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History of Bartow County, GA www.gagenweb.org Electronic Edition (C) 2005 Chesley B. m. Ida Stephens (dec.) by whom there is one daughterAll rights Reserved. in the county, Lorena Barton. Malvina m. W. T. Bradford, who died in 1932, by whom there were Dela May, Clyde and Mattie (Harris). Lucius m. Sallie Mahan, daughted of David, and their daughter, Orie n. B. B, Branson of Kingston. Lula lives in' Pine Log. Lorena m. Lo G. Darnel1 (dec.), lives in Cartersville, His second wife was Mrs. Jane E. Bell, formerly Jane Uwe, by whom there were Stella, m. J. P. Adair, and Eddie, who died in Tex. His 3rd wife was Margaret McEver. (3) S. Margaret, b. 1829 in DeKalb county, m, in 1846 William Jackson Hicks, of English .descent, a son' of Jefferson Wyatt Hicks and Malinda Phelps, who came to this country in 1836, drew 1000 acres for service in War oP, 1812, fought in the Battle of New Orleans, died in 1841 and is buriet! in the Baker cemetery. W. J. Hicks was a bookkeeper for Etca-ah Iron Company several years, went to Calif. in 1850, in 1860 enlisted in Phillip's Legion, A son of Margaret and W. J. Hicks, James John W., b, 1848, m. in 1869 Sarah C. White, at Hartwell, Ga.; served in Co. "I", 1st Ga. Cav. C. M. S., died in 1898; Lucy H. Rucker, a daughter, lives at Elbertos. Eppe W. (dec.), a son, m, Mattie Wkd and have children in Cartersville. VIRGINIA COLONY: "Little Virginia" was settled on the Chero- kee and Cass county lines by families who came directly from Virginia about 1850. They came at the insistence of David Mahan who had come early and had seen the possibilities for the tobacco grower ,in this section while there was an over-production in Virginia. These Virginians grew tobacco successfully along the Salacoa creek and erected four factories and packing houses until the revenue tax became . sc high there was no profit asd operations ceased. Mr. Taylor was the teacher for the children and the colony had one of the first traveling libraries. The colony consisted of the following families that settled across the Cherokee line: Col, Prichett; Thos, Hutcherson; the Richardson's; George W, Jefferson, Mrs. Edna Tate of Fairmount . is a granddaughter; D. W. Ferguson; the Templetons; David, Calvin, ar?d Joseph Mahan, sons of William Mahan who' came after his sons did. David died June 7, 1906, and is buried in Cassville cemetery. The following settled in Cass: Solomon Fuller; Obadiah Taylor, Jr., and his wife, Jane Riddle, whose daughter, Elizabeth, married Joseph Blahan and Mrs. R. E. Adair, J. B. Mahan, Mrs. Rebecca Upshaw, and Mrs. Ella Wooten' of this county are children; James and Vadin Riddle; Augustus Hubbard;' Capt. John Patton; Dr. Uren who prac- ticed in Pine Log, and Dr. Young who practiced around Salacoa. WIKLE, Jesse Richardson: b. April 13, 1823, near Waynesville, N'. C.; in 1843 moved to Dahlonega, and in 1850 became editor of The Dahlonega Whtchman; was admitted to the bar, but did not practice regularly; in 1845, he was married to Mary Hooper, daughter of Mat- thew Hooper of Franklin county and a descendant of the Hoopers She Visit us - http://www.gagenweb.org www.gagenweb.org Electronic Edition (C) 2005 All rights Reserved. rere conspicuous during the Revolution; in 1819, while a resident oi Cherokee county, he was elected a delegate to the convention on the zdmission of California as a state, representing the Union ticket; came to Cartersville in 1851, where he en-~ed in mercantile business, served as postmaster, and from 1854 was agent of the W. & A. railroad cgtil in 1860, he moved to Cassville and became the editor of The Cassville Standard and was a supporter of Douglas and Johnson. In June, 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, he entered the Con- federate army as a member of the 18th Ga. Regt., with the rank of captain; after the close of the Tar, he moved to his farm near Car- tersville, and was elected judge of the inferior ccurt; in 1865, he was elected to the convention to revise the constitution of the State and was made chairman of one of the committees; he was postmaster at Cartersville from 1870 to 1885, when he resigned; when the First National Bank was established, he was its first president, and con- timed in that capacity until a short time before his death on Nov. 14, 1908, at his home on ErWin street; buried in the city cemetery. The children of Jesse R. and Mary Wible were: (1) John Henry, b. July 24, 1847, in Dahlonega., d. May 10, 1930, attended Cherokee Baptist College at Cassville; at the age of 16 appointed enrollment officer, then enlisted in 1864, Co. I, Ga. Cav.; in 1865, read law and was admitte3 to the bar in September 1866, and became a law partner of Gen. W. 'I.Wofford, and was associated with him as receiver of the Mabanin Great Southern railroad; he was for a while editor of The Cartersville Standard; county commissioner for 10 years, mayor of Cartersville for three successive terms; author of city charter sf 1906; rote a number of charters for the city; was president of the Building and Loan Association, a I(, of P., Methodist; in 1869 married Virginia Sbepherd, daughter of John W. Shepherd, by whom he had two daughters: Mary Lou and Jessie* Mary Lou married Chas. M. Milam, and died in 1908, leaving one son, John W. Milam. (2) 1-atius Few, lived for a time in Cartersville, was for many yezrs ir? the ?J. S. railway mail service (dec.). (3) William Hooper, merchant in Carters- ville (dec.). (4) Jesse Lane, physician and a prominent citizen of Anniston, Ala. (5) Charles Adams, druggist in Atlanta and Mariettz. (dec.). (6) Douglas, lawyer and practiced in Nashville, Tenn., for several terms a member of the house and senate of Tennessee, and for ten years judge of the 17th judicial circuit of Tenn., Methodist. (7) Mary, prominent in home and foreign missions (dec.). John L., brother of Jesse R., merchant and farmer, served several terms as magistratd (dec.). W. S. D. Wikle, brother of Jesse R., assisted him in his newspaper work, and was afterwards engaged in the manufac- ture of printer's rollers in Atlanta (dec.). WOFFORD: Two brothers came from the county of Cumberland in England and settled in Pennsylvania near the Maryland line*. One *From the genealogy of the Wofford family of South Carolina. 102 Visit us - http://www.gagenweb.org www.gagenweb.org Electronic Edition (C) 2005 of these brothers, Absolom, was the father of five brothersAll rights who Reserved. set- tled in Spartanburg district, S. C., before the Revolution in which each one served. Col. William Wofford, b. Oct, 25, 1728, one of the fi~-esons, founded the iron works in the Spartanburg district and was the progenitor of the Woffords in that state and Georgia. He later came to Habersham county. His son, Nathaniel Wofford, along with some relatives, came to Cass county from Habersham in 1833 and settled in the 5th district %here they had drawn lots for their father's Revolutionary service, settling at what is yet known as Wofford's Cross Roads. Nathaniel Wofford was justice of the inferior ccurt of Cass in 1833-34. Re married Lydia Hopper and their children identified with the county were: (1) John, b. Oct. 23, 1808, d. Apr. 13, 1895, was a veteran of the Seminole War in' which he was commis- sioned to ride with important dispatches to Washington on horse- back, receiving for this service $500 in gold; served in the Mexican znd Civil Wars; buried in Florida; married Rebecca Cochran by whom the following children are identified with this county: (a) John, m. Texanna Burge, daughter of W. T. Burge of this county and their children are identified with Miami, Fla. (b) James C., b. Mar. 10, 18-10, d. Dec. 30, 1913, served as depot agent 45 years in Cartersville, served as mayor of the city several terms and on board of education. Ife served duration of the Civil. War, surrendering in' Kingston in 1865, seeing active service in the maneuvers from Missionary Ridge to Atlanta. He was known as "Chuck"; married Henrietta Satter- field, daughter of John and Mary Satteffield, by whom there were: Marilu m. Paul Wreath; Beck m. Robert Donahoo of this county and zre now living 'in Miami, Fla.; James H. m. Florence Stephens by myhorn there are J. H. Jr., Sadie (Powell) and Keith; Eva (dec.) m. W. T. McLeod by whom there was a daughter; Annie; Bruce; Lois (dec.) m. F. A. Shouse; Nora. All of Cartersville. The other children of John and Rebecca Cochran are identified with Florida. (2) James rn. the 2nd time Camilla Miller. He was sheriff of the county in 1836, in the house of representatives from Cass in 1843-43, clerk of the superior court, 1856-58. One son, James, was killed in' Confederate service. (3) Thomas J., b. June 6, 1812, d. 1904, m. Martha Wofford, b. hTov. 25, 1812, d. Sept, 25, 1884, sister of Gen. Wofford, represented Cass in 1859-60. Hiis family is identified with Gadsden, Ala. (4) William B., speaker of the house of representatives is identified with Ilabersham county history. His sons in this county were: Ab P. Wofford, practiced law in Cartersville, m. Lula, daughter of Judge Parrott and their six children are identified with Texas; Ben m, Sally Purr, a sister of Mrs. Thomas Leake, and lived in this county; John W.,was admitted to the Cartersville bar in March, 1866, represented the county in the senate in 1874-5, later became judge of the criminal court of Kansas City, where he is identified; M'asy m,.
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