The Coweta Courier THIS QUARTERLY CONTAINS GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE COUNTY OF COWETA IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA VOLUME 35, Number 1 Spring 2016 Coweta County Genealogical Society, Inc. Research Library Grantville, GA Coweta Co. Genealogical Society Officers for 2016 President: Monica Haynes Vice President: Blake Adcock Editor: Debbie Mapp Asst. Editor: Helen Camp and Anyone who contributes to the quarterly Treasurer: Blake Adcock Recording Secretary: Helen Camp Correspondence Secretary: Helen Camp If you need to contact the library for any reason, Budget & Finance: The Board you may call the volunteers who are at the library Publications: Debbie Mapp on the following days between 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.: Publicity: Dianne Webb Membership: Monica Haynes Wednesday Helen 770-362-9776 At-large Members: Jackie Lambert Thursday Tom Mike Webb Friday Monica 770-315-1971 Artie Storey 1st & 4th Saturday Blake 770-550-2013 Danny Spivey 2nd 3rd 5th Saturday Dianne 678-521-2974 Committee chair: Historian/Archivist: Ruby Johnston Mailing Labels/Mailing: Monica Haynes/Helen Camp *************************************************************************** The CCGS official web site is: www.ccgsinc.org Read our BLOG page ccgsnewga.blogspot.com for latest info about CCGS Membership is offered to all who are dedicated to preserving historical and genealogical records and to anyone who is interested in researching their history. Member’s interests are NOT restricted to Coweta County history and ancestry. Annual Dues: Single $20.00 Family $25.00 Associate Member/ Civic Groups $30.00 All memberships are accepted on an annual year basis only, January 1st – December 31st. Membership is retroactive, so that no matter what time of year you join, you will receive all quarterlies. Mail your name, mailing address, phone # and email address along with the names and localities of families you are researching, and your dues to : Coweta County Genealogical Society P. O. Box 1014 Newnan, GA 30264 The Coweta Courier Members of the CCGS receive four (4) issues of THE COWETA COURIER, published in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter during the current membership year. Primarily contents of our magazine include church and courthouse records, family and Bible records, newspaper abstracts, miscellaneous genealogical information and unlimited queries. NO contents of “The Coweta Courier” may be reproduced without the express written consent of the CCGS. Disclaimer: The articles contained in the ”COURIER” are reprinted, with permission, from volunteer sources and intended solely for the use and enjoyment of members of the CCGS and as such the CCGS is not responsible for any inaccuracies or copyright infringements. The CCGS and Historical Research Library is located at 8 Carmichael Street, Newnan, GA 30263. The library is opened on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm. THE COWETA COURIER VOLUME: 35 Number 1 ISSN: 1882-3638_____ Spring 2016 CONTENTS OFFICERS/Information about Society ..................................................................................................... Front Inside Cover INFORMATION PAGE - WELCOME NEW MEMBERS – FROM THE EDITOR.......................................................... 2 MARK YOUR CALENDAR – NOTICE – IN MEMORIAM OF RONALD ALLEN WILBUR, JR. ................................ 3 NEW AT THE LIBRARY ............................................................................................................................................... 4, 24 BIRTHS IN COWETA COUNTY ........................................................................................................................................ 5 DEATHS IN COWETA COUNTY ....................................................................................................................................... 6 IN MEMORIAM – LEN CLARK CROWDER .................................................................................................................... 8 THE NEWNAN HERALD – ITEMS OF GENEALOGICAL INTEREST .......................................................................... 9 COWETA COUNTY, GA WILL (TESTATOR) LIST, 1828-1924 Will Book C .............................................................. 12 TRANSCRIPTION of Coweta County Deed Book A, pages 393-400 ................................................................................ 15 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ........................................................................................................................................ 17 PUBLICATIONS LIST ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 WANTED – PHOTORAPH OF RICHARD HUGH CARMICHAEL ............................................................................... 19 SURNAME INDEX..................................This Volume ONLY ......................................................................................... 20 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................. Inside Back Cover GRANTVILLE GLEANINGS ........................................................................................................................... Back Cover EDITOR: Debbie Meade Mapp ASSISTANT: Anybody who gives me anything to put in the quarterly PRINTER: PrintSource 233-A Jefferson St. Newnan, GA 770-251-3782 [email protected] Transcriptions from this volume, unless otherwise noted, are INDEXED 1 INFORMATION PAGE HOURS OF OPERATION…….. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. ****Evenings by appointment or IF YOU PLAN TO BE HERE FROM OUT OF TOWN, IF YOU WILL EMAIL BEFORE YOU COME or call Helen at 770-253-9530, WE CAN TRY TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO OPEN DAYS WE ARE NOT USUALLY OPEN. (It all depends on the availability of our volunteers.) ****Contact us at: [email protected] The library closes on days of severe weather. The library is always in need of VOLUNTEERS for any days of operation. Would you consider volunteering? We would like to be opened more days, but until we get more volunteers, we can’t do so. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS June Bowers – Senoia, GA Linda Leavitt – Mesa, AZ Russell & Sherry Spence – Newnan, GA Michael Christie – Sharpsburg, GA Bama Lee – Fayetteville, GA Maria Thompson – Sharpsburg, GA Joanne Edwards – Heflin, GA Jon McCullum – Newnan, GA Michelle Hardin – Newnan, GA Carol Morgan – Sharpsburg, GA Lyn Hindsman – Lynn Haven, FL David & Linda Shelby – Senoia, GA A Note From The Editor CORRECTION: In the Fall 2015 Vol. 34 #3 issue: page 15 (testator in 1867 Coweta County Will Book B, page 259): shown and indexed as John G. FTY; should be John G. FRY. ~~Debbie~~ 2 MARK YOUR CAlENDAR Our next meeting will be Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at the Genealogy Library at 8 Carmichael Street, Newnan GA, 30263. Our speaker will be Carolyn TURNER, who is a retired Coweta County history teacher, volunteers at the Visitors Center at the Courthouse, and is President of the Brown’s Mill Battlefield Association. She will be presenting a program with a Civil War Traveling Trunk, containing items that depict life as a civilian, life in the hospital, and life as a soldier from the Civil War era. Please make plans to come and join us on the 19th. Refreshments will be served. NOTICE IF YOU RECEIVED A WINTER 2015 QUARTERLY THAT WAS DAMAGED, PLEASE NOTIFY HELEN CAMP AT 770-362-9776 AND WE WILL SEND YOU A REPLACEMENT. In Memoriam Obituary for Ronald Allen Wilbur, Jr. (Brother of CCGS President, Monica Haynes) Ronald Allen WILBUR, Jr., 56 of Newnan, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016. He was born April 18, 1959 in Newark, NJ. He was preceded in death by his father Ronald Allen WILBUR, Sr. He is survived by his mother, Myrtle NEWMAN WILBUR; sisters, Tammy (Don) FULLER, Bonnie WILBUR BARNES and Monica (Chris) HAYNES; brothers, Joey WILBUR and Andy (Kristi) WILBUR; step-daughter, Brandi RAYMOND and numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nieces. Condolences can be expressed online at www.mckoon.com. Funeral services will be Monday, February 1, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home 38 Jackson St. Newnan, GA with Rev. Danny SPENCER officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening between 6:00-8:00 PM at McKoon Funeral Home. McKoon Funeral Home & Crematory (770) 253-4580. 3 NEW AT THE LIBRARY You need to come and visit the library to see new acquisitions. New visitors to our library have been overwhelmed by the extent of our collection History of Jones Creek Baptist Church, Long Co, GA; 1810- Survey of Taylor Co, FL 2000 Cemeteries Colquitt Co, GA Cemetery Listings, Book I The Battle of Pea Ridge, 1862 Colquitt Co, GA Cemetery Listings, Book II The Caughman - Kaufmann Family; Descendants of Jurg (George) Martin, Immigrant from GERMANY to SC, 1752 Colquitt Co, GA Cemetery Listings, Book III The Civil War: An Illustrated History Colquitt Co, GA Cemetery Listings, Book IV The Concise Illustrated History of the Civil War David Williams of St. Marks Parish, SC; Part I The Descendants of William Alderman; 1671-2002, Vol. I Descendants of Jasper C. Deal The Descendants of William Alderman; 1671-2002, Vol. II Descendants of John Alderman. Sr. The Hubbard Family Genealogical Newsletter FL Civil War Trail The Thornton of Appling Co & Beyond Forging Our Families; David & Mary Taylor Thomas Co, GA Marriages; 1826-1925 Forging Our Families; Rutland Thomas co, GA Marriages;