Elbert County, Georgia Deed Books A-J, 1791-1806.
Elbert County, Georgia Deed Books,K-R, 1806-1819
Elbert County, Georgia Deed Books, S-W, 1820-1835
available from Mrs. Michal Martin Farmer, PO Box 140880,
Dallas TX 75214-0880
e-mail: MichalFarmer.com
The 1830 Elbert County Census
The 1840 & 1850 Elbert County Census[ in one book]
The 1860 Census of Elbert County
The 1870 Census of Elbert County
The 1880 Census of Elbert County
available from: Janice Turner, 3931 Belair Road,
Augusta GA 30909
e-mail:janicebt@knology.net
Help needed: Janice would
like anyone with a digital camera in the Elbert Co area who is willing to
make a picture/pictures of EC Churches and e-mail to her
Marriage records and the death index have been published
available from: Ann Holloman
e-mail: anncholl@hotmail.com
Early Gravestones cemetery book through 1920 published by Elbert County Historical Society, $20 postpaid from the Society at P O Box 1033, Elberton GA 30635
Deeds, wills, administrations date from the 1790 founding of the county. Marriages begin 1805, birth and death records began in Georgia 1918/20. The Mormon Church filmed records up through about 1900 and these are available through the LDS family history centers
Probate Court - Judge Susan Sexton, Elbert Co Probate
Court, Elbert Co Courthouse, Elberton,
GA 30635; phone 706-283-2016; fax 706-283-9668
Superior Court - Mrs Pat Anderson, Clerk of Superior Court,
Elbert Co Courthouse, Elberton,
GA 30635; phone 706-283-2005
Elbert Co Library, 245 Heard St., Elberton, GA 30635; phone
706-283-5375 [has a nice, small
collection of genealogy materials, including those on loan from Elbert Co
Historical Society, family files]
In progress: Early tax digests, lst land survey book with plats
posted onto current map; land court records; updated cemetery book;
wills , black marriages.
Stay tuned
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Following are some resources which have been published but may not
be readily available :
Georgia State Gazeteer and Business & Planters Directory 1881-1882.
Atlanta:Standard Directory Company, 1881.
under ELBERT COUNTY is found the following:
p. 75 [in Hart Co though close to Elbert]
AMANDAVAILLE, 10 miles from Hartwell, 3-1/2 from Bowman. A
small place of inconsiderable population. Bever Dam creek furnishes
water power for a saw mill, flouring mill
& gin & there isa steam saw mill. Ws estab as a PO in 1848
& receives mail 4 times a week from W Bowersville
.
W M Brown post master
p. 167 BAKERS FERRY, Elbert Co. Population
of about 100, located on Broad River, 12 SW of Elberton. Has
semi-weekly stage communication with Washington & Elberton. E
B Starke post master
p. 184 BOWMAN a station on the
E.A.L. Ry, 12 miles from Elberton, 131 from Atlanta. Has an office of the
Southern Express Co, 2 churches, Bapt & Meth, grist & saw
mills run by water power furnished by
Beaverdam Creek, steam saw mills & population of about 110. Estab
as a post office in 1879 & receives
a daily mail from Elberton & Toccoa. A R Elliott post master
p. 186 BROAD RIV3R with no mail facilities,
located in small hamlet about 10 miles west of Elberton
p. 218 COLD WATER a re-established
post office situation about 7 miles north of Elberton
p. 232 CONCORDIA located 7 miles
north of Elberton, has a Meth church, also a grist mill operated by
power furnished by Coldwater & Beaverdam creeks
p. 239 CRAFTSVILLE an old post
office before and during the war, discontinued but re-established in
1875 has an inconsiderable population and is located on the Savannah river
15 miles from Elberton
& 13-1/2 miles from Hartwell. River furnishes abundant water power
but not utilized, has a steam saw
mill & two gins, 2 churches, Bapt & Meth & 2 schools.
Receives mail 4 times a week by wagon from
Ruckersville & Anderson. J D Craft post master; Ella Andrews,
teacher; J D & R P Craft
gen'l store; Lizzie Goss, teacher; I H G Hulmne gen'l store;
P M Turner, wagon maker
p. 261 DOVE'S CREEK small
post office, 7 miles from Elberton. Mail daily by carrier. A
C Stovall, post master;
H R Deadwyler, gen'l store
p. 273 EUREKA MILLS situated 7
miles from Elberton. Beaverdam creek furnishes power to operate a flouring
mill & gin & has one church & a school. Receives a tri-weekly
mail from Elberton by carrier. M J Thornton
post master; J B Bell, physician; Wrenn Blackwell, blacksmith;
Reed Day, carpenter & Millwright;
Mrs W W Gray, grist mill; John H Grogan, M J Thornton
grist mill & gen'l store; B A Henry physician; Barry Rucker,
blacksmith
p. 278 FISH DAM 9 miles north west
of Elberton. Address mail to Elberton
p. 279 FLATWOODS ACADEMY
Names from the institution of learning located here. Has a population
of 75 & is 10 miles SE of Elberton
p. 307 HARD CASH 8 miles
from Elberton with population of about 110. Beaverdam creek, 1-1/2
mi
furnishes power to flouring and grist mill & there is a steam corn,
wheat and saw mills. Mails daily .
T A S Maby post master and gen'l store
p. 308 HARMONY 7 miles
north of Elberton. Post office, Concordia
In same book - Planters and Farmers
p 875-877
Information provided includes
PO address, number of acres owned, valuation according to following:
A = $1000
or less
E = 3000-5000
B = 1000-1500
F = 5000-10,000
C = 1500
- 2000
G = 10000-20,000
D = 2000-3000
H = over $20,000
for Baker's Ferry
Baker, Louisa A, Mrs, 564 C; Ballard,
William G, 425, B; Bell, David P, 200, A; Bell,
James B, 250, C;
Bell, Mary B, 197, A; Bell, William B, 450,
A; Boyle, Elizabeth A, 352, B; Bradford,
James, 905, C;
Brewer, John M, 483, C; Burch, Thomas C, agt, 750,
D; Clark, William D, 1633, D; Davisman, L M, 703,
D;
Fortson, Geo G, 2200, F; Fortson, Geo T, 454, B;
Herndon, James E, 950, D; Hill, Sarah A,
346, A;
Hill & Tillman, 525, C; Hudson, S C, 300 A; Hudson,
William D, 207 , A; Jones, Jeptha B, 800, F;
Smith, Thomas B, 420, A; Snelings, B W, 505, C;
Snelings, William K, 500, B; Stark, Edmund B, 808,D; Stark,
Samuel C, 1035, F; Swift, William A, 400, B;
Thornton, Thomas D, 412 , B; Webb, Martha A, 312, B; Wythe,
Madison H, 440, A
for Bowman
Adams, Middleton B, 482, C; Brown, Sarah, Mrs, 320, A;
Burden, Nelson, 230, A; Burden, William, 412, C;
Daniel, Allen C, 700 B; Eaves, James A, 233, A; Glore,
Isaac D, 513, F; Hall, Charles W, 318 A; Hall, James,
600, C;
Hall, Marion, 267, A; Hall, Robert P, 539, A; Hall,
Simeon, 210, A; Hendrick , William B, 350, A;
Higganbotham, J B, 280, A; King, William H, 325, C; Moon,
James B. 750, B; Moss, Hamilton, 200, B;
Seymour, M G, 269 A; Smith, Pleasant
H, 255, A; Smith, Susan, 420, A; Vaughn,
Alexander, 550, C;
Vickery, William J , 230, B; Wakefield, H J, 425, C;
Winn, David J, 313, B
for Concordia
Adams, L M, 272, A ; Adams, S A , 400, B; Adams,
William H H, 650, C; Brewer, Thomas H, 250, A;
Brown, L J, 340, A; Brown, Mary A, 400, B; Carpenter,
W H, agt, 513, C; Everson, Willis J, 288, A;
Gaines, Richard A, 745, C; Hulm, Thomas M, 1150,
E; Maxwell, Anna B, 300 C; Maxwell, Johnson O,
333, B;
Norman, Henry P, 550, D; Norman, James S, 710, C;
Norman, J W, 900, C; O'Bryant, Thomas, 397, A;
Smith, James W, 600, C; Teasley, William H, 625, C; Thornton,
James W, 614, B
for Craftsville
Adams, H G, 390, C; Adams, James J, 463, C; Adams,
Lawrence M, 630, D; Adams, William M , 480 C,
Burdett, William, agt, 300, A; Gaines, F M, 200, A;
Gaines, Linsey A, 792, C; Gaines, Sarah J, 516, B;
Galaway, Richard B, agt, 400, B; Hulm, Isham
H G, 400, D; Jones, John L , 252, A; Teasley,
William A, 378, A;
Terrell, Sarah A, 663, C; Turner, James B, 400, B;
Turner, Thomas M, 250, A; Ward, George M, 409,
B
for Dove's Creek
Biggs, Thos D, 450, A; Deadwiler, Asa M, 250, A; Deadwyler,
Asa P, 636 C; Deadwyler, Henry B, 489, C;
Deadwyler, Joseph P, 600,D; Gaines, Francis,
364, A; Harper, Mary C, 763, C; Herndon, George
L, 285, B;
Moore, Joel M, 453, B; Oglesby , C, 385, A; Oglesby,
Drewry P, 600, F; Oglesby, George H, 406, B;
Oglesby, Thomas J, 400, B; Oliver, Alfred, 2500,
H; Ridgeway, R C, 308, C;
Stovall, Abda, 530, C; Thornton, J M, 400, A; Wilhite,
W J, 600, C; Alexander, Thomas B, 432, C
for
Elberton
Almond, John B, 580, D; Almond, John W, 500, B; Andrew,
William T, 150, A; Arnold, Joseph G, 265, A;
Bentley, Joseph A J, 207, B; Bond, Andrew J, 246, A;
Bowman, Thomas J, 570, H; Brawner, Seaborn J, 650,C;
Brewer, James H, 2117,G; Bristol, George W, 260, C; Brown,
Isaac D, 237, A; Brown, Thomas H, 96[8]0, E;
Brown, William A, 343,B; Bruce, Perry F, 115,C; Campbell,
Lucy, 400, A; Campbell, Thomas J, 280, A;
Carithers, Hugh M, 280, C; Carlton, Daniel M, 700,C;
Clark, James L, 250,B; Clark, William H, agt, 326,
A;
Cox, John H, 237,A; Crittenden, Robert M, 300,A; Crook,
William R, 275, A;
Deadwyler, George W, 260,A; Dickinson, John T, 560,A; Fortson,
Elijah R, 686, C; Fortson, Henry A, 316, A;
Fortson, Richard, 600,C; Fortson, Stephen H, 960,
E, Fortson, Thomas J, 1455, F; Franklin, Henry,
400, B;
Gardner, Henry K, 229, F; Grimes, William, 700,C;
Grogan, George C, 328 C; Hall, Alexander, 950, E;
Hall, Mary A, 1000, D; Harper, Mary L H, 500,F; Heard,
James L, 475, E; Henry, William R, 500,D;
Herndon, James E Jr, 500,B; Herndon, Thomas J, 400, C;
Hudgins, John C, 434, C; Jones, John H, 2300,G;
Jones, Sarah Mrs, 300,A; Jones, William S, 681, B;
Kerlin, David S, 700, C; Lovinggood, Susan A,
256, A;
McClanahan, James W, 560, C; Malley, Sidney, 526, C; Mailey,
T A, 146, A; Martin, Sarah E, Mrs, 900, D;
Matthews, David A, 200, F; Mattox, Clark, 1150, F; Mattox,
C, Mrs, 360, A; Mattox, Henry P, 959, F;
Maxwell, Benjamin, 500, A; Mewborn,
S M, 152, A; Mize, John L, 230,A; Norman, Elijah
B, 372, B;
Norman, William T, 680, D; Pulliam, Joseph S, 250,
B; Roan, Barbara A, 340, A; Seymour, Charles M,
412, B,;
Sewell, Joseph, 670, D; Tate, E B 568, G; Tate,
Robert F, 1600, F; Tate, Uriah O, 2745, G; Turner,
John W, 308, B;
Vaughan, Alexander W, 400, B; White, E A, 344, B; White,
William J, 570, C; Wilhite, Philip A, 460, C;
Willis, James M, 541, C;
for Rock Fence
Cade, William G, 705, C; Childs, Lewis S, 150,B; Dubois,
Joshua W, 450, B; Edwards, James A, 1050, D;
Nelms, Jane, 1717,F; Stovall, J H, 550, C; Tate,
Z A, 900, G; Thomas, Sarah E, 960, E; Wardley,
Ambrose G, 413, B;
Adams, Richard C, 906, C
for Ruckersville
Adams, Richard E, 686, C; Bayley, Newton L, 206,C; Black,
Thomas J, 452, C; Brewer, James E, 575, B;
Cleavland, Andrew P, 1000, F; Cleavland, Francis
B, 181, B; Cleavland, S C, 400,B; Conwell, George
B, 400, B;
Gaines, Peter C, 291, A; Heard, Bedford H, 300, C;
Heard, George E, 3306, G; Henry, Beverly, agt, 659, D;
Hulm, Henry B, 250, A; Hulm, John T, 860, C;
Hulm, William J D, 281, B; Hutchinson, William, age, 546,
B; Lanxton, Asa H, agt, 130, A;
McCaully, John W, 100, F; McCaully, M A, 1200, F; McIntosh,
M L, Mrs, 375, C; Mattox, William H, 3800, H;
Rice, Richard M, 620, C; Rucker, Alexander B, 1566, F;
Rucker, Elbert M, 3290, G; Rucker, Joseph W, 500, C;
Tate, John, 743, C; Wall, James
N, 420, C; Warren, John M, 333, A; Warren,
Thomas J, 468, B;
White, Rachael N, 1000,D; White, T C, 400, A;
for Stansell
Blakwell,
Samuel D, 740, C; Calhoun, James E, 2600, E; Carter,
Samuel L, 800, D; Childs, Lewis G, 336,A;
Davis,
Absolom S, 533, C; Dye, George W, 2377, G;
Dye, Thompson B, 274, A; Fuller, James J, 300, B;
Gray,
Thomas L, 210, A; Grogan, John H. 770, E; Grogan
& Thornton, 750, F; Hall, Robert, 800, B;
Heard,
Eugene B, 900, D; Heard, William H, 700, C; Stanton,
Martin L, 350, A; Teasley, Mary B H, Miss, 574, C;
Wall,
B C, 1315 F; White, T B, 750, D
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RICE FAMILY BIBLES left in Probate Court, Elbert Co,
Ga. Transcription of information follows:
[top of title page is missing but lower parts reads:]
The
Original Hebrew and with the former translations diligently compared..[rest
missing]
.together with the
Apocrypha.
Done by the special command of King James I of England
Philadelphia
printed and published by M Carey,
No 121, Chesnet Street
1815
[677] On the first day of Jan 1822
Richard Rice and Eliza White was married
Mary
Ann Hutson and Richard Rice was married the 10 of April 1831
Sarah
R McCurdrey , Richard Rice was married 18 of November 1840
On the 14 day of March 1833 James Carpenter & Eliza H Barrett
was married
William
Davis & Milly Ann Rice was married September the 18, 1845
On the 27 day of July 1856 Richard M Rice and Mary E Harper
was married
[678] James Asa Davis was born June
the 26 day 1846
Richard
Pleasant Davis bornd Oct 27th 1848
Charles
A Rice was bornd the 28th day of August 1873
Easton
Rice born the 20 day of Aug 1877
Frances
R Rice born 11 of May 1823
Milley
Ann Rice born last day of Feb 28, 1825
Richard
M Rice born 11 of Oct 1826
Asa
Rice born 4 of Sept 1828
Charles
Rice born 5 of January 1830
James
Dinishous Rice born 17 of Mar 1832
Susan
Allorves [?] born last day of Apr 1834
[679] Richard Rice departe this
life the 22 May 1841
Martha
A E Rice born 12 day of Nov 1856
Amanda
O Rice born 26 day of June 1859
Richard
Rice born in the year of our Lord Feb the 7, 1861
James
E Rice born 12 day of June 1863
Mary
F Rice was born he 3 day of June 1866
John
H Rice born the 27 day of May 1869
Lavonia
Rice botn 18the day of June 1871
Eliza
Rice departed this life the 8 of Jan 1830
Frances B Rice departed this life 10 day of June 1858
Mrs
Milly A Davis departed this life the 3 day of Nov 1887 [9?]
[680] James Carpenter was bornd the year
of our Lord 1796 April the 18
Eliza
H Carpenter was bornd Aug the 30 day of our Lord 1815
James
Carpenter departed this life on the 24th day of Sept 1858
Susan
A Carpenter was bornd the year of our Lord 1833 Dec 20
William J H Carpenter was bornd the year of our
Lord 1836 April the 15 day
Eliza
M O Carpenter was bornd the year of our Lord 1830 Sept 29 day
james
(JN) Carpenter was bornd the year of our Lord 1841 June 7 day
Frances
N Carpen[ter] born April 3 in the year of our Lord 184 [7]
loose piece of paper - M Rilhar Marion Rice Sr departed
this life Sept 19, 1912 9:15 o'clock or 15 minutes until nine o'clock
and was buried at 11 o'clock at Concord Church, 8 miles
beyound Elberton the 20th day of Sept 1912
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No title page - only page says:
Mr and Mrs C A Rice's Book 1898
at Thornville in Elbert County
'Births'
Charles
A Rice was born 21st of Aug 1873
Ada
May Olds was born 3 day of July 1875 , married 27 day of Feb 1898
Richard
M Rice was born 26 of May 1899
Rebecca
C Rice was born 13 day of Dec 1900
Mary
Elizabeth Rice was born 21st June 1902
Kathleen
Mildred Rice was born Jun 28, 1904
Duward
Newel Rice born Jan 8, 1906
Charles
Asa Rice Jr born Mar 7, 1908
Herbert
Ernest Rice born at Thornville June 22, 1910
Sarah
L Rice born at Maxeys Apr 27, 1912
Raymond
Olds Rice born at Maxeys Aug 18th 1914
Ada
Margaret Rice born at Maxeys Aug 5, 1918
'Grandchildren'
Mary's
Children
Charles Lewis Vaughn born Apr 27 at Maxeys 1923
Ada Elizabeth Vaughn born Mar 28 at Maxeys 1925
Marion Wesley Vaughn born at Maxeys July 19,
1927
Newel's Children
Abza May Rice born June 19 in Atlanta 1926
Duward Newell Rice Jr born in Atlanta Sept 10, 1929
Kathleen's Children
Francis Grace born in Atlanta April 28, 1928
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SKINNER FAMILY LETTER
[Letter from Archer [aka Archie and Archibald] SKINNER
to brother John. No envelope - folded in half and then in
thirds with address on one side --- "/" indicates end of
line in original]
"Pensylvania franklin County Near Strawsburgh to John Skinner
Elberton Geo
Sept 17th 1812
25 [appears to be cost of mailing]
Dear brother I ones more take up my / pen to let
you know that wee air all well / threw the mercy of a kind and good
god and / I hope theas few lines may find you and all / our
frinds the same and I have to lement / that I so cildom can hear from
you as the / last letter is of Ju the 30 1811 and least you /
have not got my anser to that letter I now / mention some things in
this you say that / Anne Loot is wishing a settlement of the Eastete
/ so am I and you say that you have sent me / the amount of what
you got for the plase / at yallow brickis in a former letter and if
you / have I have not had the fortin to receive it / yet and
this is the forth time I have rote for / the amount of sales of the
estate and how / you wish to have in settleing of the estate when /
the law says that estates must be settled in / twelve mons and a day
unless by the consent / of the legittees theirfore I wish you to consult
/ with our sister Isable and bring the bisnis / to a finel settlement
as soon as it can to / the advantig of the legittees and so conclude
/ yr anser Elberton Sept 13th 1812 A Skinner"
[on verso] "NW Crops air very good and times very
hard all most no trade hear and I have had a letter from george in Sinnawery
last and they was all well then"
Notes: 1 - "Yallow brickis" is probably Yellow Breeches
Creek, Cumberland County. Need to check the exact location of
this land
2. Family records state that George lived "14 miles from Cincinnati"
so "Sinnawery" may be Archie's spelling
of the same
3. "Annie Loot" is the sister Anne Lott
From family records: John Skinner [b NJ - 21 Nov 1801],
moved Franklin Co Pa during the American Revolution. His wife,
Mary Morris d 21 June 1799. Their children were:
Anna b 16 April 1756; William b 15 Nov 1757; Archibald b 2 Oct
1759;
George b 7 May 1761; Phoebe b 7 May 1763; John
Junior b 15 Feb 1765; Enoch b 19 Aug 1770 and
Isabella b ca 1774 [bottom of page is torn]
original materials in possession of Carolyn Shearer, 772 Tristan Trail, Chambersburg, PA 17201 . Jun 2000 - cks@pa.net
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[Submitted by Fan Henle Taylor].
Abstract from the National Archives
Pension & Bounty-Land Applications
Captain Samuel Bowen of Elbert County, Georgia
His declaration to obtain pension was made in Elbert County, Georgia on
January 21, 1833, before the justice of the Inferior Court, at which time
he deposed under oath and said:
Deponent was 76 years old; that he entered the service as a volunteer in
August 1779, as a private under Captain Nathan Clifton in the regiment commanded
by Col. John Little, for a term of nine months, after which he was discharged;
at the time of enlisting he was a resident of Montgomery County, (formerly
Anson) in North Carolina, and that he enlisted at Salisbury, North Carolina.
After enlisting he marched with his regiment to Moore’s Creek, North Carolina,
thence to Charleston, South Carolina, and was with the American Army at that
place when it was besieged by the British in the spring of 1780 and was there
surrendered as a prisoner of war. Shortly after he broke from his imprisonment
and returned to his home in North Carolina.
Affiant also stated that he entered the service of the United States as
a Captain of militia light-horse in the regiment commanded by Col. George
Davidson and Col. William Lofton in 1781, and after serving eight months
was discharged; that when he entered on this term of service he was residing
in said Montgomery County and joined at Montgomery Court-house, North Carolina.
From thence “in different directions throughout the adjoining country til
he arrived art Deep River, North Carolina, …and at that place fought the
Tories commanded by their Col. Fanning, where he received a wound in his
arm; two days afterwards he again fought the Tories commanded by their Col.
Elrod, when he received a wound in his leg; from thence to Drowning Creek
in Anson County in the year aforesaid, at that place fought the Tories commanded
by one McLendon; from thence went into the neighborhood of his residence
and remained there until discharged from service”.
Affiant stated that he was born in Montgomery County (formerly Anson) County,
North Carolina, August 16, 1756, and that there was a record of his birth
but does not know where it now is. He has lived since the war in Montgomery
County, North Carolina, until 1796 when he moved to York District, South
Carolina where he lived until 1811, when he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia.
He lived in Wilkes until 1826 when he moved to Elbert County where he has
since resided.
His application was signed by his mark, and was approved April 22, 1833,
and he was enrolled to receive $230.00 annually to date from March 4, 1831.
Abstract from the National Archives
Pension & Bounty-Land Applications
Widows Application
Mrs. Nancy Bowen, widow of the pensioner, made her declaration to
obtain a widow’s pension, in the Superior Court of Pike County, Georgia,
April 4, 1854. She testified that she was 52 years old; that her husband,
Capt. Samuel Bowen, died in Pike County, Georgia, August 2, 1843, age 87
years; that they were married in Elbert County in January 1826 to the best
of her recollection, and has not remarried since his death. He resided
for 12 years in Pike County.
John Neal and Allen W. Pryor, residents of Pike County, testify to her being the widow of said Capt. Samuel Bowen, having been acquainted with him and her and knows that she is still a widow.
In a supplemental declaration the widow on May 15, 1854, testified that
she and her said husband were married March 1835, instead of January 1826;
she having been mistaken in her recollection of the date.
[Elbert Co Marriage Records Bk 1830-38, p 500 state marriage between Samuel
Bowen and Nancy Freeman was 17 March 1835 ]