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Returning home, some few weeks later, Lieutenant Brumby was the hero of the hour in Georgia. The most enthusiastic demonstration was planned in honor of the brave officer; and on the Capitol grounds, in Atlanta, before an audience which numbered thousands of people he was awarded an elegant sword. Hon. Clark Howell, President of the State Senate, introduced Governor Allen D. Candler, who, in turn, made the speech of pre- sentation. Sea-fighter though he was, Tom Brumby faced the great concourse of people like an embarrassed school girl. He felt more at home when riding over the perilous torpedoes, but he managed to stammer his sim- ple thanks and to tell the audience that he merely did his duty as a sailor. Unobserved by many in the vast throng, whose eyes were riveted upon the hero, there quietly sat in the background an old lady, who was bent with the weight of fourscore years. It was Tom Brum- by's mother. Thus was the master touch added to a scene which lacked none of the elements of impressive- ness. But the irony of fate was there, too; for ere many weeks had softened the echoes of applause, the brave lieutenant was dead. The spectacle presented on the grounds of Georgia's State Capitol was only the first part of the hero's Welcome Home.
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Roswell.
Volume II, Pages 215-222.
Dr. Francis
R. Goulding.
Volume II, Pages 222-225.
The Grave of In the little burial-ground of the Pres-
Dr. Goulding. byterian Cemetery, at Roswell, lies the dust of the famous author, whose tale of "The Young Marooners" has endeared him to the heart of childhood in two hemispheres. The grave is unmarked by any towering shaft. Only the simplest pieces of mar- ble, one at the head and one at the foot-neither of them six inches above the ground-tell where the great author sleeps. There is a peculiarity about the inscription which I have never witnessed in any other burial-place of the dead. It consists of his name alone; but scant as the epitaph is, it is divided between the two stones. The one at the head spells "Rev. Francis R." The one at the foot reads "Goulding." Unless the visitor is guided to the spot by the caretaker of the little grave-yard, he is apt to miss it, so dwarfed are the simple markers be- side the splendid piles which rise in the immediate neigh- borhood. Perhaps the lowly grave is in keeping with the modest life which Dr. Goulding lived. He was only an humble shepherd of Zion, whose duty it was to feed the lambs of the Master. He preached in obscure places. He walked in wayside paths. But the whole world today is filled with the fame of Dr. Goulding. The author of "The Young Marooners" is one of the immortals; and if the children whose fancies he has charmed could only build him a monument by each contributing a mite it would overtop the tallest pine at Roswell.
The Tomb of It was the wish of Roswell King to be Roswell King. buried near the factory which he built in the little town which bears his name. Consequently, when the old pioneer died he was laid to
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rest on a hill overlooking the busy theatre of his labors. Perhaps he imagined that the whir of the spindles might lull him to peaceful dreams. At any rate, his dying request was fulfilled; and on the spot where he was bur- ied a monument of massive proportions was afterwards reared. It bears the following inscription :
"In memory of Roswell King, born at Windsor, Conn., May 3, 1765, and died at Roswell, Cobb County, Ga., February 15, 1844. Aged 78 years, 9 months, and 12 days. He was the founder of the village which bears his name, etc."
Though somewhat soiled by the touch of time the shaft is well preserved. The interment of Roswell King at this place caused a grave-yard for public use to be opened on the hill, and today it goes by the name of the "Old Presbyterian Cemetery," others more recent hav- ing superceded this pioneer burial-ground. Barrington King, who succeeded his father as president of the fac- tory, sleeps in the "New Presbyterian Cemetery," not far removed from Dr. Goulding, where his grave is hand- somely marked. There is still another cemetery in Ros- well, which is owned by the Methodists; and in view of the fact that the population of the little town has rarely exceeded one thousand inhabitants it has been lavishly supplied with facilities for leaving the world.
Where an Ex-Presi- Less than fifty feet distant from the dent's Grand- tomb of Roswell King is the grave of father Sleeps. Major James S. Bulloch, the grand- father of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. It is marked by a slab somewhat dingy with age, on which, however, the lettering is quite distinct. The inscription reads :
"James S. Bulloch. Died in Roswell, February 18, 1849, in the 56th. year of his age. There are no partings in heaven."
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Major Bulloch was an exceedingly devout man. He was superintendent of the little Presbyterian Sunday- school at Roswell, and one day, when intent upon his duties in this capacity, he was stricken with paralysis and summoned from his useful work to his crown of reward.
COFFEE
Douglas. C'offee County was organized in 1854 out of four other counties: Clinch, Ware, Telfair and Irwin, and was named in honor of General John Coffee, a distinguished soldier and civilian of this State. The place selected as a county-seat was called Douglas, in honor of the noted Stephen A. Douglas, styled the "Little Giant." For years the growth of the town was slow; but, with the coming of railway facilities, it has forged rapidly to the front. Douglas was chartered as a town in 1895 and as a city in 1897.
COLQUITT
Recollections of Major Stephen F. Miller, in his Walter T. Colquitt. Bench and Bar of Georgia, speaking of Walter T. Colquitt, says :
"It made no difference how many speakers of note were assembled on the platform at a mass-meeting, whether from other States or from Geor- gia, whether ex-Governors or ex-members of the Cabinet, he towered above them all in energy of declamation and in power to sway the multitude. His was an eye which could look any man or any peril in the face, without blanching, as an eagle is said to gaze upon the sun.
"Judge Colquitt imitated no model. He grasped the hand of a poor man as cordially and treated him with as much respect as if he had been the richest in the land; and if his attentions to cither varied, it was only to show more kindness to the humble, to ward off any appearance of neglect. As an advocate, he stood alone in Georgia, perhaps in the whole South. Nc man could equal him in brilliancy and vigor where the passions of the
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jury were to be led. In criminal cases, where life or liberty was at stake, he swept everything before him. No heart could resist his appeals, no eye withhold its tears, on such occasions. He has been known to get down upon his knees and to implore jurors by name to save the husband, the father, the son; not to break anxious hearts at home, not to stamp disgrace upon innocent kindred. At other times he would go up to certain members of the jury and address them: 'My Baptist brother, ' 'My Methodist brother,' 'My young brother,' ' My venerable brother,' applying suitable expressions to each one as the facts might authorize, and, with a look and a prayer to heaven, which impressed the greatest awe, would stir the soul to its very depths. Many examples of the kind might be given, as the author has been informed by eye-witnesses: he never heard Judge Colquitt make a speech in court, but has heard him in other places. It is said that he rarely failed to obtain verdicts in favor of his clients when the occasion called forth his energies. Delivery, gesticulation, pathos, ridicule, scorn, mimicry, anecdote, the tone of his voice, the motion of his features-all acted a part, all assisted in the incantation. No wizard could have been more potent in exercising his charms. In all this exhibition there was much to offend particular schools of acting; but it was nothing more than holding a mirror up to nature-nature in a tempest.
"Nor was Judge Colquitt at a loss for other methods. He could be as gentle as a zephyr when it suited his purpose, when there were pictures of bereavement or sorrow to press home to the jury. Then 'the sweet, plaintive tones of his voice, the melting sadness of the heart, and the glistening pearl- drops from the cye, would dissolve all opposition. He would take a poor, fainting mortal in his arms, and softly as an angel he would lay him down to repose amid the flowers of Eden."*
Moultrie.
Volume I.
The Colquitt Family Record. Judge Walter T. Colquitt was three times married. His first wife, whom he married February 23, 1823, was Nancy H. Lane, daughter of Joseph Lane, Esq., for many years a Representative in the Legislature from Newton. Six children were the result of this union, four of them reaching mature years. Alfred H. Colquitt became a Major-General in the Confederate Army, Governor of the State, and United States Senator from Georgia, fill- ing the chair once occupied by his distinguished father in the upper na- tional arena. Peyton H. Colquitt became a Colonel in the Confederate Army and was killed at the head of his regiment in the battle of Chicka- mauga. Emma married Samuel M. Carter, son of Colonel Farish Carter,
*Stephen F. Milier, in Bench and Bar of Georgia, Vol. I.
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and himself an eminent planter; while another daughter married Hon. O. B. Ficklin, of Illinois, at the time a Representative in Congress.
The second marriage of Judge Colquitt was in 1841 to Mrs. Alphia B. Fautleroy, formerly Miss Todd, sister of the late H. W. Todd, Esq., of West Point, and aunt of Dr. J. Scott Todd, of Atlanta. She lived only a few months.
Judge Colquitt was united in marriage the third time to Harriet M. Ross, daughter of Luke Ross, and sister of the late well-known merchants J. B. and W. A. Ross, of Maeon. Four children were born of this union, among them Hugh Haralson Colquitt.
The father of Judge Colquitt was Henry Colquitt, a native of Vir- ginia, who emigranted to Georgia and settled in Wilkes. His mother was Nancy Holt. Related to him, on the maternal side, were Judge William W. Holt, of Augusta; Judge Thaddeus G. and General William S. Holt, of Macon ; Hon. Hines Holt, of Columbus, and Mrs. Judge N. L. Hutchins, of Lawrenceville, mother of the late Judge Hutchins. After the death of her first husband. the widow Colquitt married the father of the late General Hartwell H. Tarver, of Twiggs.
The Colquitts: A During the memorial exercises, held in Parellelism. the United States Senate Chamber, on January 8, 1895, in honor of Alfred II. Colquitt, United States Senator from Georgia, Gen- eral John B. Gordon, his colleague and life-long friend, delivered an address, in the course of which he drew the following comparison between the two Colquitts, both of whom became United States Senators. Said he :
"Walter T. Colquitt-the father-was one of the most brilliant Geor- gians of his day. He filled many positions of responsibility and trust, and illustrated them all. As an advocate before a jury he had no superior and few peers. As a lawyer or political debater there was scarcely a limit to his mental activity, to his capacity for grasping facts analyzing arguments, and foreing his convictions upon others. In the court-house, legal techni- calities and even venerated precedents went down before his fiery eloquence, the impetuosity of his assaults, and the blighting effects of his withering sareasm. His form and face, eye and voice, all reflected the action of his brain and the rapture of his spirit; and when greatly aroused there was not an emotion or passion or sensibility that he did not touch and master. He was preacher, judge, general of militia, member of the House of Repre- sentatives, and Senator. The versatility of his genius and the power of his endurance, both physical and mental, were almost phenomenal. It is a tra- dition of his early career that he united a couple in marriage, drilled his
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brigade of militia, tried a man for his life, sentenced him to be hung, and preached a great sermon, all on the same day.
" Alfred H. Colquitt, my long-cherished friend and recent associate in this Chamber, whose death we mourn, was the eldest son of this remarkable man. The two, father and son, possessed traits and characteristics in com- mon; but in many particulars they widely differed. Both were possessed of the keenest insight into human nature. Both were emphatically men of the people. Both had in them the martial instinct and the spirit of com- mand. Both were members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate. Both were devoted and prominent communicants of the Methodist Church; and both were accustomed, while engaged in other avocations, to minister at its altars and teach from its pulpits.
" These two distinguished men differed widely, however, in the method and manner of presenting truth, whether from rostrum, hustings, or pul- pit. The elder as a public speaker was fervid, lucid, rapid, impetuous. The younger Colquitt was perhaps less emotional, but more logical; less passionate, but more persuasive. The elder was more the natural orator than his gifted son, with a more intense nature and electric style. He was greatest when confronting a multitude differing from him in opinion. On such occasions he was almost matchless. When in the whirlwind of political debate, his words came in a tempest of invective against supposed personal wrongs or injustice to his party and people. The younger Colquitt excelled, however, in the more orderly and logical, if not more forceful presentation of his arguments and convictions, in pathos and persuasive power, and in the enduring hold upon the hearts and control over the actions of men. It is no exaggeration to say of him, Mr. President, that few men with a career so long and brilliant have lived a life so pure and blameless, and left a legacy so rich and inspiring to the young men of the country. He died as he had livel, beloved by his people anl accepted of God. In the bosom of his native State we have laid him, and on his chosen hillside, where the music of Ocmulgee's waters and the weird songs of the pines will chant above him their everlasting anthem of praise and benediction."
COLUMBIA
Old Kiokee: Daniel On the first day of January, 1771. Marshall's Arrest. Daniel Marshall, an ordained Bap- While Planting the tist minister, sixty-five years of age, Baptist Stand- moved from Horse Creek, S. C., and ard in Georgia. settled with his family on Kiokee Creek, about twenty miles north- west of Augusta. He had been residing for some time in South Carolina, where he had organized two churches,
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and while living at Horse Creek had made frequent evan- gelistic tours into Georgia, preaching with wonderful fervor in houses and groves.
We will gaze upon him as he conducts religious serv- ices. The scene is in a sylvan grove, and Daniel Mar- shall is on his knees, engaged in prayer. While he be- seeches the Throne of Grace, a hand is laid upon his shoulder, and he hears a voice say :
"' 'You are my prisoner! '
"Rising to his feet, the earnest-minded man of God finds himself con- fronted by an officer of the law. He is astonished at being arrested under such circumstances, for preaching the gospel in the Parish of St. Paul; but he has violated the legislative enactment of 1758, which established religious worship in the colony according to the rites and ceremoneis of the Church of England. He is made to give security for his appearance in Augusta on the following Monday, and is then allowed to continue the services. But to the surprise of every one present, the indigation which swells the bosom of Mr. Marshall finds vent through the lips of his wife, who has witnessed the whole scene. With the solemnity of the prophets of old, she denounces the law under which her husband has been appre- hended, and to sustain her position she quotes many passages from the Holy Scriptures, with a force which carries conviction.
"One of the most interested listeners to her exposition was the con- stable, Mr. Samuel Cartledge, who was so deeply convinced by the inspired words of exhortation which fell from her lips that his conversion was the result; and, in 1777, he was baptized by the very man whom he then held under arrest. After the interruption caused by the incident above de- scribed, Mr. Marshall preached a sermon of great power, and before the meeting was over he baptized, in the neighboring creek, two converts, who proved to be relatives of the very man who stood security for his appear- ance at court. On the day appointed Mr. Marshall went to Augusta, and after standing a trial was ordered to desist; but he boldly replied in the language of the Apostles, spoken under similar circumstances:
"' 'Whether it be right to obey God or man, judge ye.'
"It is interesting to note that the magistrate who tried him, Colonel Barnard, was also afterwards converted. Though never immersed, he was strongly tinctured with Baptist doctrines, and often exhorted sinners to flee from the wrath to come. He lived and died in the Church of England. Following this dramatic episode, Mr. Marshall does not seem to have met with further trouble; but the outbreak of the Revolution soon suspended religious activities."
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"Daniel Marshall was born at Windsor, Conn., in 1706, of Presbyterian parents. He was a man of great natural ardor and holy zeal. For three years be buried himself in the wilderness and preached to the Mohawk Indians near the head waters of the Susquehanna River. War among the savage tribes led him to remove ultimately to Virginia, where he became a convert to Baptist views. He was immersed at the age of forty eight, his wife submitting to the ordinance at the same time; and then, after preaching for several years in the two Carolinas, he. came to Georgia, settling on Kiokee Creek at the time above mentioned.
"Though neither learned nor eloquent, he possessed the rugged strength of mind which fitted him for pioneer work, and he knew the Scriptures. From his headquarters on Kiokee Creek he went forth preaching the Gospel with great power. By uniting those whom he had baptized in the neighbor- hood with other Baptists who lived on both sides of the Savannah River, he formed and organized Kiokee Baptist Church, in the spring of 1722; and this was the first Baptist Church ever constituted within the limits of Georgia.
"The Act incorporating the Kiokee Baptist Church was signed by Ed- ward Telfair, Governor; Seaboard Jones, Speaker of the House, and Nathan Brownson, President of the Senate. It is dated December 23, 1789, seven- teen years subsequent to the actual time of organization, The first meet- ing house was built where the town of Appling now stands. Daniel Mar- shall became the pastor. He served in this capacity until November 2, 1784, when he died in his seventy-eighth year. Abraham Marshall, his son, continned his work.
"When this pioneer minister moved into the State, he was the only ordained Baptist clergyman within its bounds; but he lived to preside at the organization of the Georgia Association, in the fall of 1784, when there were half a dozen churches in the State, hundreds of converts, and quite a number of preachers. His grave lies a few rods south of Appling Court House, on the side of the road leading to Augusta. He sleeps neither forgotten nor unsung, for every child in the neighborhood can lead the stranger to Daniel Marshall's grave. "*
On December 23, 1789, the pioneer Baptist church in Georgia was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature, under the name of the "Anabaptist Church on the Kioka," with the following trustees : Abraham Marshall. William Willingham, Edmond Cartledge, John Landers, James Simms, Joseph Ray and Lewis Gardner.
*Condensed from History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia. Com. piled by the Christian Index.
*Marbury and Crawford's Digest, p. 143.
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Peter Craw- Some time ago, while engaged in making
ford's Tomb. certain researches in Columbia County, Prof. Alfred Akerman, of the State Uni- versity, stumbled upon an old burial-ground, almost com- pletely overrun by weeds and briars. Even the inscrip- tions upon the tombs were so blurred that he could hardly decipher them; but he finally managed to trace the let- ters. One of these tombs contained the following epi- taph :
In memory of PETER CRAWFORD, a native of Vir- ginia. He became early in life a citizen of Georgia. Highly gifted mentally and physically, he closed a long life of distinguished usefulness. As clerk of the Supe- rior Court and Senator of the County in the Legislature of the State, during nearly the whole period of his man- hood, these records attest the value of his services. Under a sense of right he was inflexible. His social virtues were marked by an expansive hospitality and benevolence. The widow and the orphan gratefully bestowed on him the honorable title: Their Friend. Born February 7, 1765. Died October 16, 1830. My father.
Peter Crawford was a power in Georgia politics. For years he voted the Whig ticket; and during the latter part of his life became involved in a controversy the out- come of which was a duel fought between his son, Hon. George W. Crawford, and a talented young lawyer of Appling, Hon. Thomas E. Burnside. Gov. Crawford manfully espoused his father's side in this quarrel, since the latter was then an old man, and jeopardized his own life in order to avenge his father's honor. His filial de- votion is further shown in the erection of this monu- ment, for which he probably wrote the epitah. On a neighboring tomb, this record is inscribed, no doubt also from the pen of Governor Crawford:
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In memory of MARY ANN, wife of PETER CRAW- FORD. A cherished wife, she was the mother of a large family. For many years the survivor of her partner, she was the center and light of a large social circle. A Chris- tion, she bestowed her charities with the gentleness of her sex. A woman, she was steadfast to her sterner duties. Her four-score years only weakened the tie which binds life to the body ; all else was clear and calm. Born May 9, 1769. Died January 22, 1852.
Pioneer Senators and Representatives.
During the early ante-bellum period of the State's history, Columbia was represented in the General Assembly of Georgia by a brilliant galaxy of men. Some of her pioneer Senators included: James O'Neil, Thomas Carr, John Foster, William Wilkins, Peter Crawford, Archer Avary, Abner P. Robertson, William B. Tankersley and Thomas H. Dawson. On the list of Representatives we find: Walter Drane, James Simms, Benjamin Williams, John Foster, Hugh Blair, John Hardin, Solomon Marshall, Will- iam B. Tankersley, Thomas Carr, Archer Avary, George Carey, Arthur Foster, Thomas E. Burnside, Turner Clanton, Nathaniel F. Collins, Nathan Crawford, Thomas N. Hamilton, John Cartledge, Moody Burt, and Robert M. Gunby .*
Duels Fought by Volume II. Under the Code Duello. the Crawfords.
CRAWFORD.
Fort Lawrence. This stronghold was built to protect the old Creek Indian Agency on the Flint River, and was located on the east bank of the stream, occupying an eminence not far from where the Flint River is crossed by the main highway running from Macon to Columbus. The last vestige of the ancient fort has long since disappeared; but it was probably a stockade fort built after the fashion common in pioneer days. If con- structed by Col. Hawkins, who resided here for sixteen years as agent among the Creek Indians, it was probably
*See Vol. I of this work, pp. 34-39.
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not unlike the defensive structure at Fort Hawkins, a stronghold built under his immediate supervision.
Survivor of Goliad Few of Fannin's men escaped the Massacre. brutal massacre at Goliad, in the war for Texan independence, in 1836, but one of these was a former resident of Crawford : Mr. Jolm T. Spillers. Surviving the frightful holocaust, Mr. Spillers returned to his old home in Georgia, where his last days were spent. He probably joined the company organized in Macon by Colonel William A. Ward. This company passed through Knoxville, Ga., en route to Tex- as, where it was annexed to Fannin's command. While passing through Knoxville, a flag of white silk bearing a lone star of blue was presented to the company by Miss Joanna E. Troutman-afterwards Mrs. Vinson-who de- signed with her own hands this unique and beautiful em- blem, which afterwards received adoption as the national flag of Texas .* During the year 1913, the body of Mrs. Vinson was exhumed from its former resting place at Knoxville and re-interred with official honors in the State cemetery at Austin, Texas.
Most of the gallant men to whose keeping this his- toric flag was entrusted by its fair designer, met an igno- minious death at the hands of the treacherous Mexicans ; but Mr. Spiller escaped. How he managed to do so is explained in an affidavit given to his attorney, Mr. Wil- liam I. Walker, of Crawford, in 1874, when the latter was seeking to obtain for him a pension from the State of Texas.
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