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Col. Hamilton married Miss Sally Bowen, a daughter of Dr. Bowen's, after Dr. Bowen's death, she built a large negro settle- ment, and near Briar Lane built a house, they called this place "Possum Snout," he cleared some of this land and built a gin house. Later they moved over to Clinton. Mrs. Hamilton after- ward swapped it to Mr. Hamilton for part of the Lee Clower estate west of Clinton. Col. Hamilton cut this up and sold it, the 600 acres, of which the railroad was built through. Tom Bowen inherited this land but had to sell it to Hardeman and Sparks for $1,200.00 on a debt. I then lived on a part of this Bowen place on the Eatonton road, the old Finney place which I had bought from Mrs. Hamilton, and was offered this land
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cheap but refused it. John Bryant of Houston bought it and cleared part of it, after his death his heirs sold it. Mr. Ed Mor- ton buying most of it. Right across the road from Briar Lane was the Lowther place, mostly huge pines, and a few cleared patches. On up from Bradley where the lands are red, were the best, sweetest and juiciest field plums I have ever seen, also seedling peaches, but a disease came along and about killed them all, even John Bradley's peach orchard.
Near Bradley where Gus Bragg lives was the overseer's house, negro quarters, horse lots, gin house and many buildings. On this Lowther plantation there was a fine body of woods known as Duck Woods, where the Clinton boys hunted squirrels. After Sherman came through and destroyed so much of this Lowther property, she sold the place and moved to Alabama where her daughter and grandchildren lived. Dr. Barron, W. G. and John Morgan bought this place from Mrs. Lowther, paying her in Confederate money. Nat Glover bought her Falling Creek property and mill, and Sam Griswold bought her Clinton house and property of 160 acres back of the Negro church joining the Hart place, later bought by Frank Stewart. All these places she sold for Confederate money, took her stock and personal belongings to Alabama, intending to buy property there, but then the war ended, and Confederate money was no good and so she became a poor woman, while she had been the second largest taxpayer in Jones County. She never came back to Jones, dying in a few years. She had truly been a good business woman and was as smart as could be, well educated, but she made a terrible mistake selling her property when she did. Barron and the Mor- gans sold her property to old man Little in Macon, he had a northern man named Wing to live on it for a few years, after Wing left Alex Stevens lived there. A northern man named Baker died there, leaving a wife and children, they were well liked and very industrious. After Little died it was divided among his heirs who sold the places. Whitehead was a son of Mr. Little and he lived on the part that he inherited.
On up above Bradley the next plantation was of old man Hine- sley, who sold it to Dr. Barron, the old Academy Spring where Planters Academy stood was on this place. Jonathan Holmes
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lived on and owned the next place, where Wayside is now. Jor- dan Barfield owned the next place formerly the old Brown place.
I say that Middle Georgia is the garden spot of the world and that Jones County is the "asparagus bed," and so does Rich- ard Johnson.
EXCERPTS FROM JONES COUNTY NEWS-1895
Attorneys at law in Clinton were: W. E. Lester, Robert C. Calhoun, and J. Ponder Carson.
Col. R. V. Hardeman and Charlie Green bagged forty quail on a hunt in Jones County.
An ad saying that a hair cut and shine cost twenty cents ; shave and shine ten cents by barber, W. W. Stripling.
Mrs. E. G. Hardeman was the first editor of the first news- paper published in Jones County called "The Headlight." Con- nected with this paper was Mrs. T. R. Penn who later edited the Jasper County News.
Dr. G. A. Lawrence had moved from Blountsville to Had- dock.
Men on the Board of Education were : J. D. Anchors, Joe W. Barron, J. R. Van Buren, S. A. Hodge and J. W. Anderson.
Haddock High School at Haddock Station, Ga., had an ad as follows: "Prepares boys and girls for any of the college classes. Bookkeeping and penmanship a specialty. A practical education given at the lowest rates. A large and commodious building with latest improved appliances. Rate of tuition and board. Tuition $2.00 per month, board six to ten dollars per mo., music $2.50 per mo. Prof. E. L. Ray, Prin. Miss Etta Brown, music, Mrs. Park, R. H. Bonner, Chr. Board. This school had a whole week of commencement exercises, music, tableaux, drills, three-act plays and recitations.
The honor roll of Miss Sallie Newton's school at Blountsville lists as follows: Leona Jewett, Susie Jewett, Clifford Miller, James Miller, Oscar Miller, Alice Williams, Annie E. Williams, Walter Williams.
Round Oak High School Honor Roll: George Barron, Joe B. Smith, George H. White, Joe Barron, Joe White, Bessie White, Annie Wilburn, Rosa Smith. The Juniors were: Irene Childs,
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Lou Marshall and Florence Pippin. Primary: Ben White, Ovid Childs, Addie White, Susie White. Claude C. Childs, Principal.
A notice stated that entrance examinations for G. N. and I. C. College at Milledgeville would be given at Clinton on August 17, 1895. These exams would cover English and English gram- mar, arithmetic, geography and history. College opened Sept. 11, 1895. For further information write the Pres. J. Harris Chappell, Milledgeville, Ga. (This Chappel had been Principal of the Girls Seminary in Clinton. )
OLD CITIZENS
Washington Kelly lived not from Lite and Tie, his lands joined those of Judge Hardeman, Mrs. Baker and others. He was one of the wealthiest men in the county when the war started. He was a quiet man reserved a hard worker and be- lieved in saving his money, and did. He had one daughter who married Gus Roberts, had a son named W. C. Roberts now liv- ing near James. When Gus Roberts died his widow married Luke Smith and they had several children.
Washington Kelly was the brother of Miles Kelly a fine Chris- tian gentleman.
John Smith was another old citizen of note. His sons were, Clark, Luke, John and Layton and daughter Mrs. Abe James. He married a sister of Bill Roberts. These people I mention were good substantial and worthy citizens of Jones.
Uriah Kitchens, Henry and John Kitchens were substantial citizens who left families, some in Twiggs and some in Jones. Henry and John were Confederate veterans and Lee's army had no better soldiers than they. On top of the hill at Lite and Tie lived the Feagans, now owned by Abe James. The Feagans moved to Houston County where Wellston now is. The sons were, Henry and George Feagan, fine men and good citizens. Where the road forks to Irwinton and Griswoldville at the Alexander Martin school lived Henry Roberts an uncle of Bill, Green, Jack and John Roberts. Lizzie a daughter married John Kitchens. His second wife was a Miss Blow, they had Micajah and a daughter.
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Henry Roberts was noted for his sweet watermelons and fine peach brandy, also the making and keeping of sweet potatoes. Not far from Henry Roberts on the Irwinton road lived Uncle Tommy Stewart one of the first settlers of the county. Stewart was a fine marksman, could outshoot anyone I ever saw, was a good citizen and meant much to Jones. Garry Sketo was an old citizen too, had a son, Lem Sketo both lived in the lower part of Jones.
Mrs. Haskins and her family moved to Dooly County. She was a brunette, with the keenest black eyes, about 60 when I knew her, she was a practical nurse and made many a bed of pain easier for someone.
LAST COURT IN OLD CLINTON; JONES COUNTY SEAT NO MORE
Something of the pathetic lingers about Clinton now, for its last Superior Court is being held there this week. The new court- house building now at Gray, is nearly completed, and the courts hereafter will be held at Gray. (1905)
So much of the reminiscent hangs about Clinton, that some- thing of its past is now appropriate. Jones County, of which Clinton has for so many years been the county seat, was laid out in 1807. Clinton, named after Governor DeWit Clinton of New York, was incorporated in 1816, and is twenty-two miles from Milledgeville, fourteen from Macon, and twenty-eight from Monticello. Clinton's first name was Albany, after Gov- ernor Clinton's home town.
Jones County was named for James Jones, nicknamed "Chat- ham Jimmy." See Chapter 111 for details. The present court- house in Clinton was started in 1816, as the town was incor- porated, but it was probably 1818 before the three stories were completed. The full basement was used for a jail until the jail was finished. The key to this basement jail may be seen in the Clerk of Courts office in Gray today (1956). Miltia districts which had been formed soon after Jones County was organized
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The Fourth Courthouse Built in 1905 at Gray, Ga.
had a well organized company in each one. Once a year there was a muster day at the county site and all men in the militia had to stop work and attend, armed and equipped for regular service. Each company had a captain and each tried to have his company at their best and the drills went on most of the day. Jones Co. had to rely on this militia for her protection as Wash- ington City was too far away to depend on for a sudden emer- gency. The small bands of Federal troops on borders could not be relied on for help, as they were too few.
Robert Hutchins and James Smith were selected in 1816 to secure plans for the building. The lot of land on which Clinton was built, containing 202 acres, was bought from Thomas John-
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son by the Judges of the Inferior Court, who were R. Cunning- ham, Joseph Duckworth, J. W. Ray, G. W. Rose, and the sale of lots paid for the courthouse. So the old courthouse is part of Clinton's history, and its abandonment, and the building of a new one at Gray, on the line of the railroad, drawn upon the retrospective and recalls Clinton in all its glory in ante-bellum days. And splendid were its old families. Among the early set- lers of the county were, William Butler, Sam Dole, Roger Mc- Carthy, Robert Cunningham, John R. Gregory, and among the early settlers of Clinton were Mr. Thigpen called to this day "Daddy Thigpen," William Morgan, Dr. Bowen and Dr. Ham- ilton, both eminent physicians in their day, Sam Lowther, Peter Lee Clower, Green Clower and Mr. Parish, a noted citizen, who lived in the home now owned for many years by Mr. S. L. Chiles, Robert Hutchins and Charles Hutchins, so long Clerk of the Court, and in later years, in the thirties, Clinton was the home of the lamented Tim M. Furlow, whose first wife was Mary Charlotte Lowther, for years a merchant of Clinton. And there was Dr. Barron, so distinguished, and two of his sons still reside in Clinton, Jack the wellknown lawyer, and A. L. the prosperous merchant. And Clinton was familiar with the faces of such men as Henry G. Lamar, Robert Hutchins, Alfred Iverson, James Gray, R. V. Hardeman, Thomas Blount, John Bayne, Peter Kolb, Abner Slaughter, Abner Flewellen, Peter Northen, Ster- ling Lanier, David E. Blount, who were among Jones County's Representatives in the Legislature.
From 1840 to 1850 Jones had three of four Representatives, while she now has only one. Jones always held to her Ordinaries, for only four have served-Charles McCarthy, R. T. Ross, Thomas G. Gibson, and R. H. Bonner. These men were well- known in Macon.
During all her life Clinton has been given to hospitality. Her citizens keep open doors on Sundays, on election days, Masonic occasions and court weeks. And Gray will have to bestir herself to sustain the reputation for hospitality which has characterized Clinton.
And Clinton is now a delightful place to visit. Everybody lives in his own home, has his own garden and flower beds, and
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orchard nearby farm. It is ideal village life, and the impress of those distinguished people who settled Clinton and reared their children there is left upon their descendants, for Clinton has its culture and its refinement, and those who love the old town and its associations and traditions, confess to a feeling of melancholy that this week closes the last session of Superior Court for Clin- ton. But Clinton with its charming homes and beautiful flower gardens, will still be delightful Clinton. For as the great King of Day, long after he sinks to rest in his western home, still lingers in the crimson glories and golden beauties which suffuse the evening sky, so will the virtues and graces, and culture and refinement of Clinton's noble people still remain, giving to the dear old town a charm and beauty sweet to remember, and pleas- ant to contemplate.
Clinton, April 20, 1905.
-J. C.
Copied from Peg's scrapbook, from a newspaper clipping therein, on Sunday, October 22, 1939, by Valentine Barron Blair, in Clinton, Georgia.
PLANTERS
The Academy and Some of Its Teachers By S. H. Griswold - Jones Co. News - 1908
Near Wayside was one of the clearest and coldest springs of water to be found anywhere in Middle Georgia. There were few springs of such volume, purity, and sparkling water. In this grove of oaks, hickories and elms there was built a large two-story academy, called first "The Farmers Academy" later changed to "Planters Academy." Clinton already was famous for her two academies and this school became one of importance for north- ern Jones.
Here the children of these families attended : Major Barrons, William Barrons, Thomas Hunts, Woodalls, Browns, Thweatts, the Jones, the Greens, Frank Hascalls, Hensleys, Whatleys, Holmes, Walkers, and others I do not recall.
Wilson Whatley was the first teacher as I recall. He was a large man with a gruff voice and was well known for his disci- pline. He had a brother, William Whatley who lived nearby. Both were well liked. He had a son William who taught at the
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Academy after he left. When Wilson Whatley left he taught on the Macon road where Mr . Joshua Harris lived.
He boarded with the widow of Alex Hunt and finally married her and moved to a place which he bought from Jim Woodall in Twiggs County near Griswoldville, from here he moved to Alabama just before the war. Mrs. Hunt's children living with her were Bill "Bats," John, Tom James and Mary Lizzie Hunt. She had a large plantation and slaves on Walnut Creek and a fine white house. After the war, James and John Hunt returned to Jones County, sold their property and moved to Barnesville where they became leading citizens. Alex and Thomas Hunt were brothers.
Other teachers of the Academy were, Joe Carson, J. R. Jen- kins, J. A. Bowers, James F. Barron, and Jack Barron. In 1859 Thomas Hardeman of Macon a Whig and Alex Speer from Monroe County, Democrat, were candidates for Congress. There was held at the Planters' Academy a great barbecue and rally and Thos. Hardeman addressed the crowd. There was consid- erable rivalry between the whigs and democrats and the vote was close. It was conceded that the party who could vote the most floaters, who had no party and vote was purchasable, could win the election. Hardeman won by a close vote.
"Hurricane Jack Jones," and Griff Smith have told me how they hunted, deer and wild turkey near the Planters' Academy and that they both worked on the building. At one time a hurri- cane passed near this building and cut a swath miles wide leav- ing practically no timber and Jack's house went with it, so he was called "Hurrican Jack." Jack moved to Texas about the 1850's saying that Jones County had too many people, he didn't want to be crowded. His children by the first wife went with him but the second wife and her children moved to Clinton. One son Frank was a brave cavalryman in the war, and was killed after being taken prisoner. "Hurricane Jack," had a grandson, a memt- ber of Congress from Texas. Joe Horne's horse tied to a big oak in the school yard was killed by a bolt of lightning.
I think this old Academy was burned by Yankees in 1864, as there is no sign of it now, the people are dead, the teachers also, some very old pupils tell me those were their happiest memories.
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I remember going to commencement in a bush arbor at Wilson Whatley's school near Joshua Harris's. There were logs laid at intervals with planks on them for seats and a stage built at the end. There were speeches, oratory, songs, music and especially do I remember that James Hunt made a dramatic speech showing signs of talent in this line. A Jones County barbecue and basket dinner followed. I went from Clinton in the buggy with my uncle Henry Dorsey. Roger and Ellen Smith, children of Gen. New- man Smith were pupils in this school. They both did their parts on the program excellently. Ellen is now Mrs. R. V. Hardeman of Macon. Roger Smith was a physician at Milledgeville.
CLINTON AND HER SCHOOLS By S. H. Griswold - Jones Co. News - 1908
This Clinton Academy boarding school was a large two-story frame building situated on the hill back of where Mrs. Pope now lives across the little branch and near the spring, it faced toward the courthouse square and the front was terraced and planted in beautiful flowers. It was built by or for Mr. Slade who taught here many years. It was established before colleges were considered for girls and was one of the best in the state.
The classrooms were on the ground floor and the bedrooms were on the upper floor. The grounds in the back were planted with fruit trees and the place well kept. The large pear trees lived on long after the school was discontinued. These were the best pears I ever tasted. A tree grew by a well by Fannie Hop- kins house which belonged to the Clower family. Girls were en- rolled not only from Jones County, but from Twiggs, Hancock and Putnam and other counties. Many boarded with families in the village. After Mr. Slade went to teach at Wesleyan Female College, Mr. Kellogg from the north was the head master, he brought a Miss Ripley, music teacher with him. Kellogg died with tuberculosis in a few years. Miss Ripley was a tutor for Sam Griswold's children, she went from there to Charleston, S. C. where she married a Presbyterian minister.
A few of the pupils were Carrie Billingslea who later married Gen. Lomax, Corinne and Lizzie Drewery, Carrie Ethridge of Jones, also Jane Thigpen. Misses Harris, Hancock, Miss Car- den of Twiggs County.
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At the end of the term, every one looked forward to the closing day, when each student displayed their talents by piano, voice, drama, tableaux. That night a grand ball was given by the young men's school to the students and visitors and was usually held in the dining room of Mrs. Gibson's hotel. Jack Weathers called the cotillion and played the fiddle. Jack was a ta !! , dignified slave, talented in music, dressed in tailor made clothes just as the men dressed, with tails and a linen ruffled shirt. He would conduct the music until the wee hours and many a boy or girl spent their happiest hours there.
They made a pretty picture, the girls in their crinolines off the shoulder, with curls and flowers in their hair, and peaches and cream complexions. The boys wore tailor made broadcloth suits cutaway with finest linen shirts with tiny ruffles up and down the front, and long tails. They wore prim-soled boots which fitted as snugly as the white gloves on their hands. The swarthy glowing complexions of the men with dark side burns gave them a handsome appearance.
After Kellogg's death, Ed Waterman conducted the girls' school for several years, then moved to Macon. He had several children, one son, Ed, Jr., was an officer in the Macon guard, 8th Ga. Reg. and was killed in battle. A son John Waterman went to Hawkinsville and edited a newspaper for many years.
When I look at the place where these schools flourished and cannot even see a trace of it, or of the many fine buildings which once made Clinton, I recall the noble women educated here and are now gone, I wonder at the instability of human affairs and life and marvel at the things time does. We can't live in the past but know our history in order to meet the future, lest we forget, lest we forget.
The school for boys was located across the villege from the girls' school and stood on a triangle in front of the Methodist church. A fine school it was an usually presided over by men of strong nerve and character, the discipline was trict and the rod played a great part in imparting knowledge to the boys. I don't know who the first teacher was, but among the earliest was Mr. Tippett, he was thick set, short with a light complexion and hair and a heavy set jaw. He walked the floor and you dare not
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whisper or laugh. He was Scotch and strong and very positive, not too popular with the boys, but had many men friends, I re- member E. C. Griswold and D. Kingman were his friends. I was too young to go to school to him. My cousin, Henry Dor- sey, went to him and I went once as a visitor. Henry volun- teered with the first company from Jones, was in the 12th Ga. Reg. went through all the Stonewall Jackson's and Ewell's bat- tles, and in 1864 at Winchester, Va. General Rhodes was Killed and so was Henry Dorsey. No trace of his body was ever found.
These were some of the students that I remember, Hugh Tye, Harrison Barron, Jeff and Flew Williams, Jack and Tom Har- deman, William Barron, Frank Tye, Sam and Frank Johnson, Harrison and Jack Jones, Sol. Locket, Theodore Bryant, Perry Finney, Ned Blount, Peyton Pitts, Jim Blount and Bill Hunt.
After Tippett left, John Barrow taught here for several years and was well liked. Mr. Florence succeeded Barrow, then Eu- gene Mitchell from Macon. He resigned in early 1862 and en- listed as private in Gray's Infantry and served through the war with the 45th Ga. Reg. He moved to Atlanta after the war.
I remember some boys that John Barrow taught, Lem Chiles, Sam Barron, Bob and Frank Hardeman, John Bowen. Bowen went to G.M.I. at Marietta, came home in Jan. 1861, joined the Jones' Volunteers was in the 12 Ga. Reg., was a 2nd Lt. and later killed at Spottsylvania, while being carried to the rear as a prisoner.
CHAPTER XXIII. List of Professional Persons of Jones County During Years of 1811-1863
DOCTORS-1811, 1863
John H. Triplett, 1811; Thomas W. Combs, 1811; William Punchard, 1813; Charles Gashett, 1814; Thomas Mitchell, 1814; Septemus Weatherby, 1814-1832; George D. Wellis, 1814; Ho- ratio Bowen, 1814-1857; Thomas Hamilton, 1814-1826; Mar- shall Durrett, 1814; Joseph Reese, 1814-1820; Mitton Amos,
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1814; James Mulky, 1814; Thomas A. Carburus, 1819; James Glenn, 1819-1821; E. H. Dryer, 1830-1831 ; William B. Steph- en, 1830-1934; Jeremiah W. Staker, 1830-1834; William Lock- hart, 1820-1821; Edward H. Cook, 1820; Benejah Birdsong, 1820; Benjamin A. White, 1820; Daniel Walker, 1820; Jos. B. Smith, 1825; David L. Sparks, 1825; John L. Blackbush, 1825- 1826; Jos. Reese, 1825; Reubin E. Shackleford, 1825-1826; Wm. A. Wood, 1825-1827 ; Charles L. Ridley, 1826-1855 ; Hud- son A. Thornton, 1826; Abraham Anderson, 1826; Martha and G. W. Foster, 1830; John R. Shannon; P. T. Richardson, 1831- 1832; Clark C. Parks, 1831; Benj. F. King, 1831 ; Pleasant Phil- lips, 1831-1837; Edward T. Taylor, 1833-1836; Hen. F. Rows, 1833; Alexander B. Greene, 1833-1836; J. W. Stokes, 1835; Hugh F. Rose, 1834-1835; John W. Lightfoot, 1835; Joseph L. Holland, 1836-1857 ; Frederick Blanchard, 1839-1841 ; C. C. Gibbs, 1839-1840; C. J. Pope, 1839; William S. Lightfoot, 1839-1849; William Little, 1840-1847; John W. Emfinger, 1841-1845; Asbury Kingman, 1841-1863; J. W. Anderson; Hugh McKay, 1885-1888; William Taylor, 1842; Eli Gantt, 1844; Abner Bowen, 1845-1857; Thomas J. Stewart, 1845 ; Wil- liam Taylor, 1846-1848; A. Neal, 1846-1847; Lewis J. Lewis, 1846; Leroy Singleton, 1847; James Ridley, 1850-1855 ; James H. Bowen, 1857-1863; James A. Ethridge, 1845-1855; S. M. Anderson, 1857-1863; John Hardeman, 1863; B. L. Holland, 1863; Palatia Harrison Wilson Stewart, 1840-1865.
LAWYERS-1811-1863
Absolem Carter, 1811-1814; James Safford, 1813, John H. Fanner, 1814; James Webb, 1819; John L. Lewis, 1830-1835; Robert V. Hardeman, 1830-1836; Thomas G. Barron, 1830- 1832; Thomas B. Slade, 1826-1830; William S. C. Reid, 1830- 1831; John H. McMath, 1830; James L. Frierson, 1820-1821; Samuel Lowther, 1821-1836; Leroy Harvey, 1825 ; James Smith, 1826-1837; Henry G. Lamar, 1825; Alfred Iverson, 1831; James Johnson, 1834; Frances Gibson, 1835 ; William G. Smith, 1839-1841; William T. Massey, 1842-1847; Sanford Tippitt, 1842-1849; Gilbert E. Thigpen, 1842-1854 ; Columbus A. Pitts,
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1843-1845; James W. Gray, 1843-1863; R. W. Bonner, 1844- 1863; William S. Johnson, 1846; Isaac Hardeman, 1845-1863; James H. Blount, 1863.
TEACHERS-1833-POOR SCHOOLS
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