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Josiah Weeks 16
Farm laborer Ga.
Sarah A. Weeks
14
Ga.
Julia A. Weeks
13
Ga.
Michael L. Weeks 12
Ga.
Samson Weeks
11
Ga.
Benj. C. Weeks 10
Ga.
Mary E. Weeks 6
Ga.
Paton P. Weeks 3
Ga.
Thos. J. Weeks
2
Ga.
Flornoy Weeks
1
Ga.
101. Michael Weeks 75
Past-laborer S. C.
Malichi NeSmith 27
Farmer
Ga.
Susan L. NeSmith 24
Ga.
102. John D. Dawson. 56
Farmer
S. C.
Rhoda Dawson 47
Ga.
Samuel D. Dawson 26
Ga.
Alston Rivers
28
School teacher
S. C.
William E. Rivers
11
Ga.
103. Geo. W. Hearndon 27
Ga.
Anna Weeks 44
Domestic
Ga.
104. Thos. Weeks 47
Farmer
Ga.
Sarah B. Weeks. 46
S. C.
James W. Weeks. 14
Ga.
105. Wm. C. Bennet 35
Farmer
S. C.
Piety Bennet 24
Ga.
Thos. A. Bennet 5
Ga.
Wm. C. Bennet
2
Ga.
Love D. A. P. Livingston 1
132
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
106. James Weeks
25
Farmer Ga
Charles P. Weeks. 23
Farmer Ga.
107. Solomon P. Mims 31
Farmer
Ga
Sarah A. Mims 28
N. C.
Henry M. Mims 3
Ga
Joseph J. Mims 2
Ga
Eliz. J. Mims 9/12
Ga.
Henry C. Quitt 14
N. C.
108. Joseph Mims 78
Farmer N. C.
Elfira Mims 65
N. C.
109. Matthew Mims 40
Farmer
Ga.
Mary Ann Mims. 34
Ga
David W. Mims. 13
Ga
Sarah A. E. Mims 11
Ga
Mary C. Mims 10
Ga
Emily Mims 6
Ga
Julia A. Mims
4
Ga.
Wm. J. Mims 2
Ga.
Laurana Mims
34 Domestic
Ga.
110. Wm. R. Dawson 47
Farmer S. C.
Richard P. Dawson 55
Farm laborer S. C.
Nancy Dawson 25
Ga.
Virgil T. Dawson 3 Ga.
William R. Dawson
2/12
Ga.
111. Andrew Dorman 49
Farmer Ga.
Susan Dorman 39
Ga.
Louisa Dorman 20
Ga.
George W. Dorman 19
Farm laborer Ga.
Daniel A. Dorman 17
Farm laborer Ga.
Martha E. Dorman 15
Ga.
Benanel B. Dorman 13
Ga.
Henry C. Dorman.
11
Ga.
133
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
Sarah R. Dorman 9
Ga.
William T. Dorman. 7
Ga.
Joseph N. Dorman 4
Ga.
Harriet M. E. Dorman
2
Ga.
112. John A. Tillman 20
Farmer Ga.
Harriet Tillman 18
Ga.
113. George W. Baker
47
Farmer Ga.
Lucinda Baker 40
Ga.
Maria Baker 23
Ga.
Wm. W. Baker 21
Farm laborer Ga.
Ga
Jordan Baker 17
Farm laborer Ga.
Polly Baker 14
Ga
Missouri Baker
12
Ga.
John Baker 10
Ga.
Susan Baker 8
Ga.
Lucinda Baker 6
Ga.
Kansas Baker
4
Ga
James B. Baker
1
Ga.
114. Moses C. Norman 34
Blacksmith
Ga.
Louisa Norman 24
Ga.
Ruth E. Norman 7
Ga.
James M. Norman 6
Ga.
Wm. H. H. Norman 5
Ga.
Martha J. Norman 4
Ga.
Dica A. Norman 2
Ga.
Jessie F. Norman 1
Ga.
Martha Norman 29
Domestic
Ga.
William J. Norman 1
Ga.
Martha A. N. Norman 4/12
Ga.
115. James M. Norman 65
Farmer
Ga.
Ruth Norman
60
S. C.
Emily Baker 19
134
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
Ga.
Zilpha R. Norman 24
Harrison Norman 19
Farm laborer
Ga.
Ga
Nancy E. Norman. 16
Joel S. Norman 21
Wheelwright
Ga.
116. Willis Jordan 46
Laborer Ga
Aurena Jordan 36
Ga.
Disa C. R. Jordan 11
Ga
Jonathan J. T. Jordan 8
Ga.
Arcada Jordan
7
Ga.
Joseph E. H. Jordan 6
Ga.
Patsy E. Jordan 1
Ga.
117. Burell A. Baker
25
Farmer
Ga.
Disa A. R. Baker 27
Ga.
118. Matthew C. Dukes 55
Farmer
Ga.
Julia Ann Dukes. 52
N. C.
Matthew M. Dukes 22
Ga
Julia Ann Dukes. 18
Ga.
Phebe J. Dukes 16
Ga.
Pelatin Dukes 13
Ga.
Emaline A. Dukes
12
Ga.
119. Wm. B. Robinson 39
Farmer Ga.
Eliz. Robinson 55
S. C.
Wm. T. Robinson 13
Ga.
John Johnson 83
Methodist Es.
Hanover
Hamit Johnson 30
Domestic S. C.
120. Isaac C. Smith 28
Farmer Ga.
Lydia M. J. Smith 28
Ga.
121. Saul Mercer 41
Farmer Ga
Martha Mercer 33
Ga
James Mercer 16
Ga.
Susan Mercer 13
Ga.
135
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME
AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
Cordelia Mercer 11
Ga.
Benj. W. Mercer 9
Ga.
Mary Ann Mercer 7
Ga.
Roxy A. E. Mercer 4
Ga.
Laura J. Mercer
2
Ga
Noah Mercer 9/12
Ga.
122. John Mercer 32
Laborer Ga.
Amanda Mercer 26
Ga.
Sarah F. Mercer 4
Ga.
123. Jane Gay 60
Ga.
Matthew Gay 20
Farm laborer Ga.
Mary J. Gay 17
Ga.
James W. Bloodworth
13
Ga.
124. John Tillman 60
Farmer
Ga.
Sarah Tillman 55
N. C.
Rachel Tillman 16
Ga.
James H. Tillman 15
Laborer
Ga.
Susan J. Tillman 12
Ga.
Georgia A. E. Tillman 10
Ga
Roxy Ann Tillman 5
Ga.
Fariba Mercer 90
N. C.
Leroy Mauldin
20
Farm laborer Ga.
125. John S. Williamson.
29
Blacksmith N. C.
Ga.
126. James Robinson 60
Farmer S. C.
Martha Robinson 60
S. C.
Susan Robinson 19
Ga
Lucy Robinson 17
Ga.
James Mercer
11
Ga
127. James J. Robinson. 25
Farmer Ga.
Sarah Robinson
21
Fla.
Mary E. Williamson 23
136
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE
OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
128.
Stuart S. May. 39
Farmer Ga
Susannah May 39
Ga.
Rusheon May 19
Ga.
Mary W. May. 14
Ga
William W. May 11
Ga.
John A. May 8
Ga
Lindsey M. L. A. May 6
Ga.
Joel C. May. 3
Ga.
Edmund May 1
Ga.
129. Joshua Tillman 50
Farmer Ga.
Mary Tillman 48
Ga.
Joshua J. Tillman 25
Farm laborer
Ga.
Richard E. Tillman 19
Farm laborer Ga.
Berry J. Tillman 18
Farm laborer Ga.
Eliz. A. J. Tillman 15
Ga.
Absalom Tillman 14
Ga.
Joseph T. Tillman 12
Ga.
Nathaniel J. Tillman 10
Ga.
Georgia A. L. Tillman 8
Ga.
130. Joshua Lee 72
N. C.
Nancy Lee 60
N. C.
Frances M. Lee 24
Farm laborer Ga.
Hepsy Lee 22
Ga
Asenath Lee
21
Ga.
131. John W. Robinson 26
Farmer Ga.
Mary Robinson 25
Ga.
Charles Robinson 8
Ga
Mary Robinson 6
Ga.
John Robinson 4
Ga.
132. Philip Hiers 66
Farmer S. C.
Kesiah Hiers 56
S. C.
Solomon Hiers 23 Farm laborer Ga.
137
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE
OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
Rebecca A. Hiers 18
Ga.
Eliza Hiers 17
Ga.
Farm laborer Ga.
Ga.
133. Durham Hancock 73
Farmer Ga.
Mary Ann Hancock 50
N. C.
134. James W. Hiers 21
Farmer Ga.
Rachel Ann Hiers. 22
Ga.
Mary A. K. Hiers. 7/12
Ga.
135. Joshua Brownin 66
Farmer N. C.
Lydia Brownin 56
Ga.
Eliz. Brownin 23
Ga
Sarah Brownin 15
Ga.
Charles Brownin 2
Ga.
Elbert Brownin
2
Ga.
136. Daniel Hiers 25
Farmer
Ga.
Phebe Hiers 25
N. C.
Andrew H. Hiers 3
Fla.
James E. Hiers. 2
Fla.
Daniel C. Hiers ..
2/12
Ga.
Louisa Dorman 20
Domestic
Ga
137. Lucius M. Wingate 23
Farmer
N. C.
Eliz. Wingate 63
N. C.
Ann M. Wingate 29
N. C.
138. John T. Norman 30
Farmer Ga.
Nancy Norman 25
Ga.
Sallie A. Norman 6
Ga.
Vena Norman 5
Ga.
Eliz. Norman 3
Ga.
James W. Norman 1
Ga.
Joseph Harrison 33
N. C.
Michael Hiers 16
Martha A. E. Hiers 13
138
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH -PLACE
139. Jchn A. Alderman 32
Farmer
Ga
Emily S. Alderman 33
Ga.
Nancy A. R. Alderman 10
Ga.
Sarah A. Alderman 9 Ga.
William J. Alderman 7
Ga.
Susan A. Alderman 6
Ga.
John A. Alderman 4
Ga.
Disa E. Alderman 3
Ga.
Daniel H. Alderman 1
Ga
140. John W. Weldon 43
Ga. Ga.
John J. Weldon 8
Ga.
Henry E. Weldon 2
Ga.
Nancy J. Weldon 6/12
Ga.
141. Jacob H. Croft.
25
S. C.
Jerona A. Croft 19
Ga.
Jacob H. Croft. 5 Ga.
Neal Brownin
20
Farm laborer Ga.
142. Chas. A. Hiers 35
Farmer S. C.
Mary A. Hiers. 31
Ga.
Nancy Ann Hiers 12
Ga.
Mary Ann Hiers. 10
Ga.
Philip P. Hiers. 8
Ga.
Angeline Hiers 6
Ga.
Lucy Ann Hiers. 4
Ga.
Matthew Hiers 3
Ga.
Susan Hiers
2
Ga.
143. George W. Croft 26
Farm laborer S. C.
Sarah Croft 32
S. C.
Georgia Ann Hunter 10
Ga.
Berrien Croft 3
Ga.
Mary C. Croft. 2
Ga.
Eliz. Weldon 26
139
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
144. David B. Norman 37
Farmer
Ga.
Susannah Norman
37
S. C.
David V. A. Norman 13
Ga.
Aaron A. Norman
11
Fla.
Nancy Ann Norman
10
Fla.
Moses X. Norman.
8
Fla.
Roxy A. C. Norman 6
Ga.
Susannah C. Norman 4
Ga.
(Unnamed) Norman
1
Ga.
145. John Manning
33
Farmer Ga.
Eliza Manning
28
Ga.
William Manning 11
Ga.
Haywood Manning 8
Ga.
Nancy A. Manning 5
Ga
Louisa Manning
4
Ga
Jackson Manning
2
Ga.
146. William W. Burgess 25
Farmer
Ga.
Susan C. Burgess 20
S. C.
William T. Burgess 2
Ga.
147. Chas. H. Johnson. 70
Farmer England
Eliz. Johnson 62
Ga.
Mary E. Johnson 18
Ga.
Jonathan J. Johnson 16
Ga.
Margaret Godwin
30
Seamstress
Ga.
148. Eliab Roberts 33
Farm laborer Ga.
Sarah A. Roberts 27
Ga.
Mary A. Roberts 10
Ga.
Alderman Roberts
8
Ga.
149. Nathaniel Croft 50
Farmer S. C.
Mary A. Croft 45
S. C.
Eliz. Croft 21
S. C.
Wm. N. Croft
18
Farm laborer
S. C.
140
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
Frances M. Croft 15
Farm laborer S. C.
Henry J. Croft 13
S. C.
Jacob J. R. Croft 11
Ga.
John D. C. Croft. 9
Ga.
James H. Croft 7
Ga.
Robert C. Croft. 5
Ga.
Sarah A. V. Croft 3
Ga.
Leroy E. Croft 2
Ga
Martin S. Croft
1
Ga.
150. John N. Croft. 25
Laborer
S. C.
Martha A. Croft.
23
S. C.
David N. Croft. 9/12
Ga
151. Susan Thompson 37
Free Negro cook Ga
William Thompson 21
Delia Thompson 18
Free Negro waggoner Ga. F. N. field hand Ga
Arthur Thompson 16
F. N.
Ga.
Charles Thompson 14
F. N. Ga.
F. N. Ga.
Ruffin Thompson 10
F. N. Ga.
Ruben Thompson 7
F. N. Ga.
Joseph Thompson 3
F. N.
Ga.
James Thompson 7/12
Ga.
152. Mitchell J. Alderman 22
Farmer
Ga.
Mary D. Alderman 18
Ga.
Jonah Alderman 6/12
Ga.
153. George F. Hearndon 45
Farmer Ga.
Eda Hearndon 34
N. C.
John W. Hearndon 15
Farm laborer Ga.
Eliz. A. C. Hearndon. 13
Ga
Martha A. Hearndon 9
Ga.
James F. Hearndon 4
Ga.
Mary M. Hearndon 2
Ga.
Moses Thompson 12
141
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
154. John A. Pope
36
Farmer N. C.
Nancy Pope 34
Ga.
Elender E. Pope 6 Ga
James W. Pope
4
Ga
Francis J. Pope
1
Ga.
155. Wesley Pope
23
Farm laborer Ga
Mary J. Pope 23
Ga
Willis W. Pope 4
Ga.
Horace J. Pope
1
Ga.
156. Joseph D. Hicks.
37
Farmer N. C.
Mosely J. Hicks 61
Farmer N. C.
James J. Hicks 28
Farm laborer Ga.
Amanda C. Hicks
25
Ga
157. Asa Lewis 27
Farmer Ga.
Nancy Lewis 25
Ga.
Susan Lewis 2
Ga
William H. Lewis
8/12
Ga.
158. John Selph
51
Farmer
Ga.
Sarah A. Selph 25
Ga.
George W. Selph 25
Carpenter Ga.
John W. Selph
22
Farm laborer Ga
Ga.
Thomas Selph 18
Ga
James Selph 16
Ga
Samuel Selph 13
Ga.
Warren Selph
11
Ga.
Sarah Selph
9
Ga
Jessie Selph 6
Ga.
Nancy E. Selph.
5/12
Ga
159. Georgia Ann Barwick
41
Seamstress
Ga.
Henry C. Barwick 12
Ga
Martha Ann Barwick 7 Susan Barwick 4
Ga
Ga
Polly Selph
21
142
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
160. William Murphy 37
N. C.
Hester Murphy 30
Ga.
Henry T. Murphy. 9
Ga.
Sallie A. Murphy 6
Ga.
Bird Murphy 3
Ga.
Isaac Murphy 2
Ga.
Eliz. A. Murphy 1/12
Ga.
Eliz. Sloan 21
Ga.
David Sloan
17
Farm laborer Ga.
16]. Calvin Murphy 34
Farmer N. C.
Mary E. Murphy 30
Ga.
Phebe Murphy 13
Ga.
Benj. Murphy
12
Ga.
Nancy Murphy 11
Ga.
William Murphy 8
Ga.
Perry Murphy 6
Ga.
Shadrach Murphy 3
Ga.
Martha Murphy
1
Ga.
162. James Murphy 32
Farmer
N. C.
Eliz. Murphy 21
Ga.
Calvin Murphy 4
Ga
Eliz. J. Murphy 2
Ga
William P. Murphy 10/12
Ga
Jeptha Turner 13
Ga.
Martha Turner
15
Ga.
163. James Brown 30
Farmer
Ga.
Eliza Brown 30
Ga
Andrew Brown 7
Ga
Edmund D. Brown 10/12
Ga.
Nathan Barwick
16
Farm laborer Ga
164. Shadrack Wells 63
Farmer N. C.
Phebe Wells 51
N. C.
John W. Wells 25 Farm laborer Ga.
143
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
165.
Henry Murphy 63
Farmer N. C.
Mahalie Goff 42
N. C.
Isaiah Goff 19
Farm laborer Ga.
Butler Williams
18
Farm laborer S. C.
166. John W. Kelly 47
Farmer S. C.
Martha M. Kelly 48
S. C.
James I. Kelly 22
Farm laborer S. C.
Eliza Ann Kelly 20
Ala.
Martha E. Kelly
19
Ala.
Missouri Kelly 17
Ga
Harriet E. Kelly 15
Ga.
John T. Kelly 13
Ga.
Susan Kelly 11
Ga
Timothy Kelly 9
Ga.
Saphrona Kelly 7
Ga
167. Henry Murphy, Jr. 55
Farmer N. C.
Elender Murphy 39
N. C.
William P. Murphy 16
Ga.
Eleazer Murphy 12
Ga.
Sarah W. Murphy 7
Ga.
David J. Murphy 3
Ga.
James Turner
25
Farm laborer Ala.
168. Shadrack Beasley 30
Laborer S. C.
Sophia Beasley 29
Ga.
Florence A. Beasley 4
Fla.
Mary F. Beasley. 1
Ga.
169. John A. Hancock 24
Farmer Ga.
Eliza Hancock 19
Ga.
Mary E. Hancock 1
Ga.
170. John Hancock 63
Farmer N. C.
Eliza Hancock 45
Ga.
Thos. Hancock 12
Ga.
144
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
John Hancock, Jr. 10
Ga.
Mitchell Hancock 6
Ga.
Taylor Hancock 2
Ga.
(Unnamed) Hancock 1/12
Ga.
171. Levi Cox 48
Farmer N. C.
Polly Cox 30
N. C.
Ellen Cox 17
Ga.
Jasper Cox 15
Farm laborer Ga.
Ga.
Sally Cox 8
Ga.
Eliza Cox 6
Ga.
Nancy P. Cox 3
Ga.
William F. Cox 3
Ga.
Seaborn Willis 28
Farm laborer
Ga.
172. Thos. White 54
Farmer S. C.
Martha White 41
Ga.
Matthew White 15
Farm laborer Ga.
Susan White 13
Ga.
Frances White 11
Ga.
Adeline White 9
Ga.
Victoria White 7
Ga.
Nancy E. White 2
Ga.
173. James Hancock 26
Farm laborer Ga.
Susan Hancock 20
Ga.
174. Fielding G. Suber 30
Farmer S. C.
Emily Suber 24
Ga.
William Suber 4
Ga.
175. Harrison E. Suber 28
Farm laborer S. C.
Mary Suber 26
Ga
Charles Suber 3
Ga
William Suber 1
Ga.
Jackson Cox 10
145
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
176.
Archibald Lee 72
Farmer S. C.
Jeptha Lee 31
Methodist Ga.
Eliza A. Lee 20
Ga.
Jonathan Lee
18
Farm laborer Ga.
Matilda S. Lee
4
Ga.
177. James S. Barrow 40
Farmer Ga.
Benetia A. Barrow 30
Ga.
Marg. A. E. Barrow 17
Ga.
Tamar Barrow
13
Ga.
James G. T. Barrow
11
Ga.
John W. Barrow 7
Ga.
Wm. A. Barrow 3
Ga.
Martha H. Barrow
1
Ga.
Lafayette A. Barrow
1/12
Ga.
178. Wm. Barwick 34
Farmer
Ga. Ga.
Sarah A. W. Barwick.
14
Ga.
Almeea S. Barwick
10
Ga.
Elbert A. Barwick 8
Ga
Theodore A. Barwick. 6
Ga
Emma E. Barwick
4
Ga
James M. Barwick
2
Ga.
179. Wm. Alligood
33
Farmer Ga
Eliza Alligood 32
Ga
Mary Alligood
8
Ga
Robert H. Alligood
4
Ga
(Unnamed) Alligood
4/12
Ga
180. Jacob Resencranse 50
Farmer
Switzerland
Joseph A. Resencranse. 20 Farm laborer Switzerland
Barbara Resencranse
14
Ga.
Henry Resencranse
10
Ga.
Julia A. Resencranse
8
Ga.
Sarah A. E. Barwick 32
146
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE
OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
181. Jared I. Gandy 21
Farmer
Ga.
Mary M. Gandy 22
Switzerland
Idealilly Gandy 1/12
Ga.
182. Murphy Lanier 55
Farmer N. C.
Temple Lanier 48
N. C.
John Lanier 23
Blacksmith Ga.
Hardy Lanier 21
Farm laborer Ga.
Farm laborer Ga.
Thomas Lanier 16
Farm laborer Ga.
Timothy Lanier 14
Ga.
Marion B. Lanier
9
Ga.
183. Thos. J. Stansill 23
Farmer
Ga.
184. James M. Gunn 22
Steam mill hand
Ga.
Nancy Gunn 16
Ga.
185. John B. Harris 25
Farm laborer
Ga.
Desdemona Harris 23
Ga.
Joseph B. Harris 5
Ga.
Nancy J. Harris 3
Ga.
Rufus C. Harris I
Ga.
186. Reason J. Marlow 37
Steam mill hand
Ga. Ga.
Laura J. Marlow 25
Martha E. Marlow 11/12
Ga.
187. Harriet E. Mauldin 51
Seamstress Ga.
America Mauldin 17
Ga.
Richard Mauldin 16
Steam mill hand Ga.
Samuel Mauldin 15 Farm laborer Ga.
188. Geo. W. Evans 48 Miller-steam mill Ga. Ga.
Olive Evans 41
John B. Evans. 21
Steam mill hand
Ga.
Zilpha Evans 19
Ga.
James Evans
17
Ga.
Gibson Lanier 19
147
THE CENSUS OF 1860
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
Daniel Evans 15
Ga.
Sarah Ann Evans 12
Ga.
Joseph R. E. Evans. 9
Ga.
Eli W. Evans. Ga. 7
Mary M. Evans 4
Ga.
George P. Evans
1
Ga.
189. Joel S. Graves 48
O. S. P. Vt.
Eunice Graves 47
N. Y.
Roxianne Graves
22
Teacher common s. Fla.
Nathan Graves
17
Farm laborer
Fla.
Spencer Graves
16
Farm laborer
Fla. Fla.
Charles Graves
13
Cherry H. Graves 11
Ga. Ga.
Alice Graves
4
Ga
Ruth Graves
57
School teacher
Vt.
Sarah Thompson
21
Fla.
William J. Thompson 1
Ga.
Eliza Franklin
14
Ga.
Lucy Franklin
10
Ga.
190. Gilford Kent
22
Steam mill hand
Ga
Martha Kent 22
Ga Ga.
James N. Kent
7/12
191. James McMullin
23
Sarah McMullin 29
Ga. Ga.
Emily McMullin
1
192. Wright Flowers 58
Farmer Ga.
Eliz. Flowers 57
Ga.
Oliver N. Flowers 24
Farmer Ga.
James B. Flowers 20
Farm laborer Ga.
Amanda E. Flowers
19
Ga
Ga.
Wm. Porter
6
Steam mill hand Ga
Cyrus Graves 8
148
HISTORY OF COLQUITT COUNTY
NAME AGE OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
193. Matthew Tucker 33
Farm laborer
Ga.
Eliz. Tucker 29
Ga.
Nancy J. Tucker.
5
Ga.
Richard B. Tucker 4
Ga.
Mary A. Tucker
1
Ga.
194. Josiah Johnson 28
Wheelwright N. C.
Rebecca M. Johnson 24
Ga.
Jonah Johnson
2
Ga
Manda Johnson 3/12
Ga.
Elkanah Johnson
22
Farm laborer Ga.
195. Wm. E. Jordan 23
Laborer Ga.
Leonora Jordan 22
Ga.
David Jordan 2
Ga.
Thos. R. Jordan
10/12
Ga.
196. Jessie Carlton 55
Farmer N. C.
Rhoda Carlton 47
N. C.
Thos. Carlton
20
Farm laborer Ga.
Ga.
Phebe Carlton
15
Ga.
197. Henry Scott 34
Farmer
Ga.
Martha Scott 31
Ga
Wm. B. Scott 14
Ga
Green B. Scott
10
Ga
James Scott 7
Ga.
Lawson Scott 5
Ga.
Georgia Ann Scott 2
Ga.
Savannah Scott
2/12
Ga
198. Nancy Bryant 50
Ga.
Calvin Bryant 26
Farm laborer
Ga.
Martha A. Bryant.
20
Ga.
Lavinia Bryant
17
Ga.
Mary Ann Carlton 17
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NAME AGE
OCCUPATION BIRTH-PLACE
John Bryant 15
Ga.
Susan J. Bryant. 12
Ga.
Henry B. Bryant. 8
Ga.
199. William Duggin 61
Farmer N. C.
Priscilla Duggin 50
N. C.
Polly Duggin 33
Ga.
Martha E. Duggin 21
Ga.
Edmund Duggin
18
Farm laborer Ga.
Sarah J. Duggin.
17
Ga.
Josephine Duggin 11
Ga.
Susan Duggin 10
Ga.
Rebecca Duggin 10
Ga.
John Duggin
8
Ga.
Francis Duggin
4
Ga.
200. John Johnson 30
Farmer
S. C.
Nancy Johnson 25
Ga.
John Johnson 4
Ga.
Nancy Ann Johnson
1
Ga.
Henry P. Johnson 1/12
Ga.
William E. Johnson ..
20
Farm laborer Ga.
Katherine Johnson
50
Domestic S. C.
201. James M. West
48
Farmer
N. C.
Katherine West 45
Ga.
Eliz. Hearndon 20
Domestic
Ga.
202. Peter O. Wing 43
Ordinary Col. Co. Maine
Ga.
Eliz. A. Wing 22
Ga.
Sarah Wing 2
203. Amos Turner 59
Clerk S. Court
N. C.
204.
Moses Thompson
51
Farmer
Ga.
CHAPTER XXI Colquitt's Slaves in 1860
WHEN THE FEDERAL CENSUS of 1860 was taken, the only pro- vision made for counting slaves was a statement of their owner and their age and sex. The name of the slave was not given at all.
Under the laws of the State of Georgia, it was forbidden, at that time, to teach any member of the negro race to read or write. Penalty for infraction of this law was fine for white violators and whipping for negro violators. Possibly the only reason for counting the slaves at all was to meet the provision of the Constitution of the United States for additional Congressmen from slave States, based on the number of slaves in such States. For this purpose, a slave was equal to three-fifths of a white person.
The census of 1860 shows that at that time 27 slave owners owned 110 slaves in Colquitt County-52 males and 58 females. The largest number of slaves held by any single owner was held by Charles H. Johnson, who is shown by this census to have been the owner of 24 slaves, occupying three slave houses. Mr. Johnson was 70 years old in 1860, and he reported that he was born in England. His first years were spent "Before the Mast"; and, by the way, he was a con- temporary of Author Richard H. Dana, the author of "Two Years Before the Mast"; and he must have been a very in- teresting character during the time in which he lived in Col- quitt. He reported himself to Census Marshal Wing as being 70 years old in 1860. It is an established fact that after that date he lived 26 years. Some of his grandchildren are still
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alive and they say that he died in 1886. We believe that he has the record for longevity among the males who have lived and died in Colquitt County. We have already noticed in connection with the census of 1860 that Marshal Wing found Sally Hawkins up in the Weeks settlement in Colquitt who confessed "up" to being 96 years old.
Pioneer Johnson is said to have had a flair for establishing clearings on the "bottom lands" of the Okapilco Creek which ran through his plantation down in the southeast cor- ner of Colquitt. These clearings still exist-some Remnants of two hand forged plows made on the Johnson Estate in slavery days. of them, although they have not been farmed for more than a generation. Recently some of his grandsons ex- humed from one such field two plow-points which were in use during slavery. We append pictures of these plows-or "plow-points" as they would now be called. Fully one-half of the original metal content has rusted away. It is believed that these are the only existing farming implements ever in use in Georgia by slave labor. One of these plows was a "half-shovel," and the other was a "twister." (The twister is the one with the "whing," as we Crackers sometimes pro- nounce the word "wing.")
We also insert as part of this article a cut of the residence erected by Charles H. Johnson in the early 1840's, which is still standing. It was a double log-pen two-story building, and for fifty years after its erection was the most pretentious residence in the Colquitt County territory.
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Finally, we are pleased to be able to submit to "all and singular," a cut made from a copy of a daguer- reotype of Pioneer John- son himself. As will be seen, Patriarch Johnson was a handsome man in his time, reminding one of George Washington. We are very glad to have ob- tained this photograph which comes to us through the courtesy of Mrs. Enoch Vann, a granddaughter of Mr. Johnson.
CHARLES H. JOHNSON
The Johnson Residence in 1840. From free hand drawing made by M. STEEPLE of Augusta, during the civil war.
CHAPTER XXII The Georgia-Northern Railway
FROM 1818, the date of the Jackson-Seminole Treaty, ceding Southwest Georgia to Georgia, to the year 1893, stretches three-quarters of a century, and during this period Colquitt County made practically no progress. On the day this is written (June 10, 1936), we interviewed a grandson of one of the Colquitt pioneers who came here in 1836. This pioneer was not illiterate when he came here from North Carolina, but could read and write. The interviewed grand- son is eighty years old, and cannot read or write. Of course conditions as to education began to improve a little with the establishment of Georgia's public school system, so that prac- tically every one born since 1870 can read and write at least a little.
The thing that happened to change all things in Colquitt County was the shriek of a locomotive's whistle, sounding at the county-site on February 26, 1893. On that date C. W. Pidcock drove the first train into Moultrie, on tracks just completed from Pidcock, a station on the A. C. L. Ry., thirty miles to the south.
This event has been the most important thing that has hap- pened to the Colquitt territory since the Indians, under Jack- son's iron pressure, gave away twenty counties to Georgia. Here is how this boon to Colquitt came to pass.
On June 6, 1892, C. W. Pidcock, and his father, the late Hon. James Nelson Pidcock, organized the Boston and Albany Rail Road Co. Together they met some local business men in Boston, Ga., who owned a legislative charter for the "Bos- ton and Albany Rail Road Co.," although nothing had been done toward its construction by the owners. The Pidcocks,
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father and son, on the 6th day of June, 1892, organized the Boston and Albany Railroad Co., naming the late James N. Pidcock, the father of C. W. Pidcock, president; Mr. R. Mallette, vice-president, and C. W. Pidcock, secretary-treas- urer and superintendent. After this organization, the Bos- ton and Albany Railroad Co., purchased the logging tram of the Quitman Lumber Co., which tram line extended from a small station on the A. C. L. a few miles east of Boston, called "Pidcock," to Hollis, Ga., a distance of twelve miles to the North. This tram-line track they rebuilt, and ex- tended it to Moultrie, Ga., entering Moultrie on the 26th day of the month of February, 1893, Superintendent Pidcock acting as engineer, and E. N. Phelps acting as con- ductor of this, the first train ever brought into Moultrie from any source. The town had at that time some two or three hundred inhabitants.
The Boston and Albany Rail Road Co., passed into receiv- ership during the big panic in June, 1893; however, Mr. C. W. Pidcock's services were retained by the receiver in the capacity of superintendent until in October, 1894, it was purchased at receiver's sale by James N. Pidcock, Jr., who re-organized it in the same year, as the "Georgia-Northern Railway Company." Mr. J. N. Pidcock, Jr., became presi- dent under this re-organization, and served until 1897, when his brother, the late John F. Pidcock, succeeded him as presi- dent and served in that capacity until his death in January, 1902.
J. N. Pidcock, Jr., then again became president of the Georgia-Northern Railway Co., and so continued to be until January, 1906, when he sold his Georgia-Northern Railway interests to C. W. Pidcock, who continued to be such presi- dent until the date of his death, December 18, 1935.
During all the years of his connection with the Georgia- Northern Railway Co., President Pidcock served it with
C. W. PIDCOCK, SR.
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never-tiring energy, especially during the years when he was its chief executive. He was possessed of a knowledge of railroading that few men possessed, being both a theoretical man as well as extremely practical. Mr. Pidcock, during his more than four decades of service to the railroad that he built, acted in every capacity except that of an operator, hav- ing been at times, secretary-treasurer, superintendent, gen- eral superintendent, vice-president and general manager, conductor, roadmaster, engineer and traffic manager. Mr. C. W. Pidcock and his father, J. N. Pidcock, Sr., were the pioneer railroad men in Colquitt County and were the first men to ever foresee the commercial possibilities of the county and of the whole of Southwest Georgia; and Mr. C. W. Pidcock's connection with the development of the rail- road involved the services of practically his whole life-time.
As has already been said hereinabove, Mr. C. W. Pidcock died on December 18, 1935. He was succeeded as presi- dent and general manager of the Georgia-Northern Railway by his young son, C. W. Pidcock, Jr., a position which he still holds. The remainder of the official set-up as of the present date, February 20, 1937, is as follows:
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