d. 1958 - wife Annie FLINT Born March 12, 1887
Delmar, Delbert, Harold, Robert
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Carolyn Flint

Roger Kight Wed Jul 16 04:57:33 2003
Would appreciate any information on my ggrandfather and his wife Mary (SMITH) JONES.They came to the US, during the potato famine in Ireland,between the years of 1845 and 1851. They may have entered thru Savannah. They settled in the Augusta,Ga. area and had seven children,Thomas, Henry, Charles, Robert, George and two daughters Mary and Minnie.
THANKS Roger Kight

Bonny Wed Jul 16 12:24:53 2003
I recently found ancestors living in Chatham Co., they are on the 1870 census but I would like to find more about them.

Lawrence M SHAFER----45----Fire Insurance Agent
Emma - 36
Rowland - 12
Emma Amelia - 10 (My Great Grandmother)
Robert Lee - 7

Any information would be helpful.

Dixie Tait Kirton Thu Jul 17 12:26:19 2003
Hi, I would like to know if anyone has any info on the following below. I'm looking for the names of the children and or if this family stayed in Chatham Co, GA after coming to the US. Thanks, Dixie

TAIT, John, Age, 25. Carpenter with wife and four children. Scotland, from Whitby to Savannah GA, August 1744 on the Marlbourgh.

Bev Luckey-Short Sun Jul 20 23:12:09 2003
I am searching for information on the mother of Hugh William LUCKEY, b. 10/27/1870 in Savannah. According to Hugh's Death Certificate the information on his mother was unobtainable. Hugh's father was Samuel Antony LUCKEY. Sam was married many times and had lots of children. There has been talk that Hugh's mother might be Elizabeth ROWE but no proof. Thank you for you time...

Ronda Rhoden Mon Jul 21 14:50:46 2003
I have a newspaper notice regarding the death of Dr. Jackie (RHODEN) STRINGFELLOW of Moultrie, GA on Feb. 25, 1997. I was looking for information on her family. The information that I have:

Emanuel RHODEN (b. Oct 14th, 1860) married Martha PATTEN (b. Jan 6, 1862) on April 22, 1883 in GA. Martha died Aug 24, 1896. Their children were:
Henry Edwin RHODEN (b. Feb 27, 1884) who married Bertie NIMS(?)
Their son Emanuel Willie RHODEN (b. Nov 16, 1885) married Cora Lee DANIEL on Feb. 13, 1910.
Their children were (I don't know the order of birth) were Jackie RHODEN (STRINGFELLOW), Martha RHODEN (SMITH), Emanuel Willie RHODEN, Jr., and James Lee RHODEN.

Lassie Melvin RHODEN (b. Sept 25, 1887) who married Blanch SMITH on Sept. 4, 1907.

Vasco Columbus RHODEN (b. July 19, 1889) who married Gertrude THISTLEWOOD on June 8, 1912. He is my grandfather and there are a whole bunch of progeny down four generations.

Joseph Rasberry RHODEN (b. Aug 2, 1891) who married Ethel HAM(?).

Emanuel married Equador Arcetia DALLAS (b. July 31, 1868) on Jan 23, 1898. She died Nov 5, 1928. They had one son Paul Hicks RHODEN (b. Feb 24, 1905) who married Mitchell C. MOORE on Dec 21, 1934(?).

I'd be interested in any information anyone has regarding any of these people, particularly the Thistlewoods or Pattens.

Charles H Medlock Thu Jul 24 13:39:30 2003
I am looking for William Parker MEYER, His widow,Carry B. MEYER recived a confederated Widows Pension in Savannah Georgis in 1931. William Parker MEYER lived and worked in Savannah for many years. They are bured in Laurel Grove

Becky Riggs Boone Fri Jul 25 09:40:26 2003
I am searching for Ken Dring who posted at this site back in January of 2002. The email provided no longer works. Ken, if you see this post, I am Percy RIGGS' daughter and I believe you may be the son or grandson of my Aunt, Lucille (RIGGS) DRING. Please contact me. I have been researching our family for several years. I have a lot of information on our RIGGS family and I am still searching for Sadie NORRIS' parents.
Becky Boone

Becky Boone Fri Jul 25 09:59:34 2003
I am looking for the person that posted on this site about his NORRIS, MERRIT and LEE ancestors. I tried to email, but the email is no longer valid. Please contact me. I would like to find out if there is a connection between our NORRIS' ancestors.
Thanks, Becky Riggs Boone

Nancy Brewer Fri Jul 25 14:53:53 2003
Our REILY - CONNOR side of the family settled in Chatham Cty after arriving from Ireland and on to Nova Scotia, MA and then GA. If any of this sounds familiar I would appreciate hearing from you. NSB

Robert APREA Sat Jul 26 16:52:59 2003
I am looking for any information about members of my family who migrated from Italy ( cities of MASSA LUBRENSE and VICO EQUENSE, near Naples) , in the years 1880-1900, and settled themselves in Savannah where they worked in the fish industry.

- Louis APREA, born on 1873 in ITALY, dead in Savannah on April 1946 . He lived Abercorn Street and was the manager of " APREA FISH AND CO, wholesale shippers of fresh fish and oysters , 4-8 Bryan Street , West, Savannah.

He was the son of James APREA, born in Italy and of Anna SAVARESE , born in Italy on September 1847 et dead in Savannah on July 1931 ,

Karen Pray Mon Jul 28 14:24:55 2003
I am looking for -- Any information on PRAY surname in south Georgia, partcularly Liberty County, Georgia. Searching for Flanders PRAY and Ephraim PRAY.

Nan Kinser Wed Jul 30 11:58:45 2003
My ggrandmother, Edith Lisle WATERS and her brother, Warnock WATERS, were placed in orphanages in the late 1800's. I've located Warnock's records at Bethesda, but am unable to locate the Savannah Women's Home that Edith was supposedly placed in. Has anyone heard of that institution, or have further names of women's homes that would have been in existence around 1894 in the Savannah area? I have no information on Edith's family and am at a brick wall. Thank you.

Danny Borgers Fri Aug 1 15:37:59 2003
I am seeking information on Ida Dean JOHNSON's parents. Ida was married to Thomas Franklin RICHARDSON, Sr. I can find no information on her parents, William and Martha JOHNSON. Ida lived in Savannah during the 1930 census. We have no other information.

We would also greatly appreciate a maiden name for "Martha JOHNSON" who was married to Thomas Franklin RICHARDSON, Sr.
Thank you,
Danny Borgers (great-grandson)

Joey Cordray Tue Aug 12 03:19:12 2003
I am trying to find more information on my great grandmother. She was Sarah Ann HAYES married John A. CORDRAY at St. John The Baptist Cathedral in Savannah. Her Father was W.C. HAYES. She had a brother Robert J. HAYES and a sister Mrs. C.W. ROBERTS. Any help would be appreciated.

Teri Barber Tue Aug 12 14:22:46 2003
I am searching for my great grand parents, who I have been told are from Savannah or at least lived there.
Laura McLENDON born 2/11/1853 in Alabama, died in Savannah in 1951?
Marton F. McLENDON born 1850 in Alabama,
They lived in Savannah for 40-35 years. Thanks

William E. Everett Thu Aug 14 10:21:05 2003
George Frederick WAGNER born 1847,immigrated from Germany to Savannah about 1870. Married Emma Margaretha MASTICK January 8, 1874. Ernastein Emma WAGNER, married ADAIR Edna Helen WAGNER, married unknown Henrietta Margareth WAGNER, married MISCALLY Arthur George WAGNER, married unknown Manie T. WAGNER, married HELMKEN M. E. WAGNER, died at 8 months old

Last contact was with Inez H. HURST of Savannah married daughter of one of the above.
Any information about this family is appreciated and will exchange information.

Sue Unbehaun Sat Aug 16 16:53:44 2003
I am looking for any information on the family of Gus and Ruth LEE or Mose and Adeline LEE

G moon Fri Aug 22 08:25:07 2003
I am seeking the relatives of James REYNOLDS Jr who is listed on the 1930 census with his parents James and Margaret REYNOLDS in the town of Thunderbolt, Ga. On the 1920 census he is listed with wife and family.

Nancy Morgan Peterson Mon Aug 25 19:35:23 2003
I am looking for any info on David Boston MORGAN and wife Sarah Ann JACKSON and their 5 or six children. It would be 1850-55 or 57-70.
Thanks. Nancy Morgan Peterson Seattle WA

Cecil O. Crow Tue Aug 26 16:24:21 2003
Looking for any information on any people with the surname CLIRE or McCLIRE. Trying to find a Lavinia, Livina, Lovinia. My ggrandfather, Isaac CROW married a L. L. CLIRE in Franklin Co. AR., 1881. Just trying to find out wheere she came from!

Kevin Spaulding Wed Aug 27 10:42:13 2003
Someone sent me some extractions from an 1870 census index listing a number of BASFORD families on pages 204-206 of the census for "Ashland 4th Dist., Chatham Co., GA" I have looked at the on-line census images (at www.genealogy.com) and have been unable to locate these entries. In fact, I don't even see any entries for a town named Ashland in Chatham Co., and if there is a "4th Dist." somewhere on the Chatham Co. film, I have been unable to locate it. (Although the page numbers for this film seem to indicate that perhaps some are missing, or at least are out of sequence...) Can anyone verify whether there would be such a location in Chatham Co., and whether these census pages really exist?
Thanks,
Kevin Spaulding

Ruth Olson Wed Aug 27 22:26:41 2003
Am interested in the address of the Oak Grove Cemetary in Savannah. I believe it may have been either renamed or closed. It was an African-American cemetery only. My husband's parents are buried there, but he does not remember the address. The death certificates say Oak Grove Cemetary, but no address. Anyone know?

James Prichard Thu Aug 28 07:35:40 2003
I recently ran across a reference to the death of one Micajah HARP in Chatham Co. in 1798. I'd be grateful for any assistance in locating this man's will or estate settlement. Thanks!!!

John Garst Sun Aug 31 12:37:27 2003
Delia GREEN was shot by Moses "Cooney" HOUSTON at a party at a house in Yamacraw on Christmas Eve, 1990. She died early Christmas morning. The song "Delia," aka "Delia's Gone" (in the Bahamas), is about this event. HOUSTON's mother was Jane. I suspect that GREEN's mother was a SINGLETON.

I would appreciate any information that could help me find descendants.

James Allen Knechtmann Mon Sep 1 13:44:22 2003
I'm looking for information on my great(x3)-grandmother, Susan Elizabeth HARRISON, born at Monteith Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia, on 17 May 1824.

She was the daughter of Col. William S. HARRISON, commander of the 35th Regiment, Georgia Militia, from 1817 to 1830, and Mary KELLER. Two of her brothers were George Paul HARRISON, Sr., and Harris Kollock HARRISON. She married Joseph Henry HINES at Cotton Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia, on 25 May 1848, and then removed to Effingham County, Georgia.

I would like to find out any additional circumstances of her life, and whether or not she had any other siblings. Any information on her parents would also be greatly helpful.

Seymour Berrian Tue Sep 2 17:54:38 2003
Is there any biographical information available on the late John MacPherson BERRIEN, who according to interred in the Laurel Grove Cemetary?

K. Witt Tue Sep 2 22:50:04 2003
I am looking for any information that I can get on my grandfather, Ralph Romain McCULLOUGH. He was born in Savannah on Nov. 15, 1907. I would also like information on his parents - Romain Bump McCULLOUGH and Mamie BENNETT. Thank You.

Gold Wed Sep 3 20:42:30 2003
Looking for Edward Dupont HOOD, born 1881 in Georgia, city and county unknown, husband of Elizabeth ELLIS. Would like his date of death, place of birth, names of parents, places of their birth, etc. He is in the 1930 Savannah census, and was employed as an editor by the Savannah Morning News during the 2nd WW.

Carole H. Melson Sun Sep 7 14:38:17 2003
Susan Cooper PIERCE, born 1808 in Georgia and died in 1881 in Savannah, Georgia. She is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. Also buried with her is an eleven-year-old-boy by the name of William A. PIERCE who was born in 1860 in Savannah and died in 1881 there. They are buried in one of my families' burial lots in Laurel Grove Cemetery. Any genealogical information that you could give to me relating to Susan Cooper PIERCE and William A. PIERCE would be appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely, Carole H. Melson.

STEPHANIE BURGESS Fri Sep 12 20:34:41 2003
Seeking information on: Marion JOYNER, Sr. - Omega PACK - Mattie PINKNEY - Hattie SANDERS - Warren BURGESS

LAWRENCE WRIGHT Sat Sep 13 21:50:58 2003
I am looking for one Edna LUTTRELL who resided in eastern Savannah around 1956-1957. Any help you could give me would be greatly apprerciated regarding marriage license, to whom married, still residing in Savannah. Thank you

Eric Thornton Tue Sep 16 17:53:09 2003
Looking for the burial place for Susie Elizabeth (SMITH) THORNTON. She was married to Silas Leonard THORNTON and had two children: Kathleen and Earl Henry William THORNTON. Susie died sometime in 1927. Silas, his second wife Effie Futch THORNTON, Kathleen (THORNTON) STOKES, Leroy STOKES, are all buried in Boneventure Cemetery.
Any information will be deeply appreciated. Thank you.

Michelle Morris Wed Sep 17 23:41:21 2003
I need to ask if anyone of Mr. LOVETT's family is still in the area. I am writing a research paper on the historical case US vs Darby. Any help?

BARBARA SCHMIDT Mon Sep 22 12:02:04 2003
My biological grandfather, Homer FORBES was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1896. I would like to get a copy of his birth certificate.
Also if I could, a copy, of his mother and father's birth certificate. Father - William D. FORBES. Mother, Sarah (DOUGLAS) FORBES.
Thank you.

LAWRENCE WRIGHT Mon Sep 22 14:26:51 2003
Am searching for a one Edna LUTTRELL / LUTRELL who resided in the eastern part of Savannah around 1956.. The family re-located to the Wilmington Island area in the later part of 1956. Any information you could offer me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention.
Best Regards,
Lawrence WRIGHT
5405 Lother Lane
HILLIARD,Ohio 43026
E-=MAIL (lwright5405@wideopenwest.com)

Tonya Lee Tue Sep 23 08:47:41 2003
The family of Constable A. J. McINTYRE

Carley Wiggins Mon Sep 29 06:06:30 2003
Would like to communicate with WIGGINS researcher who have ties with Marion County, S.C. Samuel Walter WIGGINS 1867-1933 may have families in Savanah, Ga. I am searching for his parents, birth certificate appears to read father as Jesse, could be Jim or James, mother unknown.

Denise Haynie Hayes Tue Sep 30 22:52:47 2003
Hello, I am searching for my father, Robert Benjamin HAYNIE, born June 17,1930. Savannah Georgia. I only know of one brother. Jack HAYNIE. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.