Pulaski County GA

Biography of Augustus A. Smith, Dr.

Dr. Augustus A. Smith, son of Columbus and Annie McEachin Smith, was born in Telfair County, Georgia, July 15, 1846. At the age of fifteen, a few months before the close of the War Between the States, he enlisted in the Confderate Army, serving until the close of the war. In 1875 Dr. Smith was graduated with first honor from the Savannah Medical College, Savannah, Georgia, and served an interneship at the Savannah Hospital. In 1876 he moved to Hawkinsville, where he practiced medicine until the time of his death, November 26, 1925. He married Elizabeth Hodge of Henderson, Houston … Read more

History of Adriel Primitive Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Georgia

Before writing anything concerning Adriel Church we will first tell the reason it came into existence. Mount Horeb Church was established October 15, 1809, by some of the earliest Baptist settlers of Pulaski County. It was on February 14, 1844, that Brother Joe Burkhalter nailed and locked up the doors of historic old Mount Horeb Church to prevent the entrance of the members of that church who adopted missionary sentiments. Mount Horeb was then located near the present site of Centenary Methodist Church. Mr. Burkhalter was perhaps a deacon of Mount Horeb. He feared the religious innovations of the times … Read more

Muster Roll of Georgia Militia – District 364

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 T. M. Stewart W. W. Harrell Lovet Holt Gabe Singletary S. B. Rutherford Thos. Singleterry F. T. Flanders W. P. Dillard N. N. Harrell Edmond Cooday Alex Sapp J. L. Lamkin J. L. Graham

Pulaski County, Georgia Surveyors 1809 – 1930

Surveyors of Pulaski County, Georgia from 1809-1930 John Bush, May 4, 1809 Thomas Johnson, Nov. 2, 1809 Daniel Cornwell, Oct. 29, 1811 Josiah Everett, Jan. 9, 1816 Josiah Everett, Jan. 13, 1818 Josiah Everett, Jan. 11, 1820 Josiah Everett, Jan. 29, 1822 John W. Wynn, Jan. 15, 1823 Joel Walker, Jan. 14, 1824 Edward Banker, Jan. 17, 1826 Benjamin H. Sturges, Jan. 11, 1832-Jan. 14, 1834 William Haskins, Jan. 14, 1834-Jan. 16, 1835 John S. Wilson, Jan. 16, 1835-Jan. 16, 1836 John J. Hamilton, Jan. 20, 1842 Daniel Mathews, Jan. 8, 1844 John Turnbull, Jan. 25, 1845 John W. Barkwell, … Read more

History of Antioch Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Georgia

Antioch Baptist Church was organized August 10, 1893. Rev. R. Bullington preached the organization sermon. The group entered into a conference and elected A. C. Fulghum clerk. The charter members were: Sarah Foster, W. J. Pirkle and wife, J. T. Stephens, Catherine Stephens, J. L. Stephens and wife, B. F. Bracewell, H. D. Vaughn, A. C. Fulghum and wife. Fellowship was the name given the church. After a few years some became dissatisfied with the name and it was changed to Antioch. The services were held under an arbor for three or four years before a house was erected. In … Read more

Biography of Andrew Cabero

Perhaps nothing has meant more to the present business and civic life of Hawkinsville than the “Invasion of the Greeks,” more appropriately termed, the arrival of the Cabero brothers. Before that time Greeks had occasionally entered the field of business in Hawkinsville only to remain a short while and pass on, soon to be numbered among the forgotten. When the Cabero brothers, Nicholas, Leonidas, and Andrew, arrived, although small boys when they left their native country, they seemed destined to cast their lot in Hawkinsville, soon to become staunch, reliable and substantial citizens. They are now numbered among the leading … Read more

Biography of Thomas E. Lovejoy

Among the historic landmarks that took rank and prominence in the days of “Georgia’s Aristocratic Knighthood” was “Old Spalding,” in Macon County, Georgia, and it was here that Thomas E. Lovejoy, the eldest son of the late P. H. and Henrietta Lovejoy, was born, sixty years ago. Graduating in the schools of Hawkinsville, he later finished his business course in Poughkeepsie, New York. He began his career in the grocery business with T. R. Wilcox, under the firm name of Wilcox & Lovejoy, in Hawkinsville. Very soon he became assistant cashier of the Planters Bank of this city, continuing in … Read more

Biography of Miles Bembry

Miles Bembry, son of William and Marina Bembry, was born in North Carolina, January 24, 1826, and died in Pulaski County, April 1, 1888. His grandfather, John Bembry, an English shipmaster, placed his sons at Edenton, North Carolina, at the death of their mother, Annie Bryan, from Ireland, where, after retirement from sea service, he joined them and settled, later moving to Florida and then to Georgia. Miles showed his pluck and determination when, at age fifteen, he assumed control of the remains of his father’s estate, most of which had been lost by mismanagement, and, with his mother’s help, … Read more

Biography of Duncan Thomas Daniels

Few men held the respect and esteem of their fellow citizens more than Duncan Thomas Daniels, and his passing brought sorrow, not only to his family and closest friends, but also to the entire community in which he lived. Mr. Daniels was born March 29, 1861. He was the youngest son of Duncan S. and Kizzie Gregory Daniels. Duncan Daniels was one of the pioneer settlers and developers of what is now a part of Pulaski and Dodge Counties. His holdings at one time prior to his death amounted to several thousand acres of land. This perseverance and ability to … Read more

Biography of Ellouisa Winifred Martin

Among the names of women who have worked untiringly for the good of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County, the name of Ellouisa Winifred Martin, known to her thousands of-friends as “Miss Lillie,” stands foremost. With a sincere desire to express admiration and do honor in a small way to this brilliant, self-sacrificing, beloved woman, this sketch is written. She was born August 3, 1871, the daughter of John Henry Martin and Eleanora Wynne Martin, of Liberty County, Georgia, near the historic Midway Church, which settlement her ancestors were instrumental in building. She had twin brothers, Kibbee and Wynne, born August 7, … Read more

Biography of Robert Jenks Taylor

Robert Jenks Taylor was born in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, June 15, 1854. He is eighty-one years old and never looked better yr felt younger in his life, though in recent years he distributed and put in trust more than a million dollars for his loved ones and drew in his sails so his last years would not be harassed by business matters. But he was like the old-time gin horse, turned out to graze: He couldn’t stop. He organized the Taylor Investment Company and kept right on making money. He goes to his office regularly at the Macon Savings … Read more

Biography of Pleasant H. Lovejoy

Pleasant H. Lovejoy, public-spirited, civic leader, prominent public official, and Christian gentleman. There is a sentiment and an inspiration among “the old red hills of Georgia” that “breeds and makes real men,” and in this atmosphere, in the county of Jasper, “Plez” Lovejoy first saw the light of day. Filled with energy and courage, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a 16-year-old boy. Beginning life during the days of Southern reconstruction, facing the struggle and deprivations that fell on every one, he took his stand in the forefront of the battle for existence and, aided by sacrifice, effort and … Read more

The Natural History of Ocmulgee Bottoms

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Ocmulgee Bottoms is a corridor of the Ocmulgee River Flood Plain in the central region of the State of Georgia that begins at the Fall Line in Macon, GA and continues 38 miles southward to near Hawkinsville, GA. This region is located in Bibb, Twiggs, Houston, Bleckley and Pulaski Counties. The Ocmulgee River’s velocity slows dramatically upon entering the Bottoms and has a serpentine channel. Over the eons, the river here has meandered frequently across the breath of the flood plain, leaving hundreds of ponds and swamps, plus a deep layer of rich, alluvial soil. On top of the alluvial soil is from one to ten feet or red clay that was deposited during the period when cotton was cultivated in the Piedmont, upstream.

Biography of J. J. Harvard

Jerry Jordan Harvard, the son of H. M. and Jane Harvard, was born at Snow Spring in Dooly County, Georgia, in 1859. In 1.883 he was married to Sallie Bell Eubanks, to which union were born three sons and one daughter, who died in infancy. His sons were John B. Harvard, who married Daisy Fountain, both of whom died in 1917, leaving two sons, John B. and Fountain, who were reared by their grandparents; and H. L. Harvard, deceased, who married Mae Le Claire. His only surviving child is J. J. Harvard, Jr., who married Emmie Mason, and to this … Read more

Biography of Eugene Anderson

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 Anderson, decided that schooling advantages were too poor at Houston Factory, and their children should get a better showing in life. Mr. Anderson had gone to the Factory from Hayneville to look after the office work of the big enterprise that Joseph Tooke had developed … Read more

Company H, 10th Confederate Cavalry

Roster of officers who served in Company H, 10th Confederate Cavalry. These men were primarily from Pulaski County, GA. G. R. Coley, captain James R. Coley, first lieutenant, promoted to captain J. M. Thomas, second lieutenant, promoted to first lieutenant James E. Boothe, second lieutenant James M. Manning, second lieutenant Q. L. Harvard, second lieutenant L. F. Collier, second lieutenant

Biography of Anton Schneider

Anton Schneider, a respected citizen of Hawkinsville, was a native of Prussia, born October 1, 1825. In youth he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker and four years were consumed in learning the trade. In that country it was necessary that a mechanic should travel throughout the provinces before he became a master mechanic. He traveled through Germany. When war broke out in Baden he joined the forces of the revolutionists known as the forty-niners. After the defeat of his party, they were exiled from Germany. Mr. Schneider was given passage from Barma in Switzerland of Havre de Grace to New … Read more

Biography of John Daniel DuPree

The DuPree family settled nine miles southwest of Hawkinsville, in what later became DuPree’s Militia District of Pulaski County, in the early 1800’s, and some of- their descendants have lived there continually since. John Daniel DuPree is a direct descendant of Jeremiah DuPree, born in 1754, in Brunswick County, Virginia. Early in life Jeremiah moved to Greensville County, Virginia, from which place he volunteered for the Revolution in 1777, and was appointed ensign. In the Battle of Guilford he received a severe wound which disabled him for three months. He later re-entered the service, was in the expedition to Yorktown … Read more

Pulaski County, Georgia Marriages to the year 1930

Pulaski County Georgia Marriage Records through 1930. A Surnames Abney, Bailey A., to Caroline S. Bolinger, Aug. 28,1845. By David Roberts, M. G. Abney, B. F., to Pit Faucett, Jan. 20, 1907. By W. B. Richardson, J. P. Abney, Henry I., to Mamie Floyd, March 17, 1901. By R. C. Sanders, M. G. Abney, James S., to Mattie Jones, Dec. 27, 1896. By T. J. Meadows, J. P. Abney, J. F., to S. C. Crumpler, Aug. 20, 1899. By T. J. Meadows, J. P. Abney, John F., to Dollie Coley, Dec. 24, 1880. By E. H. Godwin, M. G. Abney, … Read more

Pulaski County, Georgia Land Lottery Register

In 1802 Georgia ceded to the US all the land between the Chattahoochee and the Mississippi River, in return for a promise from the US to remove all Indians from Georgia’s reserve territory. “By purchase if possible; by pressure if necessary.” By an act of the Legislature in the year 1803, the new Purchase of lands from the Indians west of the Oconee River was distributed under the first Land Lottery system. Under it the public lands as they were from time to time freed from Indian occupancy, were at public cost surveyed into small lots of uniform size and … Read more