Ware County GA

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Ware County, Georgia

J H Strickland 3/3/1847 – 1/28/1931 Nancy Strickland Wife of J H Strickland 10/21/1841 – 12/23/1917 Ambrose Woodard 7/14/1829 -12/2/1895 Ardelia Woodard 11/28/1829 – 11/11/1907 B A Godwin 9/15/1850 – 12/9/1923 Susanna Godwin Died 1897 – age 104 years Lawrence Anthony 12/8/1818 – 9/7/1878 Sarah Ann Anthony Wife of Lawrence Anthony 2/17/1818 – 7/6/1897 Lewis J Henderson 4/15/1828 – 11/21/1868 Bettie E Henderson Wife of J D Henderson Died age 43 J F Hendrix 8/3/1818 -11/13/1907 Harriet E Hendrix Wife of J F Hendrix 3/12/1818 – 3/14/1891 Taylor Hendrix 3/25/1849 – 7/5/1925 Martha Elizabeth Summerlin 9/4/1851 – 3/27/1923 Jacob Summerlin … Read more

History of Clinch County, Georgia

History of Clinch County, Georgia

History of Clinch County, Georgia, revised to date, giving the early history of the county down to the present time (1916): also complete lists of county officers, together with minor officers and also sketches of county officers’ lives; with chapters on the histories of old families of Clinch County; also other information as is historical in its nature, comp. and ed. by Folks Huxford

Slave Narrative of Young Winston Davis

Interviewer: Rachel DavisPerson Interviewed: Young Winston DavisLocation: Jacksonville, FloridaAge: 62Occupation: Preacher Young Winston Davis states that he was born in Ozark, Alabama, June 28, 1855 on the plantation of Charles Davis who owned about seven hundred slaves and was considered very wealthy. Kindness and consideration for his slaves, made them love him. Reverend Davis was rather young during his years in slavery but when he was asked to tell something about the days of slavery, replied: “I remember many things about slavery, but know they will not come to me now; anyway, I’ll tell what I can think of.” He … Read more