Extractions: Although Sugar Hill was not incorporated as a town until 1939, the Sugar Hill community is much older, located in the Inferior Court District of Sugar Hill in the far northwest portion of Gwinnett County. The story is that a freight wagon traveling from the railroad in Buford to Cumming broke a wheel while traversing a steep hill, spilling its load of sugar all over the hill. The hill came to be called, "the hill where the sugar spilled," and that is where the town got its name. The earliest church established in this area was the Island Ford Baptist Church. It was organized at the Chattachoochee River where people forded the river, and in crossing traversed an island about half a mile wide. Island Ford was organized February 23, 1833, and the presbytery included Rev. Silas King, Rev. Richard Phillips, and deacons Joseph Morgan, Sam Crowe and John Hammond. The charter members were J. T. Bailey, John Barker, John Calaway, A. Humphries, N. Crossno, J. Pendley, W. Compton, J. Compton, M. Fields, T. M. Bagley, E. Bagley, S. Born, Jane Humphrey, Catherine Fields, Susanna Phillips and Mary Bagley. The first building was erected in 1833 out of rough hewn pine logs. The permanant buiilding was constructed in 1880.
Extractions: Lilburn, Georgia Lilburn, located in the western part of the county on the Southern Rail Line, was established around 1891 when the railroad was completed, although it was not chartered until 1910, and officially incorporated in 1955. Early settlers of the town were the families of: Carroll, Nash, Jordan, Brownlee, Harmon, Kennerly, McDaniel, Young, Dickens, Pickens, Mathews, Kelley, and Garner. Camp Creek Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery is located just east of the town of Lilburn on Main Street-Camp Creek Road at the corner of Arcado Road. The first conference of this church was held in May, 1823. The charter members were Martha Adams, Elizabeth Hale, Lucy Cannimore, Sarah Cannimore, Prodence Wells, Frances Landers, Susan Lee, Ridda McKinney, Mary Ward, Rachel Williamson, John Price, Thomas Mason, Tyric Landers, James Wells, and James Hale. Corinth Baptist church is located in the Mountain Park area of Gwinnett, in the Garner District. It was organized in 1913, and the original members were: Mrs. M.B. Pounds, Wesley Knight, Mrs. Wesley Knight, Posey Phillips, Mrs. Posey Phillips, Pink Phillips, Mrs. Pink Phillips, Mrs. Harris, Bertha Brooks, and Mrs. and Mrs. Brooks. The meeting house was erected soon after the church was organized. This church is still in use by the congregation but is being sold to a Christian school as of December 1999. The congregation is relocating to Loganville.
Extractions: Lawrenceville, Georgia Lawrenceville's history is closely tied with the history of Gwinnett County itself. All of the business of the county was moved to this location in 1820, and a temporary courthouse was erected. William Toweres was the surveyor who laid out the courthouse square, with the four streets bordering the square named for distinguished men, Pike, Perry, Clayton and Croghan (now spelled Grogan). The next four streets were named for trees, Oak, Chestnut, Sassagras and Pine. William Maltbie suggested the name for the town itself. The original town commissioners were James Wardlaw, Hugh B. Greenwood, James McClure, John Gaddess, Sr., and Pascal Brooks, who had the authority to pass bylaws and regulations necessary to maintain the streets, springs and police. They were appointed to serve until the first election in January 1823. After Lawrenceville was incorporated in 1821 the population began growing, and businesses relocated to the new county seat. In 1829 Lawrenceville had forty dwellings, ten stores, ten machine shops, three law offices, three doctors, one academy, one Methodist church, one Baptist church and one Presbyterian church. Among the first lawyers in the town were Philip Alston, 1821; N. L. Hutchins, 1823; John G. Parks, 1823; E. W. Chester, 1825; and James C. Martin, 1829, who lost his life in the Creek Indian War.
Extractions: Grayson's name originally was Trip, Georgia. In 1881 J. P. McConnell was appointed postmaster of Trip. John E. Jacobs also served as postmaster and later as mayor. Trip was the center of a thriving farming community. Among the prominent families who first settled Trip were: McConnell, Jacobs, Ford, Cooper, Williams, Tribble, Brownlee, Cates, Kennerly, Petty, Hawthorne, Rawlins, Roberts, Yancey, Langley and others. When the railroad was extended to Loganville, the town's name was changed first to Berkely, which turned out to be already taken by another Georgia town, and then to Grayson. Chestnut Grove Church was organized in 1850 with the following founding members: John Carroll, J.G.H. Herring, Nathan Fowler, James Johnson, James Young, J. North, Seaman Moore, Isaac Petty and George Petty. Two years later two acres of land were purchased from John Davis for five dollars, and a log building was erected which was used also as a school house until 1873. At that time a frame building was erected. Link to Chestnut Grove history page The Grayson Methodist Church, originally called Asbury Methodist Church, was organized in 1884. The charter members were: Mr. and Mrs. James Conner, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frisby, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Browning, Miss Mary Langley, Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Mrs. Jane Head, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Cates, and Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Brand. The building was constucted in 1885.
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Extractions: // Included to access cookie for webpub email feature I am currently researching the Blanton family in Bexar and Kinney Counties - Texas. The search is extending to Georgia and overseas to Scotland. I have turned up many "Blanton's", but so far have not found direct connections to my relatives that lived in and around San Antonio, Texas. Through sketchy documents, I am led to believe that they would have been Lawyer's, Judges, and Cattlemen.
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Gray Family Page Ancestors and descendants of William James Gray and Martha M Johnson, both of Elbert County, georgia. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grayroots/
Extractions: William James Gray (born January 2, 1832) is believed to be the oldest child of Reese Gray, and Martha Jane Pratt. William James, a farmer by occupation, was a veteran of the Civil War, serving as a private, first enlisting in the 9th Battalion, Company D, of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry (Army of Tennessee), but later he transferred to the 37th Georgia Regiment (Infantry), Company G, which was nicknamed the "Elbert County Guard." He married Martha M. Johnson (daughter of Anthony Johnson, and Rebecca Bullard) on September 23, 1860 (in Elbert County, Georgia). The family moved to Franklin County, Georgia during the late 1870's, but, shortly thereafter, William James died, on May 11, 1879. The children of William James Gray, and Martha M. Gray are as follows:
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Extractions: For more reading on Webster County, see "History of Webster County", compiled by Weston Woman's Club, 1980. Library of Congress No. 80-53769. Copies of this book may be ordered from Weston Woman's Club, General Delivery, Weston, GA 31832 for $30 plus $2 postage and handling. Webster County Commissioner
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