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destroyed his crop. He made an examination of the tracks and decided it was the surveyors who had molested his farm. And so he went to the camps and made inquiry about what had happened. They said "yes, we are the boys who did it; they told us this farm belonged to Billy Bow-Legs and that they had entered the farm and destroyed the trees and fruit, etc., just to see old Billy 'cut up'," and so the old Indian straightened himself up, about six feet and four inches high, and said, "Young men, I am Billy Bow-Legs, and if you are not off these premises by sunrise to- morrow morning old Billy Bow-Legs will 'cut up'.'' And so Billy went home that night and called about a hundred of his braves together and the next morning at daylight he made an attack upon the surveyors who were soldiers and had commissions from the United States Government. And thus began the war with the Seminole Indians in 1858, when many people of South Georgia were called into service. Old Dr. Parker, M. L. Corbitt, C. A. Ward, Sr., and many others from Coffee County enlisted in this fight against the Seminole Indians. Billy Bow-Legs was a sly old fel- low. He was hard to catch. He hid himself in the Okefenokee Swamp on an island which to this day is known as Billy 's island.
The Government was very gracious toward Billy and his band of Indians. An order was passed giving a re- ward for every Indian that was captured and delivered at Ft. Brook, Fla., alive. The order was special that no Indian was to be killed. Under this proclamation a great many Indians went to Ft. Brook and surrendered themselves to. the Government and in cases like that,
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the Indian who surrendered received the reward him- self.
Billy Bow-Legs was the last Indian to go to Ft. Brook and surrender. Being the big chief of all the tribes he received a large sum of money and took his journey across the Mississippi into the sunset land and thus ended the Indian War under Billy Bow-Legs.
There are several hundred Seminole Indians living in Florida now. They give the whites no trouble and are fairly good citizens. Mrs. Minie Moore Wilson of Kissimmee, Fla., has written several books on the Semi- nole Indians of Florida. She knows hundreds of these Indians and has learned a great deal about them first hand. I am indebted to her books for some of the facts stated above.
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Old Families of Coffee County The Peterson Family
From the best information we can get the Petersons came to Coffee County from Bulloch County about 1810. Old man John Peterson had three sisters: Eliza Peterson, Lucy Peterson and Elizabeth Peterson. Lucy Peterson married old man Dan Lott, Sr. Eliza Peter- son married Mathie McGovern and Elizabeth Peterson married Jim Davis. Fannie Peterson married Youngie Vickers and they had the following children: Tishie Burthnot, Lila Paulk, Little George Paulk, Beedie Carver and Hump Back Wiley Vickers. Lucy Peter- son and Dan Lott had the following children: John Lott, Arthur Lott, Elisha Lott, Joe Lott, Mark Lott, Mrs. Jack Vickers, Mrs. Billie Meeks, Mrs. Benajah Pearson, Mrs. Elias Moore and Mrs. John Paulk, who lives in Irwin County. Eliza Peterson married Mathie McGovern and they have the following children: Tom Boy McGovern, John McGovern and Fannie McGovern, Tom McGovern. Thomas McGovern married a Ricket- son. Tom Boy McGovern is deaf and dumb and has never married. Fannie McGovern who married Joe Day had several children.
John McGovern married a Neugent and had several children.
John Peterson married Betty Lott. He had two brothers. Hal Peterson, and Alfred Peterson. Hal Peterson married a Gaskin the first time and had the following children: Henry Peterson, Dan Peterson, Dave Peterson, Fannie Peterson and Betty Peterson. Fannie Peterson married Brooks Paulk, Betty Peterson
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married Jack Lott and had one girl, Sarah, who mar- ried R. G. Kirkland. Henry Peterson married a Miss Walker and they had the following children: Mary Peterson who married John Gaskins, and Emmitt Peter- son who married a Miss Summerlin. Fannie Peterson who married Brooks Paulk had the following children : John Paulk, Elisha Paulk, Roy Paulk and Bessie Paulk, Dennis Paulk. Belle Peterson married a Mr. Corbitt. Dan Peterson married Elizabeth Lott and they had the following children: John Peterson, Lem Peterson, Tom Peterson and two girls : Mary Jane and one other.
John Peterson married Maggie Smith and they had the following children: Mary Peterson, Rexford Peterson, Gladys Peterson, Dan Peterson, Iris Peterson and J. H. Peterson, Jr.
Lem Peterson married Bertie Herrington and they have the following children : Rosa Mary Peterson, Robinetta Peterson and L. S. Peterson, Jr. Tom Peterson married Stella Stevens and they have the following children :
Alfred Peterson, son of old man John Peterson, married Betty Cato and they had the following chil- dren: Betty Peterson who married Henry Minix, Joe Peterson who married Lizzie Ward, Richard Peterson who married Lila Lott and William Peterson who married a Wooten.
Betty Peterson who married Henry Minix had the following children: Cyrus Minix, Lucy Minix, Lydia Minix, Joe Minix and Monroe Minix. Joe Peterson married Lizzie Ward and had the following children : Simon and Ruby Peterson. Richard Peterson married Lila Lott and have several children.
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William Peterson married a Wooten and they have two children: Dave and Elizabeth.
Dr. John Peterson and Dr. Nicholls Peterson are sons of Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson.
Sheriff Manning Peterson was the son of Polly Peter- son.
We are indebted to old man Essex Peterson for much of this information. He was a slave of old man Hal Peterson and is 88 years old.
The Davis Family
One of the first families who settled in Coffee County was Dr. Stafford Davis, a well known cancer doctor. He came to Coffee County from Montgomery County about 1820 and married Penny Lott who was a sister to the old members of the Lott family of this county. He lived to be 106 years old and died in the year 1900. He had the following children : Dan Davis, Joe Davis, Simon Davis, Mark Davis, Arthur Davis; the last named three sons died in the Confederate war. Mary married Travis Thigpen. Bettie married Perry Nettles, Patsy married Hymrick Meeks, Sr., Janie married William Bagley, Delilah married Hardy Hall, Sallie married Jackson Ward, Penny married Thad Douglas and Rhoda married B. W. Teston.
Following are the names of the children of Joe Davis, son of Staff Davis: Joe Davis married Roxie Kirk- land, America married Dr. Frier, Penny married Tom Trowell, Margaret married Fred Tanner, Ella married High Davis, Emma married John Hersey, Martha mar- ried Josh Carter, Betty married Warren Smith, Mose married a Meeks, John married Mary Jane Little,
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Travis married Miss Durhan and Rhoda married Jim Carter.
The following are the children of Janie Davis and William Bagley. Sarah Bagley married Jim Spell, Mary Bagley married Enoch Hersey, Rachell Bagley married Lem Courson, Penny Bagley married William Gilliard, John Davis married Liza Bennett, Lottie Bag- ley married Ben Teston, Mina married John Carter.
The following is the list of children of Delilah Davis and Dr. Hardy Hall: John Hall married Nettie Maul- den, Mark Hall married Rachell Jorden, Dan Hall mar- ried a Miss Lee, Lee married Winnie Newbern, Delphia Ann Hall married Love Harrell, Pollie Hall married Newton Lee, Mattie Hall married Rev. H. M. Meeks, and Bettie Hall married Monroe Courson.
Sallie Davis, daughter of old Staff Davis, Sr., mar- ried Jackson Ward and they have the following chil- dren: "Big John Ward," Staff Ward married Mary Shuman, Tom Ward married Missouri Newbern, Joe Ward married Angeline Burkett, Penny Ward mar- ried Gaines Ellis, Janie Ward married William Cour- son, Bettie Ward married H. C. Ellis.
Mary Davis, daughter of old Dr. Davis, married Travis Thigpen and have the following children : Manning Thigpen, Joe Thigpen, who married a Mullis, Bartow Thigpen who married a Tanner, Susan Thig- pen married Rev. A. B. Finely, Lila Thigpen married a Mr. Sweat.
The Newbern Family
Old man Jackson Newbern married Polly Lott and had the following children: Daniel Newbern, Jack
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Newbern, Mark Newbern, Bill Newbern, and Joe New- bern. All but Dan Newbern went to Alabama about 1855.
Daniel Newbern, long before the Civil War, married Winnie Wilcox and settled in Coffee County about ten miles north of Douglas. He reared a large family, had a water mill and was a successful farmer. His children are as follows: Daniel Newbern, Sr., who married a Fussell, Lawrence Newbern who married Lizzie Douglas, and Willis Newbern who married Mar- garet Kirkland. She died early in life and he married Miss Polly Carver. The girls were Eliza, who married a Hinson who died soon after they were married. Later in life she married Robert "Dunk" Douglas. Mary married John Smith and died early in life. Winnie married Leon Hall and died young, Delilah married Mr. Davis and died soon.
About the year 1870 Dan Newbern, Sr., and his wife and four grown sons died with menengitis. The coun- try was very much excited over this disease when so many in one family died within a week. Dan Newbern, Jr., had the following children: Jesse Newbern, Dan Newbern, Jr., married Miss Jackson, Winnie Newbern married Micajah Vickers and Eula Newbern married W. T. Cottingham. Emma Jane Newbern married Warren G. Meeks.
Rev. George W. Newbern was our senator from Coffee County in 1877 and also a Baptist minister. He organized Sand Hill Church about the year 1870. He was born in 1825 and died in 1892 at Homerville, Georgia.
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The Vickers Family
Rebecca Paulk was born in 1815 and was married twice. Her first husband was Jesse Vickers who died in 1831. There was only one child by this marriage, which was Beedy Vickers and she married Joel Lott in 1826. Rebecca Paulk Vickers was married the second time to Ely Vickers, who was a brother to Jesse, her first husband. They had the following children : Rev. John Vickers, (Jack) born May 28th, 1836, died June 7th, 1900. Wiley Vickers, born May 8th, 1839. Henry Vickers, born Dec. 26th, 1837. Elijah Vickers was born Jan. 11th, 1842 and lived in Berrien County for many years. William Vickers, born Aug. 7th, 1843. Rebecca Vickers, born Jan. 6th, 1845. Mary (Polly) Vickers, born Nov. 3rd, 1845. She married Hamilton Sears. Micajah Vickers, born Oct. 8th, 1848. Ely Vickers, born Aug. 24th, 1850. He married Lucy Lott. Matilda Vickers, born Oct. 20th, 1852, and married D. P. Lott.
Beedy Vickers married Joel Lott and had the follow- ing children : Jesse Lott, Arthur Lott, Dan Lott, J. B. Lott (Babe), Elisha Lott, Wiley Lott, William Lott, Johnnie Lott, Rebecca Lott, Lucy Lott, Narcissus Lott, Beedy Lott, Martha Lott and Mary Lott.
Rev. John (Jack) Vickers married Martha Lott the first time and had the following children : Rebecca Vickers, Elizabeth Vickers, who married Lucius Paulk, J. J. Vickers married Eunnie Whiddon. Martha Vick- ers married G. G. Henderson. Beedy Vickers married Elmore Maine. Avie Vickers married Dempsey Whid- don, Daniel Vickers married Belle Bailey. Ely Vick- ers married Lilar Paulk.
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Rev. John Vickers married Sarah Jane Graves, a second wife, and they had the following children : Joseph Vickers, married Elizabeth Daniels, Leon Vick- ers married Fronney McMillen, Lewis Vickers first married Lucy Lott and then married Emma McEachin. George Vickers, Melissa Vickers married Dr. Howell and later married Thomas McMillen. Henry Vickers married Bessie Joiner, William Vickers married Bessie Paulk. Jacob Vickers married first, a Miss Lott and then married Rebecca Daniels. Rachael Vickers mar- ried Lott Paulk and Minnie Vickers married Ollie Paulk.
Henry Vickers married Ellen Sears and had the fol- lowing children: Mary Jane Vickers, Elias Vickers, Rebecca Vickers, William Vickers, Hiram Vickers, Ely Vickers, Hattie Vickers, Micajah Vickers, Amanda Vickers, Ellen Vickers, Lister Vickers. A second time Henry Vickers married Kattie McMillen. Wiley Vick- ers married Betty Lott. Wiley Vickers married the second time Eugenia Parker and had the follow- ing children: O. J. Vickers, Calvin Vickers, Matilda Vickers, Mattie Vickers, Henry V. Vickers, B. L. Vick- ers, Eva Vickers, C. E. Vickers, and Gordon Vickers. Wiley Vickers married Betty Gaskin, third wife, and had no children.
William Vickers married Francis Lott and had the following children: Richard Vickers (Bud), Elie Vickers, Matilda Vickers, W. H. Vickers, Rebecca Vickers, William Vickers, John Vickers and Michael Vickers.
Mary (Polly) Vickers married Hampton Sears and they have the following children: Wiley Sears, Mary
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Sears, Hiram Sears, Sol Sears, Rosa Ann Sears, Hamp Sears, Beedy Sears, Ollie Sears, and Matilda Sears.
Elijah Vickers married Annie Sutton and they have the following children: William Vickers, Johnnie Vickers, Flem Vickers, Leonard Vickers, Bennie Vick- ers, Blannie Vickers, Minnie Vickers, and Rachael Vickers.
Micajah Vickers married Harriet Sears and they have the following children: Leander Vickers, Bartley Vickers, Micajah Vickers, Liller Vickers, Rebecca Vick- ers, Onnie Vickers and Hattie Vickers.
Micajah Vickers married Viola Starling, his second wife, and they had the following children: Fannie Vickers and Dorsey Vickers.
Ely Vickers married Lucy Lott and they had the following children : Henry Vickers, J. J. Vickers, Mat- tie Vickers, Elisha Vickers, Warren Vickers, Micajah Vickers, Dan Vickers, Ely Vickers, Willie Vickers and H. E. Vickers.
Matilda Vickers married Dan P. Lott and they have the following children: Reason Lott, Mary Jane Lott, Lucy Lott, Rebecca Lott, Dan Lott, Daisy Lott, Minnie Lott, Ely Lott, Henry Lott, Mattie Lott and Aliff Lott.
Mary Jane Vickers, daughter of Wiley Vickers, mar- ried John Grantham and had the following children : Betty Burkett, E. L. Grantham, C. H. Grantham. Re- becca married Williams, D. L. Grantham, Johnie Gran- tham; Nancy married Wolff, Minnie Grantham, Dewey Grantham; Mary married Boggan; Ethel married Bell, Glennis Grantham and Lucile married Moore.
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J. J. Viekers married Miss Sumner and had three children : Bronz Vickers, Howard Vickers and Emory Viekers.
E. L. Vickers married Mary Lott and have the follow- ing children : Olden Vickers, Rebecca Vickers married Burl Summerlin and had many sons and daughters.
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REPRESENTATIVES.
1. J. M. THRASH, 1927-28-29-30.
2. WILLIAM GASKIN, 1880-81.
3. ELIAS LOTT, 1911-12.
4. CALVIN A. WARD, 1905-6-7-8.
5. JOHN M. LOTT, 1873-74.
6. J. W. QUINCEY, 1919-20-21-22.
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Ely married Lizzie McGovern and had many sons and daughters.
It is worthy of note that Rebecca Vickers, who mar- ried Jesse Vickers and who later married Ely Vickers was left a widow with many sons and daughters. They all went to work and she reared all her children in credit. She founded Hebron Church and was the central figure in that church as long as she lived. She sat in a homemade chair, hickory and rawhide bottom, for many, many years. When she died this old chair was placed up against the wall near the pulpit and remained there for many years.
It is also worthy of note that Rev. John (Jack) her oldest son was a prominent preacher in the Primitive Church. At last the Hebron Church was divided on some question of doctrine and Jack Vickers became the leader of one of the factions and for many, many years the members of Hebron Church were known as "Jackites. "
The Lott Family
The Lott family came to Georgia from Maryland. There were three brothers, Mark, Arthur and one whose name I do not know. They settled, first in Bulloch County and then came on to Montgomery County. Arthur Lott was a prominent man in that day and went to the Legislature several times. Later on most of the family went to Pearl River, Mississippi. One of the brothers, Mark Lott, remained in Montgomery County and later died there. His widow, Delilah Lott, and several children came on to what is now Coffee County and settled exactly on the spot where the old graveyard at Lone Hill Church is now located. And strange to
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say that the same people who settled there about the year 1815 are buried within a few feet of where they built the first home. At the time the home was built Coffee County had not been laid out and that part of the county was Telfair County.
The first generation of the Lott family, as we know them were: Mark, Arthur and one other. Neither one of these ever lived south of the Ocmulgee River. Delilah Lott, the widow of Mark Lott and her family were the first to cross the Ocmulgee River.
The children of the second generation are the chil- dren of Mark and Delilah Lott, as follows: Daniel Lott, Joel Lott, Mark Lott, Betsie Lott, Pennie Lott, Polly Lott, Fannie Lott, and Sallie Lott.
Daniel Lott married Lucy Peterson the first time and Fannie Gaskin the last time. By his first wife, Lucy Peterson, they had the following children : Mark Lott, Elisha Lott, Joel Lott, Daniel Lott, John Lott, Arthur Lott, Betsie Lott, Hester Lott, Pink Lott, Narcissus Lott, and Martha Lott.
Following children by his second wife who was Fannie Gaskin: Jesse Lott, Elias Lott, David Lott, and J. S. Lott. Mark married Charlotte Gaskin; Elisha married Pollie Moore; Joel married Bede Vick- ers; Daniel married Nancy Wilcox; John married Mary Jane Wilcox; Arthur married Eliza Carver; Jesse mar- ried Mary Douglas; Elias married Tempie Douglas ; David married Elizabeth Byrd; Betsie married John Paulk; Hester married Elias Moore; Pink married Benajah Pearson; Narcissus married Billie Meeks; Martha married Jack Vickers.
Betsie Lott married Old John Peterson. Their chil- dren are: Sallie Peterson married Henry Cato; Eliza
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Peterson married Matthew McGovern; Delilah Peterson married Youngie Vickers; Alfred Peterson married a Cato; Betsie Peterson married Henry Paulk; Hal Peterson married Marthia Gaskin first. Hal Peterson married Martha Turner second; Joel Lott married Rhoda Davis; Mark Lott married Araminta Ward; Bettie married old man John Peterson. He had been married before and had a large family by his first wife. Pennie married Stafford Davis; Pollie Lott married Jackson Newbern; her children, Daniel, Jack, Mark, Bill, and Joe. All but Dan went to Alabama long be- fore the war, about 1855. The girls are Delilah, she married Wash Roberts; Sallie married a Roberts. Daniel married Nancy Wilcox and has the following children: Mary J. Lott married Elias Hinson; Lucy Lott married Thomas Paulk; D. W. Lott married Joe Parker's daughter, Matilda and then Alma Bowers. John Lott (Bud) married Janie Kirkland and then the widow of Thomas Wilcox, who before her marriage to Wilcox was a Dedge. He then married Mrs. Z. I. Hatfield; Nancy Lott married Frank Hinson. Follow- ing are the children of Dan Lott and his first wife Lucy Peterson : Betsie, married John Paulk and had the following children: John Paulk, Henry Paulk, (Rooks) Jodie Paulk, Lucinda Paulk. Hester Lott married Elias Moore and had the following children : Aaron, married a Doughtery; Arthur married a Ser- mons, Elias married a Meeks; Dannie married a Kirk- land two times; Lucy married Fat Charley Meeks; Hester married Newt Pafford, her second husband; Betsie married Matt Doughtery and then married Jesse Pafford; Frances married Jim Overstreet; Polly married Alex Meeks; Rebecca married a Shepherd.
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Pink Pearson, daughter of Dan and Lucy Lott, had one child, Bettie, who married Joe Kirkland; Narcis- sus married Billie Meeks; children as follows: Anna Jane Kirkland; Martha married Jack Vickers, the preacher and their children, John, Dan and Eli; Dede married Elmo Main, (Sis) Avie Jane married a Whit- ten. Children of Lucy Lott who married Eli Vickers. Said Lucy Lott, being a daughter of Elias Lott, had the following children : Jack Vickers, H. L. Vickers, W. R. Vickers, Micajah Vickers. Mattie, who married a Tucker and then married Jim Kirkland; Willis Vick- ers, Eli Vickers, Dan Vickers, Herbert Vickers.
Children of Elisha Lott, who married Polly Moore : are Polly Lott married J. P. Lott; Bettie Lott mar- ried Wiley Vickers; Dan Lott, Elisha, John and Joe. Sarah Lott married Speed Paulk, Virgil Douglas married Lucy Lott. Eli Vickers married Mattie Lott. Mary Jane married Johnie Grantham; J. J. Vickers, Elisha Vickers and Eli Vickers. Elias Lott, son of Dan Lott and Fannie Gaskin married Tempie Douglas and have the following children: Mary, who married Joe Pafford; Fannie, who married E. R. Cross; Allie, who married Jim Jardine; Robert, who married Hortense Perkins; D. W. Lott, who married Nettie Deen, and James Lott, who married Ruth Barnes.
J. S. Lott, son of Dan Lott and Fannie Gaskin, mar- ried Avy Peterson by whom he had the following children : Willie Lott, Laura, who married Jim Paulk; Mattie, who married W. C. Lankford; Bessie, who mar- ried Thomas Bailey ; J. S. Lott's second wife was Sallie Luke by whom he had the following children: Eunice Lott, who married Dr. Alderman; Clinton Lott, who
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married Mary Sanders; and Stanford. Lillian Fil- lingim was a child by his first wife.
Daniel Lott married Nancy Wilcox and had the following children: Mary J. Lott, who married Elias Hinson; Lucy Lott, who married Thomas Paulk; John Lott, who married Janie Kirkland and then the widow of Thomas Wilcox, who before her marriage to Wilcox was a Dedge and then married Mrs. J. I. Hatfield. Nancy Lott married Frank Hinson. J. D. Lott, Arthur Lott, Dan Lott, Jesse Lott, William Lott, Elisha Lott, Wiley Lott, Becca Lott, Lucy Lott, Narcissus Lott, Mary Lott.
John M. Lott, who married Mary Jane Wilcox, had the following children : Wash Lott, who married Mary Ann Moore; Elizabeth Lott married Johnnie Moore, then Dan Peterson, and then J. M. Denton; Lucy Lott married Simon Douglas; Rebecca Lott married Dr. M. M. Hall and then Thomas Davis; Minnie Lee Lott mar- ried Frank Sweat and then John Moore; Mary Jane Lott married R. Holton.
Arthur Lott, son of Daniel Lott and Lucy Peterson, married Eliza Carver and had the following children : Daniel Lott, Elias Lott, Elisha Lott, Dr. J. J. Lott, and Arthur Lott, Jr. Eliza Lott married C. D. Kirkland; Lucy Lott married Alonzo Paulk; Rebecca married J. M. Milhollin and Fannie married Thomas Byrd.
Jesse Lott, son of Dan Lott by Fannie Gaskin, mar- ried Mary Douglas and had Mitchell Lott, Tempie Lott, who married Perkins; Fannie who married Dr. Googe and Maggie who married E. B. Moore and Dora, who married R. R. Perkins.
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The Gaskin Family.
Mr. David Gaskin, Sr., moved from the northern part of Coffee County to about three miles south of Doug- las about 1820; they had the following named children : John Gaskin, who married Fannie Lott; Jimmie Gas- kin, Fannie Gaskin, who married Dan Lott, Sr .; Patsy Gaskin, who married Hal Peterson; Martha Gaskin, who married Mark Lott; and one who married Godden Solomen ; and Charlotte Gaskin married John Harper.
Hal Peterson had the following named children : Dan Peterson, Dave Peterson and Henry Peterson. They had the following named girls : Fannie Peterson and Bettie Peterson. Fannie married Brooks Paulk and Bettie Peterson married Richard Lott. Brooks Paulk had the following children: John Paulk, Elisha Paulk and Roy Paulk. Tish Paulk married William Vickers and another girl married Elisha Corbett. John Gas- kin and Fannie Lott had the following children : Delilah Gaskin, who married James Pearson; Sarah Gaskin married John Tanner; and Betty Gaskin mar- ried Harrison Kirkland and later married John Trowell. Betty Peterson and Richard Lott had one child, a girl, Sarah, who married R. G. Kirkland. Mrs. Sarah Tanner had the following children : Berry, John, Staten, Joe, Dave, Mary, Elijah, Sarah and Eliza.
The Paulk Family
The beginning of the Paulk family in Coffee County was Thomas Paulk. He was born March sixth, 1812, died 1894. His wife was Nancy Henderson. She was seven years older than her husband. She died in, 1901. She was the mother of Thomas L. Paulk and
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Judge Elijah Paulk. These two old brothers, Elijah Paulk and Thomas L. Paulk were brave soldiers. They followed Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from the start to the finish of the war. Judge Elijah Paulk was Ordinary of Coffee County from 1881 to 1889.
Thomas L. Paulk represented Coffee County in the Legislature in 1905. Thomas L. Paulk married Syman- thia Sears and they had the following children: Mary Ellen Paulk who married A. T. Howell, Olive Paulk married James Dent, Hiram Paulk married a Miss McDonald, Dan Paulk married Fannie Lott and Ida Paulk married George McCranie. Ola Paulk married a Whiddon.
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