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History of First Methodist Episcopal Church South, Pulaski County, Georgia

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The Methodist Church is, likewise, identified with the earliest history of Pulaski County. It was in November of 1805 that Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, negotiated a treaty between the Indians and the Federal Government for lands between the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers. On December 15, 1808, the Georgia legislature passed an act creating Pulaski […]

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Muster Roll of Georgia Militia – District 364

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Muster Roll of Georgia Militia, Pulaski County, Georgia, March 4, 1862 – District 364 Wright Harrell, Jr. John Harrell, Jr. Henly Harrell Jas. Bishop Jerry Bowen Kinchen Hilliard Jacob Joiner Wm. Shirly Asa Harrell J. W. Harrell S. W. Holt W. W. Holt, Jr. M. D. Daniels J. M. Daniels, Jr. Stephen Daniels Jas. Lowell

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Biography of Eugene Anderson

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Eugene, William Thomas, and Peyton Tooke Anderson and their seven sisters are claimed as sons and daughters of Pulaski County. The three men are publishing the Macon Telegraph and the Macon News, while their sisters have married and are, with three exceptions, living; in Macon. In 1878 Christopher Cohen Anderson and his wife, Laura Tooke

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Biography of Judge Henry Hodges Whitfield

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Judge Henry Hodges Whitfield was born April 11, 1826, and died January 28, 1886. The Whitfields from whom the subject of this sketch is descended came originally from Lancashire, England. William Whitfield, in the early part of the eighteenth century, settled in Nansewood County, Virginia, and in 1713 married Elizabeth Goodman of Yates County, North

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Biography of Noah Scarborough

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The name Scarborough is an old and honorable one. Family records show that several brothers came to this country during the Revolutionary War and settled here. The Scarborough coat of arms shows that this family descended from the nobility of Great Britain. Noah Scarborough emigrated from South Carolina to Houston County, Georgia, later moving to

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History of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Pulaski County, Georgia

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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church was erected in 1871. Before that time the church had very few members here. Dr. and Mrs. Golding came to Hawkinsville in January 1862. Mrs. Golding wrote Rev. H. K. Rees, rector of Christ Church in Macon, informing him that several young people here were interested in the church, and suggested

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Biography of Captain Robert Sanders Anderson

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Captain Robert Sanders Anderson, youngest son of John I. and Maridley Mayo Anderson, was born in Pulaski County, July 7, 1842. When just a boy he enlisted in Company K, 49th Georgia Infantry, Lee’s Army, of the War Between the States. In a short time, for his bravery, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, then Captain,

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Biography of Matthew Philips

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Matthew Philips, son of Exum Philips, Captain of Militia in the Revolutionary War, from North Carolina, was born and died in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Soon after his death in 1823 his wife, Elizabeth Nicholson Philips, daughter of Colonel John Nicholson and Penelope Mann of North Carolina, moved with her three children to Pulaski County,

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Company G, 10th Confederate Cavalry

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Roster of officers who served in Company G, 10th Confederate Cavalry. These men were primarily from Pulaski County, GA. James L. Leith, captain P. T. McGriff, first lieutenant, promoted to captain T. N. Sutton, second lieutenant John A. Hendley, second lieutenant, promoted to captain James O. Farnell, first lieutenant, promoted to captain John B. Wood,

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History of Midway Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Georgia

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For many years Old Adam Meeting House was the only religious structure on the old River Road or in the Lampkin settlement. In fact, after leaving Hawkinsville, prior to the year 1800, and for nearly three-score years in the nineteenth century, Old Adam Meeting House was the only place of worship situated on the east

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Biography of Joe J. Anderson

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Joe J. Anderson, son of Robert Sanders and Sallie Wooten Anderson, was born near Hawkinsville, March 10, 1846, and died September 3, 1926. He married Laura Sheppard of Hawkinsville, Georgia, June 25, 1867. He was a Mason, was reared to agricultural pursuits, and became a large landowner and planter. At sixteen years of age he

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Biography of Eli Warren Goode

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Eli Warren Goode was born December 18, 1869, and died October 17, 1929. It was the observation of a well-known writer that it takes three generations to make a gentleman. Mr. Goode’s father was Charles T. Goode, a graduate of the University of Georgia in the class of 1853, a Colonel in the Cavalry of

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Roll of Company F, 22nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry

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Roll of Company F, 22nd Battalion, Georgia Cavalry (State Guards). Mustered into the Confederate service, August 6, 1863, at Hawkinsville, Georgia B. N. Mitchell, captain H. H. Whitfield, first lieutenant W. M. Oliver, second lieutenant L. H. Harrell, third lieutenant E. W. Coney, first sergeant A. C. McPhail, second sergeant R. F. DeLamar, third sergeant

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Biography of S. W. Brown

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Stephen William Brown was born September 1, 1831. He married Martha Pope of Hayneville, Houston County, Georgia. To this union was born three sons: James Pope, Robert Duncan, and Stephen William, who died very young. James Pope Brown was born in Pulaski County at the plantation home, “Pine Avenue,” the son of Stephen William Brown

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Biography of Sir John Pate

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Sir John Pate, baron of Leicestershire, England, had a son, Major Thomas Pate, who emigrated to America in 1672, and settled in Gloucester County, Virginia. His son, Matthew, and wife, Anne Reade, were parents of Jacob, born in 1710, and who married Zilla Broach. Their son was Jacob, Jr., born in 1747. He was the

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Pulaski County, Georgia Coroners 1809 – 1920

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Coroners for Pulaski County, Georgia for the years of 1809-1920. William Bracken, May 4, 1809 William Jelks, Nov. 2, 1809 William Yarbrough, Oct. 29, 1811 William Yarborough, Jan. 9, 1816 William McCormick, Jan. 13, 1818 William McCormick, Jan. 11, 1820 William McCormick, Jan. 29, 1822 Wright Lancaster, Jan. 15, 1823 Wright Lancaster, Jan. 14, 1824

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Pulaski County Georgia School Superintendents and Teachers

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Superintendents A. T. Fountain, 1888-1891 W. A. Jelks, 1892 A. T. Fountain, 1893-1899 R. C. Sanders, 1900-1912 F. B. Asbell, 1912-1916 A. W. Fountain, 1917-1920 A. G. McKinney, 1921-1925 M. W. Harris, 1925-1926 D. R. Pearce, 1926-1935 Teachers Professor Brantley Prof. M. T. Hodge Prof. W. L. Harvard Capt. J. H. Martin M. N. McCall

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Biography of Morgan Thompson

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Prominent among the citizens of Pulaski County is Morgan Thompson. His work in and for Hawkinsville and the county is visible in records of business and civic enterprises to which his time and talents have been devoted. Competent, energetic, reliable and loyal, he has the respect and confidence of all who know him. Mr. Thompson

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Muster Roll of Georgia Militia – District 387

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Muster Roll of Georgia Militia, Pulaski County, Georgia, March 4, 1862 – District 387 S. E. Jones John M. Stokes, first lieutenant M. A. Skipper Alfred Walker Moses Holland James Holland John Holland S. G. Skipper W. P. Roland W. W. Perry Riley Hinsen Jas. L. Overby Chas. P. Trippe R. H. Crimplin Bright Butler

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The One-Day School

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About seventy-five years ago, two young men, John Polhill and Dick Carruthers, who had just finished high school, were elected co-principals of the Hawkinsville Academy. The school opened auspiciously with quite a number of students. The school building consisted of only one large room. John occupied a seat at one end of the room and

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