GORDON COUNTY MARRIAGES - USGenNet COUNTY MARRIAGES Sept. 18-Wm. F. Kay to Victoria Keel, M. M....

GORDON COUNTY MARRIAGES

Sept. 18-Wm. F. Kay to Victoria Keel, M. M. Dillard, J. P. Oct. 7-Edward W. Greeson to Rebecca Nations, T. D. Holcomb, M. G.

1881 March 13-Dennis Browning to Fannie Hedrick, J. L. Camp, N. P.,

J. P. March 5-Jas. R. Parsons to Ollie Buckner, L. D. Wyatt, M. G. March 10-Jno. B. Gilbert to Laura Dillard, Z. F. Wilson, J. P, March 13-James M. Smith to Margaret Bray, T. J. Simmons, M. G. March 13-5. R. Frix to Emma Haley, T. J. Simmons, M. G. March 31-Jno. A. Padgett to Caroline M. Evans, Z. T. Wilson, J. P. April 3-S. H. Childs to Mattie A. Eaker, 0. Parrott, M. G. April 13-James B. Lay to Bettie Hall, J. A. Johnson, M. G. May l-Joseph Clark to R. Varner, W. J. McDaniel, N. P., J. P. May Il-H. V. Green to Mary M. Gentry, J. D. Harris, M. G. May 27-P. C. Frasier to Ellen Green, W. N. N. Curtis, M. G. June 5-W. F. M. Lindsey to Cornelia Keys, J. L. Camp, N. P., J. P. June 16-W. H. Brewer to Mollie M. Goode, T. J. Simmons, M. G. July 14- Joseph Burns to Sophie Underwood, J. D. Tinsley, N. I?., J. P. July 21-Jas. Anderson to M. C. Bryant, R. W. =ay, J. P. Jan. &Noah Wike to Mollie Harris, J. A. Johnson, M. G. Jan. 6-W. J. * ~ a ~ e s to F. C. Mann, C. L. King, J. P. Jan. 23-James Camp to Cynthia Craig, J. C. Fain, J. S. C. C. C. Jan. 27-L. W. McAfee to Jane McAfee, W.' M. Smith, J. P. Jan. 30-J. B. Knox to Sallie B. Wooten, W. M. Smith, J. P. Feb. 9-Wilson L. Hines to Elizabeth Wilson, J. B. Hillhouse, M. G. Feb. 20-Robert Bird to Mary Fickett, I. A. Wyatt. Jan. 31-George Burke to Mary Dean, W. J. McDaniel, N. P., 3. P. Jan. 6-J. H. Baggs to Mary M. Cox, W. J. McDaniel, N. P., J. P. March 6-Granville H. Lay to Sallie Hall, J. A. Johnson, M. G. Feb. 20-Wm. F. Lay to Fannie Hall, J. A. Johnson, M. G. Feb. 17-Henry M. Owens t o Rebecca E. Massingale, S. W. Adam,

J. P. March 6-J. W. Warren to Laura A. Dillard, J. A. Johnson, M. G. March 13-William Miller to M. A. Moore, M. M. Scott, J. P. March 13-Nathan Gordon to Sarah Crim, B. R. Bray, M. G. Feb. 23-Wm. Greeson to Mahala Suggs, J. M. McBrayer, M. G. July 21-W. H. Lanham to M. E. Pelfrey, M. M. Scott, J. P. .July 21-J. E. Chapman to Marbha Arnold, Z. F. Wilson, J. P. July 24---W, J. Haley to E. R. Howell, T. J. ~Simmons, M. G. .July 27-B. E. Morris to M. E. Nelms, W. J. McDaniel, N. P., J. P. July 28-Jno. H. Norrell to V. J. Malone, W. M. Bridges, M. G. July 28-5. J. Corbin to M. J. Nix, J. S. Harkins, M. G. Dec. 4-William Gollins to Nora Blalock, Burton Bradley, M. G. July 31-W. L. Blankenship to Cynthia Hulsey, J. L. Camp, M. P., J. P. Aug. 14-Jas. A. King to Elizabeth A. Harris, W. N. N. Curtis, M. G. Aug. 28-Thos. J. Vaughn to Nancy Jane Collins, Burton Bradley,

M. G. Sept. l-A. F. Coster to Georgia Ann Fuller, J. A. Mims, M. G. Sept. 4-George L. Fite to Victoria H. Montgomery, P. H. Fite, J. P. Sept. 4-W. A. Gunn to Laura Vick, M. M. Scott, J. P.

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Sept. 8-Jno. W. Brogdon to Martha- R. Evans, Daniel Taylor, N; P., J. P.

Sept. 12-J. R. Wilson to Louisa J. George, V. H, Haynes, N. P., J. P. Oct. 2-C. W. Watson to H. S. Williams, Jno. A. Bradley, M. G. Sept. 2 L A . F. Southern to Edna Hendricks, M. M. Scott, J. P. -

Sept. 2LCharleston Roberts to Delia Hilley, W. S. Johnson, Me G. Sept. 19-J. R. Hilley to Eliza Jane Roberts, J. A. Johnson, M. G, Gept. 18-W. A. wdody to Amanda Lewis, R. W. Kay, J. P. Sepr. 18-C. W. Presley to Martha McCarson, R. W. Kay, J. P. Oct. 3-W. Hart Cameron to Mellie E. MeDaniel, A. S. Tatum, M. G. Oct. 6-J. 0. Hubbard to Corrie Wikle, L. S. Ivy, M. G. Oct. 13-Frank Wilson to Martha Barnes, W. A. Nix, M. G. Oct. 13-Daniel Ramsaur to Nora Barnes, W. A. Nix, M. G. Oct. 16--Joseph H. Ray to Fannie D. Wilson, T. J. Simmons, M. G. Oct. 19-W. B. Stanton to Arrie E. Johnson, J. B. Hillhouse, M. G, Oct. 22-John Muse to Nancy Wheat, J. A. Johnson, M. G. Nov. 6-Jno. F. Kiker to Eliza M. Gillespie, R. W. Kay, J. P. Oct. 6--4. G. Beason to Emma Bozeman, W. A. Nix, M. G. Nov. 6-Irving Hopkins to Mary Adams, Hosea M. Camp, J. P. Nov. 12-A. M. McCollum to Vento McCool, J. S. Harkins, M. G. Nov. 24-Jas. M. Chapman to Malinda Horton, 2. T. Wilson, J. P. Nov. 20-John Watkins to Harriet Douglass, J. D. ~ ins l&y, N. P., J. P, Nov. 29-J. S. Killian to Lou J. White, J. W. L. Smith, M. G. Nov. 27-Wm. C. Teague to Elizabeth Stone, R. M. Pittman, N. P, Dec. 4-W. F. McCarson to Mary A. L. Green, William stone, M. G, Dec. 15-J. B. Deal to C. V. Smith, J. D. Huckabee, M. G. Dec, ll-J. M. Poarch to G. V. Wilson, J. D. Huckabee, M. G. Dec; 18-H. L. Legg to C. M. Mooney, William Stone, M. G. Dec. 18-E. A. iStone to Lizzie Brewer, Joaib Lewis, N. P., J. P, Dec. 1 S F . M. Bolding to Adaline J. Hill, W. A. Nix, M. G. Dec. 14-J. B. Crawford to Della Griffin, Chas. E. Wright, M. G. Dec. 20-Joel Farrar to Nannie 8tansbury, V. H. Hlaynes, N. P,, J. P, Dec. 18-J. R. Neal to Nannie Hughey, T. J. Simmons, M. G. Dee. 28-Benjamin N. King to Laura C. King, J. B. Hillhouse, M. G, Dec. 22-W. F. Felker to N. V. Parrott, B. E. L. Timmons, M. G. Dec. 25--D. C. Trimmier to E. L. Morgan, I. M. Fite, N. P., J. P. Dec. 2 k W . A. Lyons to Pennie Miller, V. H. Haynes, N. P., J. P. Dec, 27-John F. Ford to Alice 5. Abbott, W. C. Luther, M. G. Dec. 29-S. A. D. Stone to D. A. Kay, William Stone, M. G. Dec. 29--B. W. Floyd to Harriet Nesbitt, A. H. Miles, M. G. . .


Chapter V GORDON COUNTY IN THE

WORLD WAR

When, in 1917, the United States decided to cast her lot with the allied armies, Gordon County, with patriotio loyalty, accepted readily her proportional share of service. The names of 1,917 of her sons are listed on the official register as eligible for World War duty. Some of these embryo soldiers, perforce, got no nearer the battle area than American training camps; others went overseas, where, whether on the firing line or stationed in the trenches; as officers or privates, they pursued their tasks always with stout hearts and faces toward the foe.

Some of them received especial honors for outstanding achievements. Judson T. Campbell, of Calhoun, won a Victory medal with five clasps, indicating service in the Champagne-Marne, Aisne Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse- Argonne operations, and in the defensive sector of the first army area when not in battle.

H. Buren Watts, of Calhoun, was wounded more se- riously than any other Gordon County survivor of the World War. He was awarded the French Croix du Guerre for distinctive courage and the Good Service medal as a member of the United States Marines.

George W. Skelly, of Calhoun, was cited for bravery, as follows :

General Orders, No. 12, Headquarters 328th Infantry, American E. F., France. April, 1, 1919.

1. The following named man of the 328th Infantry is hereby hon- orably mentioned in regimental orders. He performed fully and prop- erly his duties as a soldier in the hard fighting of the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He is a credit to his organization and country.

Sergeant George W. Skelly, Sanitary Detachment, 328th Infantry, remained on duty continuously on the Toule and Point-A-Mousse



Fronts. He visited the different battalion stations and kept them well supplied lwith the necessities for the relief of sick and wounded.

During the St. Mihiel offensive, he personally went after ambu- lances, often under heavy shell fire, and directed them to places almost impossible to reach for the evacuation of the wounded. During the Meuse-Argonne offensive he remained continuously a t the most advanced aid stations at Sommerance from October 14 to 31, 1918,. where he displayed great courage and bravery and disregard of personal danger, also, extreme devotion to his duties in administering to the wounded under shell fire. Though exhausted, he refused to be re- lieved through the entire operation.

2. The commanding officer takes pride in announcing this fine example of courage and self sacrifice.

By order of Colonel Merrill. H. K. MERRITT,

Captain 328th Infantry, Adjutant.

WORLD WAR VETERANS FROM CORDON COUNTY Acree, John P. Adkisson, Harry Verge1 Addington, John H. Allen, McFerrin C. Allen, Thomas J. Allen, William 0. (lin) Anderson, Dock W. Arpold, Walter D. Armstrong, William (colored) Arnold, Nimley Wesley Ashworth, Earl B. Ashworth, George T. Baer, John G. Bagwell, Charlie B. Bagwell, Tom M. Bailey, Charlie H. Baker, Roy Ballew, Carter T. Barnes, Lawrence Granby Owen Barnett, Henry T. Barrett, Willie C. Barron, Joseph D. Barron, Robert 0. Barron, Ulysses B, Barton, Ernest W. Barton, Olin R. Bates, Bill R. Bates, Wain Baxter, James B. . Beason, Samuel E. Beaver, Ernest J. Bell, Wayne B.

Bell, William M. Bennett, Joseph 0. Bell, Lewis A. Blackstock, Charles B. Blankenship, Carl Bascum Blankenship, Howard L. Boaz, Alfred (col.) Bohannon, David P. Bohannon, Joseph C. Bolden, Lot Bolden, Lucius Boman, Arthur Dewitt Boswell, Clem B. Bowen, Ambers W. Bowman, John A. Bowman, Paul B. Bozeman, Sherman M. Brackett, Omar S. Bradford, Frank H. Bramlett, Thomas P. Bramlett, Walter J. Rranon, William E. Branch, Isaac W. Bright, Ester Paul Brooks, William R. Brookshire, Walter Broome, *Marion E. Brown, Andrew D. Brown, Reuben P. Brownlee, Carlton H. Brownlee, Lawrence C. Bruce, Will (col.)


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Bryant, Ezra M. Bryant, Harley 0. iBurchett, John A. ,Burns, John C. Butler, Robert RW (col.) Byrd, Phillip L. Cagle, Arthur L. Calbeck, Sidney Campbell, Harry A. Campbell, John H. Campbell, Judson T. Caruthers, John P. (col.) Casey, Robert F. Casey, Silas W. Casey, Thomas L. Causby, Carl Thurman Chambers, William Arthur Champion, John S. Champion, William E. Chastain, Robert B. Choice, Jesse (col.) Clark, Alfred G. Clark, Claud Clark, James Hearlie Clark, James C. Clark, Thomas C. Clark, Thomas R. Clark, William Edward Clements, Charlie E. Cochran, Oliver C. Cochran, Paul G. Coggins, James L. Coker, Lucius L. Coley, James Collins, Emory C. Conley, Paul (col.) Conley, William H. Cook, Clifford H. Cook, Jesse J. Cornelison, Roscoe Cox, John Henry Craig, John William Craig, Robert B. Crook, Jesse C. @rump, John L. Crutchfield, Haywood B. Culpepper, Joe, Jr. Dacus, John H. Dacua, Perrin D. Dacus, Robert F. Davis, Vester ( col. )

Davis, Benjamin L. Davis, Bunyan D. Day, John (col.) Dellinger, Daniel H. Dellinger, Oscar D. Denkins, Wesley D. (col.) Dew, Rankin (col.) Dobson, Ben H. Dobson, Starrett W. Dobbs, Frank Dobbs, Roy K. Dodd, Horace C. Dodd, Lloyd G. Dorroh, Ralph Fuller Dorsey, David L. Dorsey, Robert E. Dowdle, John W. Douglas, Louie P. Durham, Frank L. Durham, Grady H. Durham, Judson C. Dutton, Frank Edge, John D. Edge, Roy W. Edwards, Lee Edwards, William A. Ellis, Lovic L. Ellis, Robert P. Elrod, Clifford C. Elrod, Pierce G. Erwin, James C. Evans, Ben Everett, Grady H. Everett, Luther Q. Everett, Ray C. a

Everett, Tom 'W. Fain, Julian R. Fain, Perry E. Faling, Charlie (coI. ) Fletcher, Robert W. Floyd, Horace Folds, Randolph ( c01. ) Fowler, Inous W. Fowler, Lawson D. Fowler, Lee E. Fox, Vernon C. Franklin, Alex Franklin, Bernard Frazier, Lon (col.) Freeman, Mark M. Freeman, Starrett S.


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Frix, Bernard Fuller, David H. Fuller, John R. Gable, Jack Gaddis, John J. Gallman, Dennis J. Garlington, Clarence (col.) Garlington, Robert Garlington, Sam ( col. ) Gilstrap, Wiley M. Goble, Thomas (col.) Godfrey, Harrison C. Gordon, John Harrison, Jr. Gordon, Mike O'NeiI1 Gordon, Rob C. Graham, Milton C. Green, Elbony E. Green, Lee Roy Green, Thomas A. Greene, William M. Greeaon, William F. Griffin, Charlie L. Guess, John S. Guess, Mike B. Gwin, W~illiam C. Gwin, Ralph A. Gwin, William C. Hales, Robert G. Hall, George W. Hall, Jeff Hall, John M. Hall, William N. Hambrick, Silas Harbour, John P. Harlap, Henry (col.) Harmon, Willie V. Harper, George F. (col.) Harris, Leonard P. Harris, Samuel D. Hassler, Lonnie ( col. ) Hawkins, Elbert ( col. ) Hawkins, Thomas J. ' (col.) Hayes, John W. Heard, Learoy (col.) Henderson, Young A. Henson, Allen L. Hicks, William H. Higginbotham, Henry B. Higginbotham, Jesse J. ( col.) Higginbotham, -John (col. ) Higginbotham, Renny ( col.)

Hightower, Earl P. Hill, John (col.) Hogans, Paul (col.) Holcombe, Water C. Holden, Mark M. Holland, Barney M, Holland, Dorse F. Holland, James H. Holland, John I. Holland, Raymond A. . Holland, Tobe Omin Holmes, Joseph Holmes, Joseph A. Holsomback, Arthur T. Hopkins, Thomas C. Hopper, James C. Horton, Marcus E. Hughes, Hardy B. Hughes, Henry G. Hughes, Thomas E. Hughey, Paul T. Hunt, Elgin (col.) Hunt, George (col.) Hutcherson, Trammel1 (col.) Hutcherson, David (col.) Ingles, Melvin T. Ingram, John R. Jackson, John R. Johnson, Andrew J. Johnson, Frank G. (col.) . Johnson, Robert L. Jones, Dewey Wheeler Jones, Eddie V. Jones, Henry A. Jones, Richard F. Jones, Roper E. Jones, Walt Keefe, George S. Keel, George M. Keeney, Grover G. Kelley, Jim Kendrick, Guy Eli King, Fred (col.) King, Paul Knight, John T. Knight, Maurice E. Lambert, Ernest A. Langston, Louis T. Langston, Tom W. Lanier, James H. Lay, Byron Be


'GORDON COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR

Lay, James G, . Lay, William M. LeFevre, Rex W. Lewis, Chester G. Lewis, Columbus I?. Lewis, Howell B. Lewis, Ralph G. Lewis, Taylor T. Lipscomb, Thomas N. Little, Richard Logan, Willie Lovinggood, Roy Charles McClure, Samuel (col,) McDonald, Richard McDuff ie, Havron ( col. ) McElitire, Ernest L. McEntire, John Y. McEntire, Seab C. McEntyre, Howard McHaffey, Edward B. Mahan, David C. Mahan, William Thomas Mahan, W y o L. Malone, George H. Malone, Isaac Buford Mann, Leslie C. Mansell, Pyron W. Martin, Fain J. Martin, Huston Mason, Ernest #B. Mason, Henry W.

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Medlin, John V. Meredith, Durward Metcalf, Cecil D. Metcalf, Oscar Lee Miller, Charles D. Miller, Herman J. Miller, Joe William Miller, Mark Anderson Mills, Reese Moore, Edgar T. Moss, Charlie N. Moss, Chester C. Moss, Eugene Moss, Jam= W. Moss, Thaddeus 0. Muse, Carlos P. Muse, John H. Muse, Lester . Nations, Henry D. Nations, Barney N-

Neal, charlie Nelson, Amos E. Nelson, John D., Nelson, Judge B. Nelson, LeRoy D. Nelson, Samuel K. Nelson, William H. Nicholson, Jesse R. '

Noles, Joe Oliver, James H. Owen, John C. Owens, Enoch W. Owen, Roy M. Pack, James M. '

Page, Noah W. Palmer, Tom (col.) Parker, Luther W. Parker, Webb Paschall, James H. Pass, Clayton Q. Patterson, William M. Payne, James D. Pilcher, Samuel Poarch, . Chesley A. Pritchett, Charley (col. ) Poss, Claud H. Powell, Henry (col. ) Pritchett, Dale L. Pullman, Benjamin F. (col. ) Pulliam, John Oscar (col.) Pulliam, Carl (col.) Pulliam, Doll ( col. ) Putney, William M. Pye, Jesse G. Pye, Willie J.. Queen, Carl W. Quinn, Charlie P. Ray, Boyce H. Ray, Willard F. Reed, Jesse C. Richards, Harry B. Richard, Wheeler ( col. ) Romines, Clen E. Roach, King C. Roberts, Arvel . Roberts, Charlie F. Roberts, Clyde Roberts, Fred L. Roberts, Henry i Robinson, Jesse L. . Robbins, John H.


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Roe, Edgar L. Rogers, Fleming H. Rowland, George L. Russell, James C. Russell, Samuel Salmon, John H. (col.) Scott, August (col.) Scott, Carl L. Scott, Roy J. Seabolt, Michael C. Sexton, Benjamin H. Sexton, McKinley Shaw, Lucius D. Shelor, Joe J. Shirley, Lewis D. Shugart, Berry L. Silvers, Charlie E. Sims, Will (col.) 'Simpson, George L. (col.) Skelly, George W. Slagle, Walter W. Slaughter, Rubin Sloan, Sygman R. Smith, Codie F. Smith, Ernest H. Smith, Guy R. Smith, Jackson M. Smith, John W. Smith, Robert L. Stanford, John H. Starr, James H. Steele, Walter (col.) Stephens, Robert E. Stevenson, Benjamin F. Stewart, Columbus W. Stiles, Lee R. Stiles, William Albert Stone, Arthur C. Stone, Willie R. Strain, Daniel L. Strain, Jether A. Tallant, Willie Tate, Charley A. Tate, John F. Tate, John M. Taylor, Forest Taylor, Henry L. Taylor, Luther C. Taylor, Proctor P. Teel, William Lee Tharpe, George D, (col.)

Thomas, Henry G. Thomas, John B. Thompson, Grady B. Thompson, Willie B. (col.) Tinsley, Weldon Pinson Tippins, Walter H. Towe, Asbury C. Towe, James D. Tucker, Willie W. Turk, Joseph L. Underwood, Claud L. Underwood, Franklin L. Underwood, Hermon J. Varner, Robert (col.) Vaughn, Vernon E. Walraven, Charlie L. Walraven, Fain B. Walker, Thomas J. Walker, William H., Sr. Warnock, Arby Ware, Kay (col.) Watters, Emmett J. Waters, John Watkins, Columbus L. Watts, Hilliard Buren Watts, Herbert S. Watts, Mack M. Wlatts, Samuel P. Westfield, Robert Frank Westfield, Sam P. Weems, Dempie Welch, Horace G. West, Miles B. West, Rufe (col.) Whittemore, Roy White, George W. White, Luke White, Robert L. Whitmire, General E. Whitmire, John G. Wilkey, Key (col.) '

Wilkey, Lige (col.) Wlilliams, Dennis F. Williams, Joe W. Williams, Paul Hamby Williams, Riley (601. ) Williams, Samuel D. Wilson, Gold (col.) Wilson, George N. Wilson, Howard Wilson, James A.


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Wilson, Jenks ( col. ) Worley, John L. Wood, Arthur Brown Worley, Vernon E. Woods, Carl B. Wylie, Sidney (col.) 'Wood, William R. Yancy, Arthur Woodward, Henry Thomas Yarbrough, Allday C. Woody, Robert S. Young, Bob L. Worley, Ambers E. Zachry, Leland Q. Worley, Earl F. Zuber, Clifford ( col. )

DECEASED

Adair, Forest D. Alexander, Calvin E. Amos, Harrison Bagwell, Linton Bennett, Dudley Brock, Ernest

. Brooks, Grover C. .Davidson, James E.

Allison, Frank Alverson, Spurgeon E. .'Brooks, Joseph B. Bryant, Roy H. Dellinger, Sanford E. Ellis, John C. Franklin, Albert Lee

Evans, William R. Greeson, Thomas I;. Johns, Oscar Pettett, Columbus M. Smith, Rufus L. Stephens, jasper H. Williams, Bill Nay . Wyatt, Jim

OFFICERS Padgett, Louie Love Pitts, Henry McDaniel- Ray, Roy William Richards, William Roy Starr, Trammell Tblbert, Max Van Thompson, Louis H.

NAVY Brown, Stuart Lane Byrd, Sallie Arthur Calhoun, Ralph McCoy

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Champion, Thomas Jefferson, Jr. Cooley, Willie Eben 'Dacus, Robert Fulton Davis, Milton Herbert DeFoor, Louis Edgar Dickey, Herbert Yon 'Everett, Harris Kiser 'Fuller, Sam Cleveland F'uquea, James Carl Gilbreath, Charles Bryant Groover, Goldy Daniel lGryder, Thomas Harrison Henderson, Boyd David Henson, Solomon Jesse Holt, William Felton Jon-, Alfred Glenn _ I -

King, John Henry Mansel, Walter Erwin Massey, James Clayton Massey, John Bryan Moss, William Bryan Owens, Hyatte Pate, Warren Deryl Patrick, John Herman Payne, Robert Franklin Queen, James Harlan Reed, William Arthur Silks, Felton Jackson Smith, Harrison Trammell Smith, Willie Claude Speers, William Alexander Stacey, Granville P. Strickland, Julius Harold Swann, Ernest C. Thompson, Robert Raymond


210 HISTORY O F GORDON COUNTY

RED CROSS On July 4, 1917, Mrs. Logan R. Pitts, chairman of war

work, Calhoun Woman's Club, organized a chapter of the American Red Cross, appointing as her central committee, G. A. Hall, W. L. Hines, Rev. oC. H. Lipham, Dr. Maxwell Harbin, Mrs. W. L. Hines, Dr. Trammell Starr, Logan R, Pitts, Mrs. 0. N. Starr, Misses Lulie Pitts, Milda Harbin (now, Mrs. J. H. Paschall), and Kathleen Hines.

Officers chosen were: 0. N. Starr, ~h~a i rman ; Mrs. Logan R. Pitts, vice-chairman ; W. L. Hines, treasurer; Miss Kathleen Hines, secretary. Mrs. G. A. Hall was appointed county chairman. Serving as district chairmen were: Miss Mary Fite, Resaca; Miss Varina Shelor, Plainville ;. Miss Beatrice Fite, eighth district; Mrs. Edna F. Tate and Miss Pluma Byrd, Fairmount; Miss Josephine Hurt, Oakman ; Miss Woffie Floyd, sixth district.

A Junior Red Cross chapter was organized with Miss Bai Hall, chairman. Inspired by the slogan, "Every member get a member and a new member for every day," a n energetic campaign for gaining recruits was carried on with most gratifying results. Rev. J. McD. Radford, pastor of Calhoun Methodist church, acted as publicity manager. Seven hundred eighty-four members were enrolled.

A first aid class was begun with Dr. Trammell Starr, graduate of Johns Hopkins, instructor. Mrs. Bertie Doug- lass Henderson, of Mayo Bros. Hospital, was appointed by the authorities a t Wbashington to give directions in making surgical dressings and other hospital supplies. A work room was equipped with Mrs. J. M. Wright, Miss- Lois Cantrell, Mrs. Richard Hines, and others in charge. Other members who filled responsible positions in the. work of the chapter were C. E. Vance, Mrs. c. C. Harlan,. Miss Aurie Will Darnall -(now, Mrs. J. H. Starr), Ihs. Tea W. Harbin, Dr. D. F. White, W. S. Pritchett, Tm M. Boa& Mrs. T. M. Boaz, Ernest Dillard, ~ r . ' ~ e o r g e Mills, Dr. C.. F. McLain. ,

Girl &outs made valuable contributions ; such as, quilts, ambulance pillows, capes with hoods for Belgian children, knitted wristlets, feather pillows for base- hospital, corn-


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for t kits for gifts to the county boys when they entrained .for camp ; money, etc. The- chapter provided boxes of clothing for Belgian relief and sent out a large number of Christmas packages. Thousands of dollars were raised .by membership fees, voluntary offerings, benefit enter- tainments, lectures, etc. All of the various activities were carried on systematically and with enthusiasm.

Some of the district groups were organized into auxiliary chapters. Directors of these branches were Mrs. J. -G. Fite, Resaca; Mrs. Addie Floyd, Plainville; Mrs. R. L. McClure, Fairmount. Coosawattee chapter elected the following officers : chairman, Dr. Puckett ; vice-chairman, Mrs. Madison Puckett ; recording secretary, Carter Jor- -dan ; finance chairman, Dan Whitternore ; chairman Sun- *shine committee, Miss Florence Keel ; chairman home relief, Miss Hannah Craig.

The year's record showed receipts amounting to $3,198.- t44. Output of work room including bandages, pajama suits, bed saacks, comfort pillows, bed shirts, bed jackets,

':gauze rolls and compresses, oakum pads, knitted sponges, -wash cloths, sweaters, helmets, wristlets, and hooded capes numbered 3,523 pieces.

The Calhoun chapter and county .auxiliaries were active -throughout the war period. Mrs. Logan R. Pitts, the director, expressed the sentiments of every worker when she said in a farewell address, "It has been a labor of love, a .seeking for resu1t.s with no thought of self, and, because of this spirit which has pervaded the American Red Cross work throughout the war, a French statesman said re- cently that, although France had known long of America's .greatness and enterprise, i t remained for the American Red Cross to reveal Americ.a's heart."

PAUL CWIN POST, NUMBER 47, AMERICAN LEGION, DEPARTMENT OF .GEORGIA .

Paul Gwin Post, No. 47, composed. of World War vet- *erans from Gordon County, was organized at Resaca C.on- 3ederate cemetery May 10, 1919. An application f o r a



charter October 6, 1919, (granted 1922) bore the signa- tures of W. 0. Allen, 0. B. Cooper, G. H. Everett, John D. Greeson, A. L. Henson, Guy E. Kendrick, T. H. Lang, Rex W. LeFevre, G. H. Malone, Ralph Meeks, W. S. Nix, J. H. Paschall, W. R. ~ ichards , 'W. P. Tinsley, W. H. Walker. Sixty-four members were enrolled during the year of organization.

Paul Gwin, for whom the post was named, son of J. T. Gwin and Mrs. Mollie (Lowe) Gwin (deceased), of Sugar Valley, was the first Gordon County boy to lose his life on a World War battle field, having been killed July 18,1918,. in the first big push made by American troops. He enlisted as a soldier immediately after the United States joined the allies .and served overseas as a member of company I?, 167th Infantry. It was said of him that no matter how long the hike or how hot the fight, Paul always came. up smiling.

Ralph and Cleaborn Gwin, brothers of Paul, received serious wounds in action on the French battle area. His sisters are : Mrs. W. T. Cox, of Sugar Valley; Mrs. Mamie Styles, Mrs. 0. L. Sutherland, of Atlanta; Mrs. Ethel Blackstock, of Webb City, Oklahoma.

In a flag draped casket the body of the young soldier was brought home from France in 1919 and laid to rest in the Sugar Valley cemetery.

The legion chapter is divided into different departments of work with special duties assigned, principally those pertaining to the interests of service men.

Roll of Commanders and Adjutants :

1919,1920 Dr. W. R. ~ichards, commander Ralph 'Meeks, adjutant

1921 W. ' R. Richard,~, commander ' W. B. MOSS, adjutant

' 1922 Y. A. Henderson, commander- W. B. Moss, adjutant


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1923 H. B. Watts, commander Frank Dobbs, adjutant

1924, ,1925 Z. V. Johnston, commander Frank Dobbs, adjutant

1926 Rex W. LeFevre, commander D. H. Dellinger, adjutant

1927 James G. Lay, commander D. H. Dellinger, adjutant

1928, 1929 W. F. Bond, commander A. L. Henson, adjutant

1930, 1931 D. H. ' Dellinger, commander F. L. VanAtta, adjutant

1932 Max V. Tolbert, commander dugene Moss, adjutant ,

1932-date (1933) Max V. Tolbert, commander F. L. VanAtt.a, adjutant

A. L. Henson, former commander of Post 47, was state commander of Legion posts in 1924.

Members of Post No. 47, 1930-1931 Name Post Office

Addington, J. H ..-..---..--...-.---..-.-------.---.-.----.--.-.- Calhoun, Ga. Bailey, H. B ..----..-..-....-.- .. ---.-..-.-- ..-. - - . - a o n , Ga.

* Baker, Oscar ,,.,,,,.,... _.--------- - - ---- -- --- . - - -- . . Resaca, Ga. Barckett, 0. S ..-.-.----.-.-...---.-.---- .- - - - - - - - - - - . . Resaca, Ga. Barrett, Willie C ................................................. C a I h o , Ga. Barton, 0. R .--.--.-.-.--.....-.. .- ---- .- -----...-.--..-...----.--.-.--.--- Rydal, Ga, %Barton, Ernest --------.-..----..-- ---------..dl, Ga. Baynes, Oscar ,,.--. .-.. . ..,--. .--- .-- ----. .-.. - - . . . R e s a c a Ga. Beason, Hugh -.----...-...-.-.-.---------...-..-. Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Beavers, E. J .-.-..----.--.-..-.--.-.--..--------- - A , Ga. Bell, L. A .---..--....--.--.------.------..-- e, Ga. Bell, Wayne --..-.--.-.----.....---------..-.-.----.-- Calhoun Ga., Route. 2 Bl.ack, Colquitt ------...------..--------..-....-.., Oakman, Ga., Route 1 Blankenship, Howard ..-..-,-.-....---.-- Fairmount, Ga., Route 1 Bohannon,, D. P .--...-..-...... ; --..-.--.-.-..-. C a l k o n , Ga., Route 1 Bohannon, J. C .----..-.--.....---..-..--- - ----.---- Calhoun Ga., Route I Bond, William F ...................................... -, Ga. Bone, Cicero V ..................................................... Calhoun, Ga.



Bowman, A. D .---._--,--.----.----.--.-------..--- Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Bozeman, S. M ..................................... Calhon, Ga., Route 3 Breland, Leroy C ................................. Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Brooks, W. R.-- ....--..--....-.--.-......- . . - - - L o n , Ga. Campbell, Judson T. ---._,. ........ .., . .-. ................... ---Calhoun, Ga. Campbell, J. H ................. : ................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 4 Chitwood, T. E ..................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Clark, J. C ....................................... a i rmount , Ga., Route 3 Clark, T. C ....................................... Fairmount, Ga., Route 3 Clark, L. M ....................... ,... .............. Calhoun,' Ga., Route 3 Clements, Charlie E.: ............................... -.----Adarsille, Ga. Conley, W. H ....................................................... C a l h o n Ga. Cornelison, R. S ....................................................... R y a , Ga. Crump, J. L .-----...-.--.-.-.,-.-.-..--.._..-: ...... Calhoun, Ga., Route 1. Davis, B. L .................... : ...................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Dellinger, D. ,H ................................................... Calhoun, Ga. Denny, Dock ........................................ Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Dobbs, Frank .-..--.----_..--.--.-.--.---------.-------------.------- Calhoun, Ga. Dorroh, Ralph ................................................ F a i r m o u , Ga. Dorsey, Robert E ..---..-.--.-.---.-----.---------: ............... Calhoun, Ga.

......................................... Dover, B. V Calhoun, Ga., Route 3 Dutton, Frank. .................................. Calhoun,, Ga., Route 1 . Dutton, C. L ................................... Adairsville, Ga., Route 2 Edens, F. R ................-................................. S u y r Valley, Ga. Edge, Roy W ....................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 5 Ellis, Claude-.- ................................................. Adairsville, Ga. Elrod, P. G ...........................-..................... --i --.... C a h o n , Ga. Fain, Julian-. ....................................................... -Calhoun, Ga. Fletcher, Robert W ..................... ..Adairsville, Ga., Route 2 Foster, H H . . . . . C a h , Ga., Route 1 Franklin, Bernard,, .......... ..-. .......... ----, Ga. Fuller, Sam .............................. J o n , Ga., Route 4 Fuller, John Robert ......--.................... ~ a l h o u n , Ga., ~ o u t e 1 Gossett, A. F .................................................. C a o u n , Ga,

.................................... Graham, Milton C. -;Suyar Valley, Ga. Groover, Roy.. -: .................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 3 . . ~ u n n , Fred ...................................................... A d a r e , Ga.

..................................... Hales, W. H Fairmount, Ga., ~ o u t e 3 .... ........................-.-............. all, Jeff .. CCa1houn Ga., Route 4

Hall, W. N .................................... a n , Ga., Route 3 Harris, L. P ............ ; ........................................ Fairmount, Ga. Harrison, S. M ..................................................... CaIhoun, Ga.

. Hasson, C. B ........................................ -----------------CaU1oun Gir. ................... Henderson, Y. A. ................... -... - .... C a l h o Ga.

............................................. Hill, G. W Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Holland, Ira .................................. - n , Ga.

................................ Hopper, J. C ..--.-Cdhom Ga., Route 2 ............................................... Johnson, Robert L Calhoun, .Ga.

. ........................... ................... Johnson, M. P .-. --Calhoun, Ga. .................................................... . Johnston, 8. V hnshnsOaIh~un Ga.

. Kendrick, G. E ..-.......--......... : ............................- ~Calhoun; Ga.


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............................................................ King, Paul Calhoun, Ga. Knight,. John T ..................................... Rmger, Ga., Route 1 W g h t , Hugh E ................................................... Calhoun, Ga. Langston, Roy L .................. .-.. ............................. Reeve, Ga. Lay, J. G ...............................,............................... CaIhoun, Ga. Lewis, T. T ........................................................... C a I h Ga. Lewis, C. G .................. ... ....................................... Calhoun, Ga. Lewis, C. F ........................................................... Calhoun, Ga. Lipscomb, Norwood .................... ... ...................... €Ialhoun, Ga. Little, Tom ............................................................ .Calhoun, Ga. Mahan, W. T ....................-............................. Fairmount, Ga. Malone, I. B ................................................. Sugar Valley, Ga. #Mason, E. l3 ............................... .,, ......... R e s a a Ga;, Route 2 McEntire, Robert B ................................ .-. ........ Calhoun, Ga. McEa.tire, Howard. .......................... .!Calhoun, Ga,, Route 1 Melville, George ............. .-. ....................... .n, Ga. Miller, H. J ........................................................... a lhoun , Ga. Mills, Albert P ..............-... .-. ............. Curryville, Ga., Route 2 Moore, E. T ................ : .......................................... Guild, Tenn, Moss, Eugene ...................................................... Calhoun, Ga. Moss, Charles .................................. Fairmount, Ga., Route 1 Muse, Carlos-- ......................... ---a Valley, Ga. Muse, H. A ................................................... Sugar Valley, Ga.

....................... Nelson, J. B .................. L : C h o n , Ga, Nelson, J. D ...-............... .-., ..................... Ualhoun, Ga., Route 4 Nelson, Leroy .,._,-.-,.,--.-.----.----------.--.--- Chlhoun, Ga., Route 4 Norris, W. IS. ...................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 3 Owen, J. .C .................................. e n , Ga. .

Parker, Luther W ............................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Paschall, J. H .......................... ...-..-.--.A n, .Ga. Payne, J. D ......................................... ICaIhou, Ga., Route 3 . . Pearson, William --..-.-.-.-.-------------------------------. Adarsv11.1e, Ga. Pearson, Barney R .-.-.-..-..------.-.--.-- Adairsville, Ga., . Route 2 Phillips, Thos. J ................ .. ................................. -born, Ga. Rawlins, John .................. .-. ....... L~~~~~~~~~~-..-., Ga.

............................................. ........ Ray, Boyce H .. C a l h o , Ga. Richards, W. R ................... .-. ................................ Calhoun, Ga. RoBbins, J. H .-----.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.--.-..---.--- Resaa, Ga., Route 2 Roberts, Henry. ................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 3 . Rogers, Fleming W ............................. Oalhoun, Ga., Route 4 Rowland, George L ............................................. Calhoun, Ga. Scott, Carl L .................................................... Ga.

............................. Seabolt, Mitchell A Calhoun, Ga., Route 2 ................................. Shugart, Berry L Calhoun, Ga., Route 3.

......................................... Shugart , Verbal H. .: -CaIhoun, Ga. ..................................... Smith, Guy R Calhoun Gg., Route 2

Smith, Robert L ..................................................... Resaca, Ga. s-, JW. H ........... ; .... : ................... -, Ga. Strain, Jether A ...................................... A . GlL

................................................... Strain, Dan T --.-CaIhom, Ga. . . ..................... ................... Swindell, T. A ... Admmv111e, -Ga.



Tate, Charlie ........................................................ C a l h o , Ga. Tate, John M ............ .. .......................... _10alhoun, Ga., Route 2

............................................ Teague, Mack D Adarsville, Ga. Teel, W. L ........................... ... ................ Calhoun, Ga., Route 2 Terry, Chas. H ......... .. ........................ Curryville, Ga., Route 1 Thompson, J. A .................................. --.carters, Ga,, Route 1 Thompson, Luther J ...........................-................. Carers, Ga.

......................... Tinsley, W. P Brunswick, Ga,, 900 J. street .................................................... Tolbert, Max V -Rannger, Ga.

.................................... Van Atta, Frederick L. .-Calhoun, Ga. .................................. Vincent, Ralph ........ ... L- FFairmount, Ga.

Vincent, Chesley ............. .. .......... .. ................. Fairmount, Ga.. Walker, Tom J ................................... C.aloun, Ga., Route 5 Walker, H. P ......................................................... Calhon, Ga. Walker, E. F ....................................................... Calhoun, Ga. Waters, John ........................................................ Calhoun, Ga. Watts, H. B .............. .. ........................................... Calhoun, Ga. Webb, W. W ....................................... CaIhoun, Ga., Route 3 Westfield, S. P ..................................................... Calhoun, Ga. White, George H .................. ... .................................. Zone, Ga. White, George ...................................................... Calhon, Ga. .

Woods, C. B ........................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 3 Wood, W. R ......................................... Calhoun, Ga., Route 1 Worley, A. E ......................................................... Resaca, Ga. Worley, V. E ......................................... Resaca, Ga., Route 1 Worley, Earl F ..................................... Galhon, Ga., Route 5 Young, J. H ......................................................... Calhoun, Ga.

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY TO PAUL GWIN POST, NO 47, AMERICAN LEGION, DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA

A woman's auxiliary to Paul Gwin Post w.as organized February 22,1922, by Mrs. Rufus Barnett, of Atlanta, Ga., with the following charter members: Mrs. J. H. Adding- ton, Mrs. F. T. Bergstrom, Mrs. T. M. Boaz, JkIrs. J. T= Campbell, Miss Mary Champion, Mrs. 0. B. Cooper, Miss Clara Elizabeth Cooper, Mrs. J. Q. Everett, Mrs. I. To Henderson, Mrs. A. L. Henson, Mrs. Pearl Kirby, Mrs. T. H. Lang, Mrs. Paul B. Lay, Mrs. James G. Lay, Mrs. Ralph Meeks, Mrs. M. Moss, M&S Etta Moss (Mrs. Frank Dobbs), Mrs. 0. N. Starr, Mrs. J. A. Strain, Sr., Mrs. R. R. Thomp- son, Mrs. J. B. Watts.

The first officers were : President, Mrs. Ralph Meeks; Vice-president, Mrs. Paul B. Lay; Secretary, Mrs. F. T. Bergstrom ; Treapurer, Mrs. A. L. Henson ; Historian, Mrs.


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James G. Lay; Chaplain, Mrs. J. B. Watts; Executive committee, Mrs. 0. B. Cooper, Mrs. 0. N. Stah, Mrs. R. R. Thompson.

Later presidents were: Mrs. Paul B. Lay, Mrs. Johnnie Gordon, Mrs. J. B. Watts, Mrs. A. L. Henson, Miss Mary Champion, Miss Winnie Ward, Mrs. 0. C. Langford, Mrs. Frank Dobbs, Mrs. J. G. Lay, Mrs. F. L. Van Atta, Mrs. J. H. Combs, present incumbent (1933).

Members convene in monthly meetings to work out plans for honoring and aiding ex-service men and their families. Activities include the appropriate observance of patriotic anniversaries; such as, Armistice Day, Fourth of July, Flag Day, and others. On Memorial days, wreaths are placed on the graves of deceased war veterans and mothers of veterans in Gordon County.

The Auxiliary has assisted the local Post in sponsoring a community Christmas tree for needy veterans, sent papers, magazines, Christmas and Thanksgiving boxes to soldiers' hospitals, and given liberal aid to Mississippi flood sufferers.

Mrs. A. L. Henson, of this chap,ter, served as president of Georgia Au~ili~aries in 1925.

Membership List of Woman's Auxiliary, Paul Gwin Post, No. 47

Addington, Mrs. J. H. Bergstrorn, Mrs. F. T. Boaz, Mrs. T. M. Balding, Mrs. R. 33. Bond, Mrs. W. F. Bwrrage, Elizabeth Campbell, Mrs. J. T. Champion, Miss Mary Combs, Mrs. J. H. Cooper, Mrs. 0. B. Cooper, Miss Clara Elizabeth Dobbs, Mrs. Frank Everett, Mrs. J. Q. Fox, Mrs. Vernon Franklin, M-rs. Bernard Gordon, Mrs. Johnnie Gordon, Miss Sarah

Henderson, Mrs. J'. T. Henson, Mrs. A. L. Hughey; Mrs. Paul Kirby, Mrs. Pearl Knight, Mrs. Hugh E. Lang, Mrs. T. H. Langford, Mrs. 0. C. Lay, Mrs. P. B. Lay, Mrs. J. G. Meeks, Mrs. Ralph Moss, Mrs. M. Mote, Mrs. W. F. Paschall, Mrs. J. H. Starr, Mrs. 0. N. Strain, Mrs. J. A., Sr. Strain, Mrs. J. A., Jr. Strain, Mrs. Dan


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Thompson, Mrs. R. R. Ward, Mrq. Tolbert, Mrs. Max V. Ward, Miss Winnie Tolbert, Miss Arva Wdatts, Mrs. 3. B. Van Atta, Mrs. F. L. Watts, Mrs. H. B. Vance, Mrs. C. E. Westf ield, Mrs. Paul

COMPANY "L," 122d INFANTRY, GEORGIA

NATIONAL GUARD

Company "L," 122d Infantry, Georgia National Guard, organized a t Calhoun, Georgia, April 30, 1924, is an off- shoot of the old Gate City Guard Company, of Atlanta, Georgia, originated J'anuary 8, 1855, and holding an en- viable record of service in the War Between the States, as well as in the Spanish-American war in which it parti- cipated under the designation of 5th Georgia Volunteers.

During the Warld War it was called 122d Infantry. In 1921 it was reorganized as 1st Infantry. It was rede-

I signated 122d Infantry and expanded in 1924. Company "L," the local unit, was officered first by Rex

W. LeFevre, Captain ; A. L. Henson, 1st Lieut. ; James G. Lay, 2d Lieut. A. L. Henson became captain in 1928 and he was succeeded in 1929 by Bernard Franklin, the present (1933) incumbent.

This company has attended regularly the summer en- campments since its organization, responded promptly and cheerfully to emergency calls and won many prizes for superiority in rifle marksmanship. It is rated in official circles one of the best military units in this state.

1933 Roster of Company - "L," 122d Infantry, Georgia -

National Guard

OFF'ICERS Franklin, Bernard ... .. . ... .. .... ....---.- --- - - - -..- - -- --. -- -----.--.-..Captain Van Atta, Frederick L ...-....-..._..-..-------.----- First Lieutenant Shugart, R. T .....--...-.......--------.--.--.--.----.-- Second Lieutenant Shugart, Verbal H. - - . . .. . .- -. . . . . -- - --- - -- . -. -. - - - - - . . - -- .First Sergeant



SBRGEANTS . CORPORALS

Buchannon, Darius P. Clark, Clyde Edge, Roy W. Duncan, Henry J. Fuller, Robert C. F'ite, Wallace Ray, James L. Herrington, Henry B. Reeves, George A. Ingle, Buford A. Rogers, Willie N. McEntire, Abbott Shugart, Carl A. Roe, L. R.

Shugart, Berry L.

PRIVATES, IFIRST CLASS

Clark, Leonard M. Edward, James B. Goss, Homer D. Helton, George L., Jr. Hicks, Henry L. ,

Holt, Ralph E. Hughey, Virgil D. Keister, William E.

Allen, Marcus L. Baker, Herbert E. Bentley, Pet F. Brackett, Owen W. Brwm, Hoyt H. Brown, Ralph 0. Buchannon, Troy, L. Chapman, Hubert J. Clark, Clellon L. Dutton, Ralph Fuller, Monroe B. Fuller, Roy M. Goss, Bob Goss, Joe Harkins, Thamas W. Harkins, John V.

King, Wallace M. Langston, William c. Lawrence, Phillip W. Miller, James R. Poarch, Aubrey R. Sayre, Jack 0. Silvers, Ira S. Wills, James R.

Holland, Darrell R. Holt, Allen J., Jr. Hughey, Irwin M. Johnson, Thomas C. Johnson, Bob R. King, Wofford A. Langston, Paul L. Massey, Robert D. Mauldin Loyd Morrison, John C. Roberts, Crayton C. Stevens, Wayne Thomas, Virgil W. Thomas, Jesse W. Thurston, Clarence L. Watkins, Lawrence


Chapter VI

NEWSPAPERS OF GORDON COUNTY b

THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX

The first newspaper published in what is now known as Gordon County was "The Cherokee Phoenix," or, in the Indian language, "Tsalagi Tsulehisanunhi." It was printed at New Echota (now called New Town, two and one-haif miles northeast of Calhoun), last capital of the Cherokee Nation before its removal to the West, and' was made possible by the invention of Sequoyah, a half- breed Indian reared in Georgia, who developed in 1821, a remarkable alphabet, or syllabary, composed of eighty- five characters so simple and appealing to the intellect that the entire Cherokee Nation was turned into a student body almost overnight, aod thousands learned to read and write.

The Phoenix, printed in both the Cherokee and English languages in parallel columns, was the first periodical to be issued by the aborigines of this country. It was a four- page weekly, five columns to the page, the size of the printed part being about 12x18 inches. Very few copies are extant. The Calhoun Woman's Club has a -page of the June 25, 1828, issue, presented by Dr. W. R. L. Smith, of Norfolk, Va., a native of Gordon County, and author of h he Story of the Cherokees."

The initial number of "The Cherokee Phoenix" ap- peared Feb. 21, 1828. Elias Boudinot, a Christianized, ed- ucated Cherokee of mixed blood, was editor, business manager, treasurer, and translator, receiving for his services three hundred dollars a year, payable quarterly. Rev. Samuel Worcester, missionary to the Indians from the Congregationalist church under the American Board of Foreign Missions, was the guiding spirit. Other members



of the working force were Isaac H. Harris, printer; John Foster Wheeler, first to set type in Cherokee characters ; John Candy, a native half-breed who served as apprentice.

The paper was unique in that it was a national rather than an individual enterprise, financed by free-will offerings of the Cherokee Nation and distributed to readers without charge. Its policies were prescribed by the Gen- eral Council which forbade the publication of 'cscurrilous. communications provocative of personal controversies ; also, of anything that savored of sectarianism." The columns contained only such matter as 'would be beneficial to readers and "point the way to an ever richer knowledge and ct~lture." -

Mr. Boudinot, whose Cherokee name was Killekeenah (meaning "The Buck") Oowatie, shortened later to Watie, severed his connection. with "The Phoenix" in: 1832, and Elijah Hicks became editor August 1, 1832. The paper was suppressed by Georgia authorities in 1834,

Gtordon County Newspapers From

1855-date (1933)

In 1855, five years after the county of Gordon was organized, W. V. Wester edited the first newspaper, "DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM," printed in Calhoun.

G. J. Fain became its editor in 1856 and the name was- changed to THE GEORGIA PLATFORM. In 1858-1860, the paper was published by W. V. Wester under t h e title "VALLEY REGISTER," changed in 1861 to CON- FEDERATE FLAG when James N. Scott and James L. White acquired proprietorship.

From the close of thi War Between the States (1865) to 1870, Gordon County had no newspaper and the legal advertising was done in the NORTH GEORGIA CITIZEN, of Dalton, Georgia, and other papers.

CAL=OUN TIMES, now known as THE CALHOUN TIMES, was established by Elam Christian in 1870. Listed


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below are the names .of other newspapers, more or less ephemeral, that have been issued in the county; '

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'Date Name Editor 1893 Brobdignagian Yahoo ...... E. H. Taylor, H. J. Roff 1897 The Calhoun Chronicle..-.Maggie V. Thornton 1906 . Fairmount News .._._.--..._-. Neal Keeff e 1909 Calhoun News ......-.-....-._-- J. B. Boaz 1909 Gordon County Journal..P. A. Gates

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, W. V. Wester, editor, established in 1855, was the first paper published in Cal- houn. It was a weekly containing four pages of seven columns each. Below the title in heavy type was the slo- .gan : THE PALLADIUM O F THE UNION; THE SHIELD O F

THE SOUTH : THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ; WE STAND UPON THIS; AGAINST ALL OPPOSING ELE- MENTS; WE "HAVE UNSHEATHED THE. SWORD AND THROWN THE SCABBARD AWA,Y." In the six- '

ties, this slogan was changed to "EQUALITY IN THE UNION OR INDEPENDENCE OUT O F IT."

The copies that have been preserved show liberal patronage by advertisers, both local and elsewhere. In 1859, E. R. Sasseen, in charge of the Calhoun Hotel, furnished livery service for guests. W. R. Halford, A. L. Sheppard, and others inserted attorneys' cards ; Wylie and O'Calla- ghan, Scott and Arthur, Heyman and Herzberg were among the advertising merchants; We J. Kay, dealer in dry goods, attached an N. B. paragraph to his advertisement warning customers not to forget to bring along the "Rhino" as he was "not now proposing to sell goods on time."

In 1860, Brogdon, Brown, and Ingles offered a fine line of mantillas, bonnets, hats, caps, latest styles of hoop skirts, crockery, saddles, schoolbooks, stationery; fancy, dress and staple dry goods; jewelry, gold and silver



watches, and many other articles for sale "at such prices as cannot fail to give satisfaction."

Young, Jackson and Co., merchants, advertised attractive bargains to cash-paying customers. Mrs. S. J. Calla- han took boarders for nine dollars ($9.00) a month and: assured the public that her table would be supplied with "the best the market affords." ' Ayer's Pills, Hostetter's Bitters, Dr. C. M'Lane's Vermifuge, and other nostrums. guaranteed to be of "unparalleled usefulness" in check- ing diseases were heralded, and lottery promoters bally- hooed rainbow promises of "grand prizes" to lure the credulous.

Noted School of the Fifties (Advertisement in "DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM" of March 24, 1859)

"Gordon County Male and Female Seminary located a t Sugar Valley, five miles from Calhoun and four miles from Resaca, Thos. W. Skelly, graduate Trinity College, Dub- lin, principal. Trustees: D. R. Malone, John Baugh, J. H. Harbour, L. D. Cole, J. C'. Dowdy, John Malone, G. Winn. The course of instruction is threefold-~Commer- cial, Classical, Scientific-and includes letter writing, bookkeeping, Rhetoric, Intellectual Philosophy, Latin,. Greek, Astronomy, Navigation, Civil Engineering, and Surveying, studies, if desired, to be adapted to the particular pursuits which students purpose to follow. Mapping, drawing, painting, vocal music, and shorthand are taught free of charge."

Mrs. Skelly had charge of "the female department." The course, which was designed to cover everything necessary for a "refined and accomplished education," em- braced orthography, reading, grammar, geography, writing "in various styles,'? composition, history, chronology, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mythology, botany, natural philosophy, chemistry, use of globes, and projection of maps. The French language was taught with "particular attention to purity of accent and idiom."

Pupils were instructed, also, in plain sewing, embroid- ery on silk ; bead and chenille work, tapestry, crocheting ;


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drawing in crayon, Indian ink, and black lead; painting in oriental styles and water colors; music, etc.

Good board in most of the respectable families of the neighborhood could be obtained for seven dollars ($7.00) a month.

THE CONFEDERATE FLAG THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, published by James N.

.Scott and James L. White during the early sixties, con- sisted of four pages of six columns each and'was finished by extra wide margins. Price of subscription was two dollars yearly if paid in advance, otherwise, the cost was three dollars.

A copy of Volume I-Number 2, is preserved in the Calhoun printing office. Professional cards, of the sort now considered unethical, and advertising cover the front page with the exception of the last column, which is headed "Miscellaneous" and is surmounted by a picture of Jef- ferson Davis draped with Confederate flags. It is devoted to war talk including an account of ' the battle of La Mosa.

'

An editorial compliments the people on their patriotic observance of fast day and opines that one of the causes of the war would be removed if the trains were forbidden to run on the Sabbath.

A. S. Trimble, A. B. Echols, Henry S. Davenport, W. E. Brogdon, J. N. Scott, Andrew Adams, McKinney Scott, W. J.. Key, E. D. Hudgins, and M. Dillard are listed as candidates for the various county offices.

Business Directory of Calhoun in 1861 From "THE CONFEDERATE FLAG"

TOWN RECXJRID W. H. Stevenson, Marshal

Councilmen J. Daniel, F. I. Sullivan, W. J. Key,W. E. Brogdon, W. J. Cantrell

CALHOUN MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY S. Housman, Principal

Miss M. Jennie Parker, Assistant Miss Hannah Nelson, Teacher of Music


HISTORY OF GORDON COUNTY '

ATTORNEYS' DIRECTORY G. J. Fain & Bro., W. H. Dabney, Joseph Anderson, W. M. Bray, J. E.

Parrott, W. J. Cantrelt, W. V. Wester, J. D. Phillips, J. J. Hunt

MEDICAL DIRECTORY D. G. Hunt, J. L. Gunter, J. H. Malone, W. G. Cornett, H. S. Davenport,

W. J. Reeves, E. M. Lowery, D. H. Farmer, J. M. Hunter, D. D. S.; C. G. Bechtler, of .Senora;. R. Borders, of Red Bud.

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CITY BU SINES'S DIRECTORY DRY GOODS

Young, Jackson, and Company; Ingles and Carter, Herzberg & Broth- ers, Salomon Cohen, Morris S. 'Key, F. M. Cakot

GROCERIES Isaac G. Lowery & Co., J. H. Arthur & Co., M. S. Gaines, Scott &

Phillips, N. Sheats & Co., W. H. Morris, Young Mann, J. 0. Brooks, O'Callaghan & Boaz

HARDWARE Thomas A. Foster & Co.

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DRUGS J. H. Malone

TAILORS A. J. Parks, L. P. McCary

CONFECTIONERY J. L. White & Co., E. Barker _

LEATHER, SHOES, HARNESS J. A. Williams, D. L. Traylor

-MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, AND ROCKAWAYS

- M. L. Matthews, Z. T. Gray

TINWARE, STOVES Roebuck & Hall

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WATCHMAKER 3. D. Tinsley, J. R. Garland

FURNITURE Mills & Sumpter, Young Mann

BLACKSMITHING Dorsey & Co.


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COURT DIRE€ZORY JUSTICES INFERIOR COURT

. Tbos. A, Foster, Henry McConnell, Wyley E. Brogdon,, Isaac N. Buckner, John H. iStarr

. . . . . . CLERK OF INFERIOR COURT

... A. B. Echols . \ * . .

4 , . I Sheriff .-..-...-..-......-.....-.------y----- : . o h Gresham. Ordinary ...-- ..-. ..... .- .-.. -- ---.-- - - -. --. -. . - - . S . D. Wyley-

. . Notary Public ..............----.----..---..------ J. B. Richards Tax Collector -.--.....,..- .---.---.~--.-..--..- J. N. Scott Tax Receiver ...........-----.--------.. -.-- ---l\)zcKinney . Scott. . 1

Treasurer. .......-... -. - ---. - .--. ---- ----.---. .--.-----------We J. Key '

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY . ,

Calhoun District --...-,..-.-.. E. Barker, J. D. Tinsley Sixth District .................... R. T. Reese, Riley Goss 7th District .................... Meryill Collier, S. Dillard 8th District ............ G.* W. Ransome, M. S. Turner 15th District .... .' ..... ....Joseph Neel, J. W. Bowdoin 23d District ....................I. H. H. Pi.ttman, R. Crook 24th District .................. James Shelnut, 0. Adams Resaca District ........... .,.E. T. Hayhes, W. A. Fite. Sugar Valley District ........ J. Malone, J. L. Fowler Wtanaula District .......... T. M. enso on, T. Talley . Springtown District.-G. W. Watters, W. 'J. Fuller

Advertisement In "The Confederate Flag" of 1861

Georgia, Cordon County. By virtue of the court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold on

the first Tuesday of December next between the lawful hours of sale at the Courthouse door in said county:

Lots of land numbers 69 and 40 in the 23d District and 2d section , Gordon County, being the place where deceased lived at the time of'

his death. Also, the following slaves; to-wit, Milley, a woman about 80 years

of age; Rachel, a woman about 50 years of age; Lena, a wornan- about 30 years of age, and her child; Toney, a man about 25 years of age; Frank, a boy about 16 years of age; Andy, a boy about 11 years of age; Alfred, a boy about 11 years of age; Hannah, a girr about 13 years of age; Mariah, a girl about 9 years of *age; Jane, a girl about 9 years of age; and William, a boy about 5 years of age. .

Sold 'as the property of Matthew Robertson, deceased, for the . benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.

Terms made known on the day of the sale. WM. A. J. ROBERTSON,

Executor of Matthew Robertson- . This October 8, 1861. p


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THE CALHOUN TIMES

THE CALHOUN TIMES, founded in 1870 by Elam Christian, is the only newspaper published in Gordon County a t this time (1933). The first issue was made up of four pages of seven columns each, printed on a Wash- ington hand press. In 1898, J. A. Hall, editor, installed a power press, and the form was changed to eight pages, six columns, with more added as needed.

The plant was equipped in 1923, while Y. A. Henderson was editor, with a modern Cottrell press, folding machine, Model 14 linotype, and two job presses, one with auto- matic feeder. The standard form, varied as necessity re- quires, is eight pages, of seven columns each.

The paper has been popular d i th local advertisers since its establishment. In 1880, every merchant in Calhoun was an advertising patl-on. Subscribers have never ex- ceeded twenty-five hundred. The exchange list numbers upwards of fifty papers.

The printing office, now located on South Wall Street, facing east, has been in various parts of the business section. For sixty-two years, the people of Gordon County have been receiving "THE CALHOUN TIMES" as they have received the sunshine and the rain, as a part of the regular order of things, and whatever influence it has exerted has gone deep into the lives of those who claim this county for their home. In the old days of heated politics, the paper may have lent its columns to "Vox Populi" or "Pro Bono Publico" or "Anonymous" for vitriolic cards, but, for the most part, it has led a peaceful existence, loyal t80 the community, quick t o praise, slow t o blame, with malice toward none and charity for all, the mouthpiece of civic progress and co-operation. Displayed in double boxes on the title page are the slogans:

G O R D O N C 0 U N T . Y "The Best Agricultural County in the South"

C A L H O U N Gem City of South's Most

Prosperous Section


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Editors of "THE CALHOUN TIMES"

Elam Christian, Aug. 12, 1870-March 16, 1871. H. F. Ferguson, Prop., W. R. Rankin, Sr., Editor,

March, 1871-Feb. 27, 1873. w C. Rice, Prop., D. B. Freeman, Editor, Feb. 27,

1873-Dec. 31, 1873. D. B. Freeman, Editor, Jan. I, 1874-Jan. 1, 1880. J. I. Ingram, Prop., H. A. Chapman, Editor, Jan. 1,

1880-Sept. 29, 1881. J. I. Ingram, Prop., W. H. Ingram, Editor, Sept. 29,

1881-April 20, 1882. J. I. Ingram, Apr. 20, 1882-July 12, 1883. H. A. Chapman, July 12, 1883-Feb. 5, 1891. J. W. Logan, Prop., W. W. Wilson, Business Manager,

5. A. Hall, Editor, Feb. 5, 1891-March 3, 1892. W. W. Wilson, Prop., J. M. Harkins, Editor, March 3,

1892-NOV. 30, 1893. W. W. Wilson, Prop., J. 0. Middleton, Editor, Nov. 30,

1893-April 12, 1894. "The Calhoun Times" was merged with "The Brob-

dignagian Yahoo" and published under the name of "The Gordon Citizen," Apr. 16, 1894-Jan. 2, 1896. W. W. Wilson, Prop., Eugene H. Taylor, H. J. Roff, Editors.

During this time (1894-1896), "The Calhoun Times" was published independently by W. R. Rankin, Jr., Prop., J. 0. Middleton, Editor.

"The Gordon Citizen," official newspaper of the county, and "The Calhoun Times," an independent publication, were bought and consolidated into "The Calhoun Times" Jan. 2,1896, by J. A. Hall, Publisher; J. T. McVay, Editor.

James A. Hall 'and Arthur E. Ramsaur, 1902 and 1904. Jas. A. Hall, Editor, P. F. Callahan, Mgr., 1905-1906. G. W. Tribble, Jan. 3, 1907-Aug. 28, 1919. Ralph Meeks, Sept. 4,1919-May 4,1922. Chas. S. Henderson, May 11, 1922-Oct. 12, 1922. Y. A. Henderson, Oct. 19, 1922-June 26, 1924. Albert C. Sweat, July 3, 1924-March 14, 1929. J. Roy McGinty, March 21, 1929-date (1933).


Chapter VII

CIVIC AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

Oothcaloga Lodge, No. 154, F. A*. M. (Free and Ac- cepted Masons), of Calhoun, was established, so far as available records show, in 1856, and interest more or less enthusiastic has been maintained throughout the almost four-score years of its existence. Various upper rooms of Calhoun's business houses have served as places of meeting. The third floor of the Calhoun National Bank building, south corner of Wall and Court streets, is the present (1933) Lodge Hall. About one hundred fifty members are enrolled. Officers are: R. B. McEntire, Worshipful Master; James Beamer, Senior Warden ; G. E. McWilliams, Junior Warden; J. M. Byrd, Treasurer; H. E. Holland, Secretary; F. J. Richardson, Senior Dea- con ; J. ,C. Long, Tyler.

The first officers of Oothcaloga Lodge, chosen in 1856, were Alexander Stroup, W. M.; R. W. Roebuck, Senior Warden; William Peeples, Junior Warden; Dr. W. J. Reeves, Treasurer; T. M. Campton, Secretary; D. W; Meel, Senior Deacon ; W. Donaldson, ~ u n i o r Deacon ; John Orr, Tyler.

Roster of Worshipful Masters Oothcaloga Lodge, No. 154, F. A. M.. from 1856-1933:

Alexander Stroup, J. D. Phillips, R. W. Roebuck, J. G. Fain, S. D. Wylie, Young Mann, D. W. Neel, W. R. Rankin, Sr., W. D. Franklin, T. M. Ellis, Z. T. Gray, Dr. W. J. Reeves, J. D. Tinsley, G. W. Wells, G. W. Mills, A. H. Chastain, B. L. Chastain, W. H. Fox, C. C. Wills, Dr. E. Q. Shellhorse, G. I?. Robinson, P. C. Dunagan, E. Dillard, W. 0. Lewis, L. 0. Robertson, R. B. McEntire.

Formerly, organizations of Odd Fellows, Good Tern-



plars, Knights of Honor, and .others flourished in Calhoun, but these have been superseded by Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen, and Red Men.

Sonoraville, Plainville, Fairmount, Pine Chapel, Hill City, and perhaps, other communities in Gordon County support Masonic lodges.

SCOUTS A Calhoun troop of boy Scouts, designated as Troop No.

10, was organized in the second decadeof the 1900's by Rev. Edward G. Mackay, a t that time pastor of the Cal- houn Methodist church. Mr. C. H. Hufstetler, of Calhoun, has been Scout Master since 1926. Previous leaders include Pat Logan, A. L. Henson, Rev. E. D. Hale, Rev. H. P. Bell.

The usual activities of this Order-hiking, camping, fraternal meetings, etc., are pursued enthusiastically, and the boys are taught many useful things. A chapter house. was built in 1929.

Thomas Banks David was the first member to attain the rank of First Class Scout, qualifying in the necessary requirements of first aid, bandaging, swimming, signaling, map making, etc. Eagle Scouts are : William Bell David, Zeb Johnston, James Johns t~n , Fred Bolding, and P a t .Allison.

In 1912 a band of girl Scouts was organized in Cal- houn by Mrs. C. Ct Harlan. Other Scout Captains were Miss Doris Crutchfield ancl Mrs. C. H. Hufstetler, the present leader.


: . CIVIC AND FRATERNAL

- - THE JACKETOF GRAY

(A true incident of the second battle of Wanassas, August, 1863, By Minnie (Capers) Harlan, of Calhoun, Ga. Written for the Initial Program of Gordon County Chapter U. D. C., No. 923.)

Here it is, my old vet'ran, his jacket of gray. You have come for to seek this old remnant today; You loved him, and cherished the things that he wore, This faded old jacket, shell-torn with its gore.

I am not profaning while daylight is waning, At soft, hushing twilight, to show it once more. .

Ah, a tear,! Let it drop where the shell did its part.; . O'er the past-let it fall, as the dew, from the heart, Ever fresh'ning our mem'ries of warfare that stay On the old field Manassas, and grow in love's way.

Pride had its hard fall then, you remember Pope's men Who fled, and how Stonewall and Lee won the day?

0 Three Days of Battle ! 0 Gory Triune !, A miserere over thousands, thy rune. Greater love giveth none than his life for his friend, He gave his for you, then, your life to defend.

The Babe of the manger robbed death of its danger; On God and His mercy he knew to depend.

The hot August sun had just quivered his beams, And gone to his bivouac-his tent of red dreams- When our soldier boy lay on his knapsack to rest, And read by the campfire this Book from his breast.

He watched your firm treading, while stray shots were heading,

And begged to share "sentry" a half night a t least.

And so to our hero, a t last, you gave heed, Nor could you resist then his low earnest plead. He took up your musket and unfinished round, While you slipped in his slumbers, forgetful of sound.


: 234 HISTORY OF GORDeON COUNTY .

The far-off resounding, .and near shells rebounding, Disturbed not the homing your weary thoughts found.

.A boom ! Oh ! what terror it leaves in its wake! You-rouse from your fright for the soldier boy's sake! You rush to his rescue-know well he was near- Nor can you control your fast up-springing fear!

.Ah, pitiful story ! So frightful and gory ! All limbless, there lies the gray jacket so dear!

You gathered his sacrifice, made his poor grave, And then to us, kindly, this old remnant gave. Forty-three years have passed since our young hero died- The youngest of many-his fond mother's pride.

Let our proud tears keep falling and mem'ry keep call- ing,

May this faded gray jacket, our flag, ever wave.


. CIVIC AND FRATERNAL .

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236. . HISTORY O F GORDON COUNTY .

GORDON COUNTY CHAPTER, Uo Do C o p NO* 923 Gordon County Chapter, United Daughters of the Con-

federacy, Georgia division, number 923, was organized in June, 1905, by Bryan Thomas Chapter U. D. C., of Dal- ton, Georgia, a t a meeting in the courthouse a t Calhoun, ~ e o r g i a . Charter members are :

Beall, Fannie B16ack, Emma Barrett (Mrs. J. T.) Cantrell, Minnie Compton, Nannie Byrom (Mrs. W. H.) David, Belle Barker (Mrs. A. B.) Davis, Nell King (Mrs. Walter) Dover, Estelle Dover, Sallie Strain (Mrs. H. A,.) Dyar, Emma Benson (Mrs. F. L.) Erwin, Sallie Rice (Mrs. J. Go B.) Ferguson, Marianna Goodwyn (Mrs. Ha F.) Hall, Bai Hall, Mrs. Helen Peeples Harlan, Minnie Capers (Mrs. B. M.)

i Harlan, Ida Carter (Mrs. C. C.) Herrington, Cullie Hines, Lizde Wilson (Mrs. W. L.) McLain, Fannie Orr (Mrs. C. F.) -Mills, Margaret Ramsey (Mrs. Go W.) -Neal, Maude Ballew (Mrs. J. A*) Norton, Mamie Rankin (Mrs. King Norton) Pitts, Lulie Pitts, Mrs. Flora McDaniel !White, Rosa

Miss Lulie Pitts was elected first president and also, served as custodian of crosses for a number of years, dur-- ing which time these badges of honor were presented with appropriate ceremonies to seventy-seven Gordon County veterans of the War Between the States.

Succeeding presidents have been : Mrs. Flora McDaniel- Pitts, Mrs. B. M. Harlan, Mrs. King Norton, Mrs. Ernest Neal, Mrs. J. A. Neal.


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Mrs. Walter Davis was first recording secretary. Mrs. We L. Hines filled this office for upwards of eighteen years.

The object of the organization is to keep alive the tra- ditions of the old South and to honor Confederate veterans of the War Between the States, both living and dead. To this end various activities have been directed.

For many years the chapter planned the annual memorial exercises held a t Resaca Confederate cemetery and kept the grounds in order. In 1910, it helped to secure a fifteen-hundred-dollar appropriation from the state for inclosing and improving the cemetery site. A marble marker in honor of southern dead was erected on Dixie highway, number 3, and unveiled November 19, 1926. When Gordon County fairs flourished, special days were reserved to honer veterans, the Daughters taking a prominent part in their entertainment, assisting the local camp U. C. V., No. l , l O l , in program making, providing refresh- ments, etc. On one of these occasions, the chapter won a prize for the best display of Confederate relics.

In order to stimulate a study of southern history, prizes in gold have been offered to boys and girls for best essays on topics of this period. Georgia Day and the birthdays of Lee and Davis have been observed. When a veteran of the county dies (only ten are left to date, 1933), conspicu- . ous among the floral offerings is an evergreen wreath tied with the Confederate colors, and bearing the card of the Gordon 'County Chapter, U. D; C .


a . e . F ... . . . . . . ..- . .'I ': ' CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHO HAVE RECEIVED CROSSES OF HONOR FROM . \

GORDON COUNTY CH APTER U . D . C*, NO1 923 . ' . .

Erwin. H . C ............................. 1st ~ i e d t . Everett, Solomon ...................... Private Everett, H . F ............................ Private Ferguson, Haydon F ............. 1st Lieut . Floyd, D . S ................................. Private Fuller, John M ........................... Private Fuller, V . W ............................... Private Gillesp'ie, J . C ................... .. ...... Private Grabam, A . M ........................... Private Hall, J . N . W ............................. Private Harmon, H . H ........................... Private Harris, T . P ............................... Private Henderson, John W ................... Private Herrington, H . B ..... Serg . Corn . Dept .

. ................................. . Hunt, H C 2d Serg Johnson, J . E ............................. Private Johhsun, T . L ............................. Private Jones, W . E ................................. Private

............................... Jones, L . N Corporal . .............................. Joyce, E A -Corporal

............ King, J . D .................... ... Private Long, Jas . F ............................... Private Love, A . F ................................... Private .Moss, ; Ephraim .......................... Private .Moss, James ................................ Private Moss, Hiram ........................77.... Private Moss, R . D .......................... ,,,, .... Private J?@BQP~;"& -&t j.. 2.. . .+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......,. = * * * 1 7 ~ ~ r ~ r r P ~ ivgtq

. .................................. 4th Cavalry Ga

. .................................... 1st Cavalry Ga 40th ................................................ Ga . 5th Infantry .................................. KY-

. . ...................................... 27th So Car 22d ................................................. Ga,

........................... -......... . 1st Cav ... Ga . .................................................. '52d Ga . ....................................... 10th Cav Ala

3d Cav ......................................... Ga . 37th ............................................ N . C .

. ............ . Batt of Smith's Legion Ga 4th Cav ........................................... Ga .

.............................................. . 6th Ga 40th .......................................... Ga . 5th ........................... : ...................... Ga .

. ............................. ............. 1st Cav Ga

. ................. ................................ 23d Ga . .................................................. '8th Ga ........... ........................................ . 1st : Ga .................................................. . 8th Ga .................................................. 2 1 ~ t .G a.

21st (Infantry) ............................ Ga . 8th Batt ........................................... Ga .

........................................... . 8th Batt Ga 8th Batt ........................................... G.a.

...........- . 23d ( Colquitt's Brigade) G a J9tt.h '.* ... "'.((~(..~~!(!.~~~~C~I,',It.'*IIb,.. ! , q@,

May. 1862.Apr . 15. 1865 . 'May 6. 1864.May. 1865 May 1. 1864-May 12. 1865 Jan . 2. 1862.May. 1865 1863.March. 1865 '1861-April 9. 1865 ~ a r . , 1864.April. 1865 'March 4. 1862.May. 1865 July 23. 1862-May 14. 1865 1862.May. 1865 April. 1861-April 9. 1865 June 25. 1862-April 26. 1865 July 1. 1862-May 1. 1865 .

May 27. 1861-May 12. 1865 Jan., 1862oApril. 26. 1865 Sept., 1862-April 26. 1865 Jan . 10. 1867-April 5. ' 1865 May. 1862-April 9. 1865 "Oct . 11. 1861-1863 Feb . 1. 1862.April. 1865 1862.~ay. 1865 March. 1862-April 9. 1865 Jan., 1862-July 1. 1865 Sept . 10. 1861-May 2. 1865 May 12. 1862-May 2. 1865 Sept . 10. 1861-May 2 . 1865 Aug . 31. 1861-May 12. 1865 July 21, 18ql-J~ly 21, . . . . 1869


CONFEDERATE VETERANS WHO HAVE' RECEIVED CROSSES OF HONOR FROM CORDON lCOUNTY CHAPTER U . Dm C., NO . 923

Nation. J . L ............................ ...P rivate B 36th ............................................ Ga . Feb . 1, 1862-April 26, 1865 Norton, T . J ................. L.... ..... 1st Lieut . G 28th .Infantry ................................ Ga . Mar . 1, 1862, to loss of arm, Mar .

1, 1863 . Parker, W . M ............................. Private F 1st (Cav.) ...................................... Ga May, 1863-May 27, 1865

Pass, D . M ................................. Private H 4th .................................................. Ga . April, 1864-June, 1865 . Patman, R . I? ................................. Serg . C Batt . of Smith's Legion .............. Ga . May 21, 1862.Apr . 26, 1865 Quinn, L . C ................................. Private C 2d Ky . Batt ....................~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~ Ga . Jan., 1864.June, 1865

(Morgan's Command) Reeves, D . L ............................... Private F 4th i.1 ........................................... Ga Apr 29, 1861-July 1, 1862, disabled . .

by wound Rice, J . H ................................. 1st Lieut . H 6th .. 1 ............................................... Ga . April 1, 1862-April 9, 1865 Roe, . J. W .................... .................pfiva L 36th .......................... ....I ................. Ga . 1861-1865

................................................ . Roe, I . A. ............ ........................captain R 14th- Ga Aug . 2, 1861-Apr . 26, 1865 Roe, J . L ..................................... private K 19th ................................................. Ga . Aug . 2, 1861-Apr . 26, 1865 Steele, William ...................... ..2d L i e ~ t . D Hampton's Legion .................... S . C : Apr., '61-April 9, 1865

. . Stewart, J . F...-.........................private B 8th B.att. ......................~~~.~~~.~~~~~~~~~~ Ga Oct., 1861.April 26, 1865 ......................................... . Sutherland, J . Te......................2d Lieut* I 4th Cav Ga Aug . 10, 1861-April, 1865

....................~~.~~~~~..~~~~~~~~~~~~...~~... . Tate, J . I ................................... ..private C 23d Ga June 11, 1861-June, 1865 . Taylor, A . B ............. ..................private F 4th Infantry .................................. Ga Oct., 1862-April, 1865

Taylor, A . W ............................... private B 8th Battalion ................................ Ga . July, 1861-April 26, 1865 Thompson, G . R ......................... Private F 4th Infantry .................................. Ga . October, 1862-April, 1865 Timms, W . A ............................. private F 4th ..................... ........................ . Ga . 1861-April 9, 1865 Timms, G ................................... private D Hampton's Legion ...................... S . C . April 1, 1861-April, 1865

......................................... . Wells, Geo. W...Captain, Major of Inf . E 1st Cav Ark June 10, 1861-May 9, 1865 West, T . J ................................... private D 23d (Colquitt's Brigade) ............ Ga . Aug . 31, 1861-May 12, 1865 White, John E ........................... Private C 36 (Infantry) ............................ Tenn . May 6, 1861-July 4, 1865 . Wofford, I . E ............................. Private . E 40th (Stovall's ' ~ r i ~ a d e ) ............ Ga., May 3, 1862-May 12, 1865 Woods, W . F ................................. Sergt . G 21st ........... .................................... Ga . July 21, 1861-May 16, 1865 Wright, C . J ............................... Private G 21st ....................~~~~.~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~........ Ga. July 11, 1861-May 12, 1865


CIVIC AND FRAiTERNAL

Widows of Veterans W h o Received Crosses Hall, Mrs. W. J. Pitts, Mrs. N. E. (Thos. H.) Tarvin, Mrs. A. B.

Daughters of Veterans W h o Received Crosses Mrs. Myra Mizell-Hall Mrs. Lizzie Wilson-Hines

At a meeting in the courthouse a t Calhoun, Georgia, June, 1905, Bryan Thomas chapter U. D. C., of Dalton, Georgia, presented to J. T. Black, G. W. Burroughs, S. T. Cantrell, M. E. Ellis, T. F. Jolly, and W. R. Rankin, Sr., the first Confederate crosses of honor to be bestowed on Gordon County veterans.

CALHOUN WOMAN'S CLUB .

Founder, Mrs. W. L. Hines. Organized, February 27, 1902. Member Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902. Motto, "Non sibi, sed pro, aliis" (not for self, but for

others). Club Colors: green, pink, white. Charter members: Mrs. P. N. Baird, Miss Eva Cantrdl,

Mrs. F. L. Dyar, Miss Alice Dyar, Miss Bai Hall, Mrs. T. W. Harbin, Mrs. C. C. Harlan, Miss Idalette Hillhouse, Mrs. W. L. Hines, Mrs. E. L. Jackson, Mrs. J. W. Logan, Mrs. C. F. McLain, Mrs. S. Mims, Mrs. Flora McDaniel Pitts, Mrs. 0. N. Starr, Miss Bessie Thornton (now Mrs. Lawson Fields), Miss Lou Wilson (deceased).

First Officers President. ...-.--.-.---- ---.--.----- --.-- ---- Mrs. W. L. Hines First Vice-President .....--..-.--.-. Mrs. C. C. Harlan Second Vice-President --...-- - -.-.-. Mrs. J. W. Logan Third Vice-President.. . . . -- --- .-- . ..Mrs. P. N. Baird Recording Secretary ....-----.---- Mrs. Logan R. Pitts Corresponding Secretary -.....-.-. Miss I. Hillhouse Treasurer -...-.....-.------.---..-...--.-.----. Mrs. F. L. Dyar . .

The first work undertaken was the furnishing of a rest room for the convenience of women and (children from the


HIST,ORY O F GORDON COUNTY

countxy.. A one-room, frame building on Railroad street, facing the town commons (now North Park) was rented from Mr. J. M. Ballew and fitted up by the club ladies fo r this purpose. A traveling library from Atlanta was secured, which, with magazines and newspapers, contribu-- ted to mental needs, a hostess was employed, and t h e county women and children were given free access to a l l conveniences. The rest room attained instant and con- tinued popularity.

Monthly meetings were held a t the homes of members, but, as interest increased, the membership grew, and activities were broadened, a club house was envisaged as a necessity. Permission to build on the commons north of Court street was granted by the city authorities. Mrs. F. A. Cantrell, Mrs. C. F. McLain, and Mrs. J. A. Hall were appointed building committee, a log cabin design was se- lected, circular letters asking for pecuniary aid were distributed. among acquaintances, and contributions of poles, rock and other building materials were solicited.

The first load of logs was donated by Mr. N. A. Dodd, of Plainville, Georgia. The foundation of the Woman's Club House, said t o be the first in Georgia, was laid May 12, 1904, and the building, costing $399.85, not including donations of materials, was ready for occupancy in July of the following year. There were two spacious rooms connected by folding doors, a wide veranda upheld by

'rustic cedar posts, a rock chimney, a large fireplace, and .Queen Anne windows. The furnishings, harmonizing with the style of architecture, included rag rugs for floor coverings, a square piano (now replaced by an upright), mission chairs, and comfortable rockers. One of the rooms waslused as a rest room, the other was fitted up with a library of a few hundred volumes (now, 1,700), and the two,^ thrown together, served as auditorium; Electric lights,. water, and necessary conveniences were supplied. In 19.17, an annex consisting of kitchenette, dressing, and toilet rooms and connecting hall was built .at a cost of $400, Mrs. A. B. David, chairmanaof .building committee.

*Since 1910, annual contributions of sixty dollars have been


244 HISTORY 'OF GORDON COUNTY

made by both town and county officials t o help defray maintena,nce expenses. . . , . . . . .

In: 1920, the club equipped a robrn in .a dormitory of t he '

Stafe Agricultural college, a t Athens, Georgia, and named it in honor of Mrs. W. L. Hines. This organization was hostess in 1909 to the first district meeting of the'women's clubs to be held in Georgia.

Throughout the thirty years of its existence, Calhoun Woman's club, aided and encouraged by municipal authorities, local newspapers, and citizens, has contributed in large measure to the civic and cultural life of this community. The commons where the club house is situated has been transformed from an unsightly, weed-infested, derbis-strewn, mosquito-breeding plat into a beautiful park with walks, trees, flowers, and shrubbery in tasteful arrangement. Mr. W. L. Hillhouse designed and built the rock fountain and pool near the entrance (cost, $63.45), also, the rustic stone bridge in the'center of the park. Much care has been given to John P. King park on the west side of town, named for Calhoun's earliest benefac- tor at the suggestion of Mrs. Nellie Peters Black.

In 1914, permission was secured from the N. C . .and St. L. railway authorities to improve the right-of-way west of the depot, and the committee in charge, Miss Tilla Rook- er, chairman, developed Thomas park, a beauty spot, named in honor of the president of the road. , .

?Under the #auspices of the club, annual clean-up days were inaugurated, a sanitary survey of the town was made, and school children were given physical tests. Rural schools have been aided by circulating libraries, donations of books and magazines, scholarships, encouragement of corn and canning clubs and gardening, cash prizes for '

best kept school grounds, etc. The club has sponsored ,.-

lyceum courses, cooking schools, and a domestic science a <

deparkment for Calhoun public school. During the' world War, Red Cross aid was stressed: -

Liberty bonds and war savings stamps were bought, contributions were made to soldiers' hospitals in the home


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land and recreation houses for our boys in France, all activities being centered in winning the war.

In 1925, a memorial arch of native rock honoring the southern soldiers of the War Between the States and the World War veterans was erected a t the northern entrance to the town. Bronze figures representing a soldier of the sixties and a doughboy of the World War surmount stone pedestals on each side of the arch. Tablets are inscribed : "Confederate Memorial. The Battle of Resaca was fought near here May 14 and 15, 1864." "Calhoun honors World War heroes 1917-1918."

A monument and statue commemorating Sequoyah were placed a few paces north of the arch with this inscription : "Sequoyah, originator of the Cherokee Indian alphabet. Two miles east of this spot is New Echota, the last Indian capital in Georgia. Here was published The Cherokee Phoenix, only newspaper edited in an Indian language. The Indian cemetery is at New Echota, where was signed an important treaty ceding Indian lands to the United States." Mrs. Ernest Neal, chairman, Mrs. C. C. Harlan, and Mrs. J. G. B. Erwin, of the club, assisted by Mayor J. C. Giarlington and W. A. Hill, solicited subscriptions from the people and supervised the work.

Numbers of visitors have been drawn to "The Cabin," colloquial name for the club house, by its quaint design, its attractive setting, and open hospitality. Records show that, during 1918-1919, there were guests representing twenty states and one hundred thirty-two towns, and eight or ten thousand visits a year have been recorded. A hostess is in regular attendance.

The library has received liberal patronage. Club members use the books without charge, others pay a small fee.

A collection of African and Indian relics donated by Mr. W. L. Hillhouse land Mr. William F. Harbour, respectively; a page of The Cherokee Phoenix, pioneer newspaper of North Georgia, a model of the Chief Vann house maode of soapstone found in its vicinity, and a gavel from wood used in constructing the Cherokee council house, gifts of Dr. W. R. L. Smith; a gavel made of wood



that grew on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, netar the scene of the "Battle Above the Clouds" during the War Between the States, presented by Mr. W. L. Hines, and a gavel of olive wood from ~erusa lem given by Mr. J. T. McVay, form an interesting nucleus for a museum.

The historic Indian cemetery a t New Town (formerly, New Echota) is owned and cared for by the club.

Activities are shared by various committees forming a beehive of industry in which each group shapes its own particular cell and, together, evolve a symmetrical whole.

Presidents of Calhoun Woman's Club Honorary President for Life, Mrs. W. L. Hines.

Name , ,. Date of Service : ,

Mrs. W. L. Hines - - - - - - -. ----..----.-.---.- 1902-1905 ............................ Mrs. F. L. Dyar 1905-1906 ......................... Mrs. W. L. Hines --1906-1907

................................. .. Miss Bai all 1907-1908 Miss Ida Hillhouse ........-,..---.-.-t--t 1908-1909

.............................. Mrs. J. A. Hall 190'9-1910 .......... Mrs. Flora McDaniel Pith 1910-1911

........................ .. Mrs. :C. C. Harlan 1911-1913 ....................... . . Mrs. Ernest .Neal.-- 19 13-19 14

Mrs* T. ,W. Harbin- . - ----- :. -..--.---- ---- 19 14-1 9 15 .............. . . . . a . . . Mrs. 0. Calbeck ...:...i.i &... 1915-1917 :

:- . Miss Lulie Pitts ............................ 19 17-19 19 Mrs. C. F. McLlain ........................ 1919-1920 Mrs. John A. Neal ........ i ............... 1920-1922

* .. .......................... Mrs. C.. D. Miller 1922-1923

. . . Mrs. Ernest Neal: .. l... ................... 1923-1924 , ..

. . . . Mrs. J. G. B.Erwin-:...... ,...... ~.i..-1924-1926 .......... .:. .. Mrs. Maude :Byram 'Curtis.., ....... 1926-1928 . . . . . .

. . . Mrs. Wm. '~O* '~e~ . i s ; . : :. . . . . . . . . . ................. . . ........d -1928-1929 . . .

Mrs. 3. H.. P;aschallr- ;-...iii: 19929-1930' . . . ; ..-. ..---- . .

. . . . Mrs. C.: Pi, Reeve . . . . . . . ; ...- . . . . . . . . . . ........ ~~:....-;i::-:-.:..;.:-- 1,930-1932 .. : ...

. . . . . . . .... . Mrs. C:. B; ~~ar.~l...iir:>:...l..i.i 'i...1932.date : (1933): . . . . .


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Honorary Members Rev. J. C. Atkinson

Mrs. J. C. Atkinson Mrs. Nellie Peters Black

A. B. David F. A. Cantrell

William F. Harbour G. A. Hall

T. A. Hopper

Librarians Mrs. H. L.' Hall

Miss KathIeen Hines Miss Lillian Thompson

Miss Idalette Hillhouse Miss Naomi White

Club Hostesses Miss Gorda Eaves

Mrs. McGill Mrs. Burch

Mrs. Allie Goode Miss Beulah Holsomback .

Mrs. L. N. Jones Miss Ida Hillhouse

Miss Naomi White

CIVITAN CLUB Calhoun Civitan club was organized in 1921. Charter

members included F. T. Bergstrom, B. W. Blackmon, R. Be Bolding, J. H. Boston, J. M. Byrd, A. H. Chastain,O. B.. Cooper, ArB. David, C. E. David, C. S. Henderson, A. L. Henson, W. A. Hill,. H. F. Jones, Z. V. Johnston, W. 0.

Lewis, C. F. McLain, A. R. McDaniel, Ralph ~ e e k s . , Eu- gene MOSS, C. L. Moss, J. H. Paschall, L. R. Pitts, Em 0. Shellhorse, T. W. Skelly, J. -H. Starr, J. A; Strain. First officers. were President, J. A.'Strain ; Vice-president, F. .T. ergs st rob ; s.ecretary-~reasurer, . . - . , : B* . W. Blackmon.

The purposes.of organization' were the de.v~logment of Gordon county and the promotion. of good citiienship.:.+A



booklet advertising the possibilities and advantages of the county was prepared and circulated widely; the club sponsored an agricultural short course for farmers, also, a business course for which two scholarships were granted to worthy students unable to attend otherwise ; promoted contests among farmers and club boys with cash prizes for winners; helped secure the Dixie Highway through Calhoun, depot improvements, the consolidation of two tax offices into one, a five-year tax exemption for new in- dustries, improvedpdairy equipment, and better roads.

Attractions of the locality for industrial plants were listed a s low taxes, cheap power, mild climate, five-year tax exemption, low building and production costs,-community co-operation, adequate railroad service, cheap r aw materials, growing market for produce, plentiful and a.daptable labor.

In 1923-26, the club was active in supporting the 66unts farm demonsterator in his drive for planting cover crops with the result that, in 1926, more winter legumes were grown in Gordon County than ever before in its history.

One of the outstanding accomplishments of this body was the distribution of twenty-six thorough bred pigs to farmer boys of the county for re-distribution from litters secured. Within five years the twenty-six pigs had multi- plied to ,seven hundred and interest in pedigreed hogs grew by leaps and bounds.

Presidents of t.he Civitan club from 1921 to 1930, the date of disbanding, were: J. A. Strain, Logan R. Pitts, James H. Starr, Dr. 2. V. Johnston, James H. Reeve, J. G. B. Erwin.

Secretaries during the same period were : 0. B. Cooper, Z . V. Johnston, A. L. Henson, A. C . Sweat, 0. C. Langford, T. J. Brown.

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Members of Civitan Club '

Bell, H. P. bond, W. F. aChastain, Robert Bergstrom, F. T. Boston, J. H. Cooper, 0. B. lackw well, R. L. Brown, T. J. David, A. B. Blackmon, B. W. Byrd, J. M. David, C. E. Solding, R. B. Chastain, A. H. Dickey, B, Y.


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Donahue, C. W. Dorsey, T. H. Eakes, J. T. Ellis, M. M. Erwin, J. G. B. - Ford, G. B. Fox, J. C. Garlington, J. C. Gillespie, S. 0. Hale, E. D. Harbin, T. W, Hasson, C. B. Henson, A. L. Henderson, C. S. Hicks, F. L. Hill, W. A.

Johnston, Z. V. Jolly, Frank R. Jones, H. F. Keever, J. D. Knight, H. E. Lang, J. M. Langford, 0. C. LeFevre, Rex. W. Lewis, W. 0. McDaniel, A. R. McGinty, J. R. McLain, C. F'. Meeks, Ralph Miller, N. W. Mobre, S. Z. Moss, C. L.

MOSS, L. - Moss, Eugene Neal, J. C. Orr, H. A. Paschall, J. H. Pitts, Logan R. Reeve, James H. Reeve, C. P. Richards, W. R. Shellhorse, E. 0. Skelly, T. W. Starr, J. H. Strain, J. A. Swain, W. L. Sweat, A. C. Wade, J. T.

. . POST OFFICES' Community interest centers naturally in the post office

through which business and social contacts are made with the great outside world. Before, the age of free delivery when citizens secured their mail by personal calls, the post office was a popular rendezvous, ranking on a par with public wells a s a loafing place.

Calhoun post office has been operated always in rented buildings situated on the principal streets of the city. Time was when a corner in some business establishment furnished ample room, but gradual growth and enlarged equipment demanded more extensive quarters. The office has occupied its present site on South Wall street facing east since 1905.

Among the incumbents of Calhoun post office are : John Davidson, George W. Ransone, No J. Boaz, George W. Wells, J. B. Johnson, Mrs. JOsB. Johnson (now Mrs. C. C . Harlan), Miss Bessie Fain, S. M. Davis, Mrs. S. M. Davis, Mrs. F. L. Dyar, B. M. Harlan, F. L. Dyar, Ed B. Miller, 1926-date (1933).

Postmasters J. B. Johnson (1885-1888)' Miss Bessie Fain (1896-1897), S. M. Davis (1898-1904), F. L. Dyar ' (1910-'13, 1921-'25) died in service.

,As a mark of respect, all business houses in the city were closed during the funeral services of Mi& Fain, an honor



which has been conferred upon no other woman of Gor- don County.

The office was advanced to the presidential class in 1902 and the postmaster was allowed a salary of one thousand dollars, later, increaged to $1,300. The present. salary is $2,400.

Calhoun was granted neighborhood delivery in 1912 during the incumbency of Postmaster F. L. Dyar. Barnes Crutchfield was first carrier. He was succeeded by Henry Jones and Boyce Ray.

City delivery was inaugurated in 1926. Among carriers who have served are: Boyce Ray, Mac Adams, J. T. McEntyre, Leonard Moore.

In twenty years, 1908-1928, the amount received &om the sale of postage stamps increased from $4,787.50 to $12,581.66. The receipts from money orders in 1928 was $106,621.36.

Rural Free Delivery

RuraI delivery represents approximately the heart of a community, pulsing new life through the arterial system of highways and byways to the remotest abodes. Gordon County was granted free delivery August 1, 1902, with two routes. Carriers received six hundred dollars a year including horse hire. Route one was in charge of Cobb McEntyre, J. V. Adams traversed route two.

1932 Table of Rural Routes from Calboun Post Office

No. Mileiage Carrier County Location Villages Sewed I. ' 29.45 Cobb McEntyre Eastern part,,-.----Farmville, Xonoraville 11. 37.43 H. A. Green -...--. Eastern part ..--..-.-....--.- - ----. :Cash, Red Bud 111. 35.41 J. V. Adams ....- -North'eastern part ..-..........-'ea'ea-'ea Pine Chapel IV. 24.62 0. A. Stewart ,- Southern...-Lily Pond, McDaniel's Sltation V. 30.42 J. M. House -....-Western part -..............--..----....-.. Oostanaula

0 ther post offices of the county furnishing rural service are : Plainville, one route ; Sugar Valley, one route ; Ran- ger, two routes ; Resaca, two routes ; Curryville, one route ; Fairmount, three routes ; Oakman, one route.

Rural carriers who have served the county include- J. V. Adams, Pat Allison, Clarence Anthony, H. M. Ash-.


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worth, William Buford, Tipton Coffee, L. J. Findley, 0. L. Floyd, Carl Fox, Henry Fox, Vernon Fox, Willie Green, Harvey Green, Hhgh A. Green, H. 0. Green, Terrell Hall,

Harbuck, J. W. Henderson, Charles Higginbotham, J. M. House, Tobe Kendrick, .George S. King, Stonewall C. King, Oscar Knight, G. G. Lay, E. C. McEntyre, H. M. McHan, Ed B. Miller, Augustus Mullinax, Tobe Nations, Ed Pinion, J. W. Ray, Henry C. Smith, 0. A. Stewart, Will Whitternore.

Star Routes

Formerly, a number of star routes were maintained. One extended from Colima (Oakman) to Calhoun via Ranger, Cash, Red Bud, Crane Eater; another, from Fair- mount to Calhoun through Sonoraville, Farmville, Black- wood. Only one star route remains, a short stretch between Oostanaula and Curryville.


Chapter VIII

CHURCHESOFGORDONCOUNTY

LIBERTY Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church, also called

White Church, three miles southwest of Calhoun on the Rome road, was formerly one of the best known and attended churches in Gordon County.

Courthouse records show deeds to the church site from V. H. Cain (granted Oct. 18, 1859), and Joseph ~Cameron ' (made on July 14, 1860), to John Phillips and David W. Neel, elders and trustees of the church.

The population of the community worshiped there re- .gardless of creeds, camp-meetings and revivals presided over by eminent divines attracted great congregations, and the little white church in the grove grew into an in- . stitution of power and usefulness.

Among those who have served Liberty as pastors are: Revs. 2. M. McGhee, J. H. Miller, Walter Swartz, Mann, George Danley, and Herbert An. Daniel, present (1933) pastor. Guest preachers have included some well-known pulpit orators; as, Dr. W. H. Darnall and Dr. M. A. Matthews, whose father, Mr. M. L. Matthews, was. an elder in the church for a number of years.

After a long period of progress, changed conditions brought lean years to old Liberty, members were scattered, house and grounds showed neglect, services were infrequent, the glory of the old days had departed.

The renaissance came in 1925, since which time a regular pastor has been employed and the usual church auxiliaries maintained. There are about fifty communicants. The present officers are: Elders-W. N. Rogers, clerk; M. B. Overton, J. C. Overton, B. R. Rogers, Carl Fox; Sunday-school superintendent, J. L. Turk.

The roster of members contains the names of Burns, Leavitt, Garlington, Rogers, Thompson, Matthews, Bar-



rett, Stewart, Colston, Duggar, Tomlinson, Abbott, and many other staunch- pioneers of this section.

Rev. 2. M. McGhee served as pastor of Liberty church for twenty-five years. He was active in the ministry for fiftkeight years, organizkd a number of churches, and superintended the erection of many church buildings. For fifty-two years he attended the bi-yearly sessions of his Presbytery without missing a roll call, served as Moderator of two synods, and represented his Presby- tery in twelve meetings of the General Assembly. He was author of a book on "Christian Baptism and Com- munion" that has reached its second edition.

Mr. McGhee was married Nov. 6, 1862, to Miss Sarah Cameron, of near Calhoun, Ga., a member of a prominent pioneer family of Gordon County. Their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated in 1912. Children of this union are: W. E., J. C., John, W. C., and Lillie May.

The death of this beloved pastor took place at his home in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 9, 1920.

CALHOUN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

In 1847, a Presbyterian church called Mt. Zion was located a few miles south of Calhoun, or Dawsonville, the name of the village a t that time. About eight years later, .Mt. Zion became Calhoun Presbyterian church and a neat brick house of worship was erected in the center of a large wooded lot between the present Line and Trammel1 streets, the property having been donated to Presbyte- rians for church purposes by John P. King, of Augusta, Georgia, philanthropist and one time owner of the town site. Among those who served as officers in this church were Matthew Thompson, William Gaston, William B. Candler, and Robert Orr, descendants of whom reside in this county. . During the War Between the States, Federal soldiers encamped on the church grounds, used the building for a stable, and left it in ruins. Members were scattered and early records lost.


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In 1873, Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, of South Carolina, a Pres- byterian preacher of Huguenot ancestry, moved to Gar: -don County with his family and settled on his plantation, the present (1933) Hill place, just across the Oostanaula .river from Calhoun. He found few members of his denomination here, but, nothing daunted, he began monthly Presbyterian services, the Methodists of Calhoun allow- ing the use of their church for this purpose, a favor that was returned some fifteen years afterward (1888), when a cyclone razed every church in town except the unfinished Presbyterian. building.

The next year, 1874, following revival services conducted by Rev. J. D. Burkhead, evangelist of Cherokee presbytery, a church organization was effected. Fifteen charter members were enrolled-Mrs. J. B. Hillhouse, Sr., Mrs. N. E. Pitts, Mrs. W.- R. Rankin, Sr., Mrs. J. D. Tins- ley, Miss Bertie Hillhouse, Mrs. M. E. Fields, Miss Ida- Iette Hillhouse, Mrs. John Fields, Mrs. Aaron Roff, J. S. Willhouse, T. C. Milner, T. W. Skelly, L. D. Hillhouse, 6. W. Marshall, W-. C. Rice.

Officers chosen were: Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, pastor; J. S. Hillhouse and T. C. Milner, ruling elders; J. W. Mar- shall, deacon.

A movement to erect a house of worship was begun in - 1882 with the appointment of Mrs. N. E. Pitts, Mrs. M. E.

Fields, Mrs. J. D. Tinsley, Mrs. L. R. Wilson, Mrs. W. L. Hines, and Mrs. T. C. Milner as a committee to solicit building funds. A commodious frame structure was erected on the old ~ ~ e s b ~ t e r i a n lot a few yards east of the site used at present. Mr. Hillhouse, the pastor, died in 1887, and he was succeeded by Rev. M. A. Matthews who served the congregation until. 1893. Under his energetic administration, the membership was increased four-fold, and the church building, hitherto unfinished, was corn- pleted. Dr. W-. W. Brim preached the dedicatory sermon November 24, 1889.

In 1921, 'by permission of the heirs of John P. King, the donor, the Presbyterian property was divided into residence lots and sold, space being reserved for church



and"manse sites. Financiere'd by this method, a handsome two-story rock structure was completed during this year, W. L. Hillhouse, designer and builder.

It was dedicated July 17, 1927, by Dr. M. A. Matthelm, of Seattle, Washington, whose first ministerial effortsh were made in his home town, Calhoun.

The church maintains the usual activities of Sunday School, prayer service, and organized societies for women and young people. Five young members have gpne into the ministry-Revs. J. S. Hillhouse, M. A. Matthews, E. Darnall Brownlee, Marvin Eaves, and J. B. Hillhouse, Jr. W. L. Hillhouse, elder of the church since 1888, served from 1913 to 1925 with a two-year intermission in the Congo, Africa, mission field. A rock manse was built on the church lot in 1925.

List of Those Who Have 'Served as Officers PASTORS

Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, Sr., first pastor 1874-1893 Dr. M. A. Matthews, 1887-1893 Dr. D. L. Buttolph, 1893-1895 Dr. W. H. Darnall, 1895-Served twenty-one years H. M. Bailey C. S. Evans J. T. Wade

White Robert P. Love11 Donald A. Hyde J. G. Kirckhoff, 1929-date (1933)

DEACONS J. L, Turk, J. W. Marshall, G. B. Ford, W. C. Nesbit, R. J. Wilson.

ELDEXCS J. S. Hillhouse, T. C. Milner, W. L. ~i l lhouie , H. A. Orr, S. M.

Harrison, Walter Hamilton, W. R. Rankin, Sr., William Steele, Ronald Johnston, E. L. Rheinhart.

MEMBERS (Names from Old Registers)

Bartlett, Mrs. Julia .- Craig, Lulie Bigham, E. L. Craig, Ella Bigham, Mrs. E. L. Craig, Lizzie (Mrs. Jno. Hill) Boggs, George L. Dobbs, Mrs. Jno. Brownlee, E. Darnall Donaldson, Mrs. R. A. Bryson, Virgil Ellis, Nrs. E. R. Candler, Jennie (Mrs. Randall) Elliot, Nena Clark, Mrs. Mary V. Fields, Mrs. M. E.


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Fields, Mrs. John Morgan, S. C. Fields, Nellie (Mrs. Campbell) Morrison, Joseph Findley, Mrs. Karrison Nabors, Z. L. Franklin, Dr. Albert Nabora, Mrs. Z. L. Franklin, Mrs. Sarah Pitts, Mrs. N. E. Gaston, W. S. Pitts, Mamie L. Gholston, Mrs. Julia E. Pitts, Lulie Goodwyne, Callie Pitts, L. R.

(Mrs. D. B. Freeman) Prichard, Jno. E. Hillhouse, Mrs. J. B., Sr. Prichard, Mrs. Jno. E. Hillhouse, Bertie Rankin, W. R., Sr. Hillhouse, Jas. S. Rankin, Mrs. w. R. Hillhouse, Louis D. Rankin, Maggie Hillhouse, W. L. (Mrs. Fred McDanIel) Hillhouse, @arcus Lee Rankin, Pauline (Mrs. Star??) Millhouse, Jos. B., J r . Rankin, George Hines, Richard W. Rankin, Mrs. Geo. Humphrey, Mrs. Nancy Roff, Mrs. Aaron Inghram, Mra. S. B. Roff, Henry J. Inghram, Laura S. Royster, Jennie (Mrs. J. V. Eaves) Inghram, Jas. I. Skelly, T. W. Jervis, Mrs. Mary J. Steele, Wm. Johnst on, Ronald Tinsley, Mrs. J. D. Johnston, Mrs. Ronald Tinsley, Agnes Johnston, Lizzie (Mrs. Pentecost) Tinsley, Elattie (Mrs. Connor) Johnston, Kathleen Tinsley, Marshall

(Mrs. W. M. Hobby) Thompson, W. A. Milner, Mrs. Thos. C. Wilson, Richard J. Mims, S., Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Jas. F.

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER 1932 Barnett, Henry Hunt, Mrs. C. 'W. Barnett, Mrs. Henry Hunt, Mary Brogdon, H. C. Hunt, Ruth Brogdon, Mrs. H. C. Johnson, Henry Brogdon, Ellsworth Johnson, Mrs. Henry Brownlee, Mrs. Lee Jones, Clarence Dalton, Bessie Jones, Mrs. Clarence Darnall, Mrs. Mary Kirckhoff, Mrs. J. G. Davis, Grier Kirkley, Emy W. Davis, Mrs. Grier Logan, Pat Davis, Janet Logan, Mrs. Pat Davis, Elza McDaniel, Suzanne Davis, Martha Sue Mims, Mrs. Ophelia Gunn, Mrs. Eunice Nesbit, W. C. Harrell, Mrs. Allie Nesbit, Mrs. W. C. Harrison, S. M. Nesbit, Mrs. Catherine Higginbotham, Troy Nesbit, Claud Hillhouse, Idalette Norman, Jas. Barr, 3r. Hillhouse, Mrs. Jean Norman, Mrs. Jas. Barr, Jr. Hillhouse, Esther Love Norton, Mrs. King Hillhouse, W. L. Norton, Margaret



Norton, Billy On; Hugh A. Orr, 'Mrs. Hugh A. Orr, Mary Louise Orr, Elizabeth OrP, Hugh, Jr. Patman, Mrs. Mamie Pitts, Lulie

Roach, Mrs. P. F. Starr, Mrs. J. H. Turk, J. L. Turk, Mrs. 3. L. Van Atta, Corina Ann Wheat, G ~ s s i e Wheel sr, Louise Wheeler, Bessie

Calhoun Presbyterian Church There is something about this unusual building that

grows upon one. There is something about its massive and rugged rock walls, its graceful arches, the strength and simplicity of the building which makes it different from anything in this town or this section of the state.

It is expressive to a marked degree of the character of the man who planned and built it-W. Laurens Hill- house-strong, durable, simple, unpretentious. Made of nature's best materials, it is the kind of structure that gives dignity and charm t o a place. One can imagine itcthree hundred years hence, a venerable pile, but still stately and upright and durable as the hills. It is in a class all its own.

Few communities have produced men like Laurens Hillhouse, the architect and builder, and Gordon County should feel herself honored to number him among her citizens. He has contributed lavishly time, labor and money to the upbuilding and welfare of the community. Seldom has anyone built so many substantial things that are also beautiful, so many things that will endure and give grace and dignity to their surroundings. Few have utilized and given value and character to the crude materials of nature-the rugged stones of the mountains- as he has done. In the years to come strangers will marvel at the ingenuity and taste and skill displayed in the erection of the rustic fountain in the city park, the numer- ous rock walls and buildings, and, especially the substantial Presbyterian church, and wonder whose thoughts are thus preserved in stone.

-J. A. Hall, in The Calhoun Times.



CALHOUN METHODIST CHURCH

The Methodist denomination of Calhoun has been a dominant force in religious affairs since the town was incorporated in 1852, beginning activities in a rudely constructed building situated on a large lot at the corner of Court and River streets, which had been donated for this purpose by United States Senator John P. King, of Augusta, Georgia.

A new church was erected in 1874, the site being changed to the south corner of North Wall and Tram- me11 streets, facing westward. This building was demol- ished by a cyclone March 20, 1888. It was a heavy loss to the little band of worshipers. Back in those days the seven-year-old Red Cross organization was too young and feeble to come to the assistance of storm sufferers, but there were willing hands and stout hearts and sincere sympathizers in plenty, outside aid was given generously, so that, by the following year, the congregation was housed comfortably in a new and better building completed a t a cost of $2,500, J. C. Waldrip, architect. Dr.. H. C. Morrision preached the dedicatory sermon in May, 1889.

The site chosen was the one in present (1933) use, a few yards south of the former church lot. It was bought from Mrs. A. E. Ellis in 1888. The deed from Mrs. Ellis, transferring this property to the church authorities, Z. T. Gray, C. C. Harlan, and T. M. Ellis, representatives; also, a quit claim deed from L. I. Camp to strengthen the title, are recorded in Book J, pages 462-4, Clerk's office.

Like its predecessors, this church building was constructed of wood, and, following the architectural design in popular use for small churches a t that time, was of one story, contai9ing an entrance alcove and an auditorium that served, also, as a Sunday-school room.

A parsonage was built on the church lot in 1896, Rev. Clayton Quillian, the pastor, taking a n active part in its construction. Formerly, parsonages had been maintaineb; first, in North Calhoun during the 1870's on what is now


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known as Pitts street,; later, on Trammel1 street, facing north.

I n 1905, the Calhoun church was made a station. By 1916, the growth of the membership and a desire for modern church equipment demanded larger quarters, and a movement was launched for the present building.

- O1 N. Starr, A. B. David, T. A. Hopper, J. G. B. Erwin, E. L. Jackson, P. C Dunagan, F. L. Hicks, C. F. M,cLain, R. R. Owen, L. N. Legg, C. C . Wills, and Mrs. G. A. Hall were appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions for the building fund. Enthusiasm was rife, and, under the virile leadership of Rev. C. M. Lipham, pastor and architect, a splendid structure of ornamental brick and marble was erected with an auditorium seating six hundred people; Sunday-school rooms f o r senior, junior and kindergarten departments ; kitchen,, balconies, and equipment, including pianos, blackboards, tables, electric fixtures, furnace, etc., the cost amounting to $26,000:

Nemorisl windows were placed in honor of Harriet Gold-Boudinot, Maj. A. Roff, Thos. M. and Susan A. Ellis, John M. and Mary I. Jarvis, Zack T. and Elizabeth Gray, Sarah Elizabeth Crutchfield, James M. and Milda Harbin, T. E. Reeve, first missionary, 1916; Roberta Harris Wil- son, 1837-1913, and a window of beautiful design, the gift of Mr. G. A. Hall, of Calhoun, was dedicated to "The Poor of This Church." A tablet at the entrance to the Sunday-echo01 auditorium is inscribed :

1919 Leila Mooiley Hall

Promoter and First Supt. Elementary Dept.

Calhoun Methodist S. S. "Her good works do follow her."

The building committee was composed of 0. N. Starr, L. Moss, J. G. B. Erwin. The church was completed in 1917, and dedicated on August 5 , of the same year, b y , Bishop Warren A. Candler.

Adjacent lots both north and south of the church prop-



erty were secured by purchase. Parts of these were sold and the parsonage was remodeled a t a cost of $4,000. Four hundred forty-five (445) names are listed on the membership roll of 1933. Trustees are T. W. Harbin, chairman; L. Moss, J. G. B. Erwin, E. L. Jackson, N. W. Miller, T. A,. McLain, W. E. Brown, F. L. Hicks.

A musical director is employed regularly and standard choral selections rendered by talented members feature the services. An active Woman's Missionary society including a social service department is maintained; Ep- worth League and other auxiliaries flourish. The Sunday- school, conducted by approved pedagogical methods, has an enrollment of near four hundred.

Obligatiolls are met by systeriiatic finan~iering.

List of Pastors and Presiding Elders Since 1875

Year Ending Pastor PresiW~g Elder

A. C. Thomas J. M. Dickey A. M. Williams M. L. Underwood M. L. Underwood N. 2. Glenn B. E. L. Timmons J. A. Rosser G. W. Thomas R. R. Johnson R. R. Johnson Simeon Shaw L. P. Winter L. P. Winter W. T. Hamby W. T. Hamby B. H. Trammel1 Clayton Quillian Clayton Quillian M. S. Williams S. A. Harris S. A. Harris J. W. Hunt J. C. Atkinson J. C. Atkinson J. F. Davis G. D. Stone

D. J. Myrick A. M. Thigpen A. M. Thigpen A. M. Thigpen W. A. Parks W. A. Parks J. F'. Mixon J. IF. Quillian W. F. Quillian W. F. Quillian John Lowery John Lowery A. G. Worley J. B. Robbins W. C. Dunlap H. J. Adams H. J. Adams H. J. Adams A. W. Williams A. W. Williams A. W. Williams B. P. Allen B. P. Allen B. P. Allen Ford McCree Ford McCree Ford McCree


CHURCHES OF GORDON COUNTY

Frank Quillim J. D. Turner E. G. Mackay W. S. Branham C. M. Liphrim C. M. Lipham J. MacD. Radford J. MacD. Radford T. J. Branson E. D. Hale J. T. Eakes J. T. Eakes S. D. Cherry S. D. Cherry R. C. Cleckler

W. P. Lovejoy T. J. Christian W. T. Irvin W. T. Irvin S. B. Ledbetter S. B. Ledbetter S, B. Ledbetter 3. F. Yarbrough J. F. Yarbrough S. A, Harris S. A. Harrris Frank Quillian Frank ~uillian' J. R. Turner . J. R. Turner .

METHODIST CHURCHES OF GORDON COUNTY : Name

CalhoLlIl Echota Fairmount Mt. Pleasant Oakman Oostanaula Pine Chapel Plainville Ranger Resaca Sugar Valley Sugar Valley

Old Church Wesley Chapel Wilburn Chapel

Pastor, 1932 S. D. Cherry C. B, McKinsey G. P. Cantrell C. B. McKinsey S. P. Cantrell Sam Darley C. B. McKinsey A. Vincent G. P. Cantrell Sam Darley Sam Darley ,

Sam Darley C. B, McKinsey ,

C. B. McKinsey

C. L. Anthony W. Johnson Joella Whitternore Hugh Woodruff D. F. Phillips Mrs. Hattie Borne11 3. E. Hopper

Mos teller Duncan

r

Benson Ellis Jennie Padge t t

CALHOUN BAPTIST CHURCH Baptists, true to form: were the pioneer religious sect

in this part of Georgia. The forerunner of the Calhoun church was organized in 1822, some twenty-eight years before Gordon County mas created, in what was known as the Curtis schoolhouse, three miles south of the present Calhoun. Charter members were: Mr. and Mrs. James Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. William Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. John Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wright. Between 1822 and. 1826, the location was changed to a site a t the foot of Chan- dler hill, just north of town, and later, the congregation


HISTORY O F GORDON COUN.TY

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH-Calhoun

.FIRST BAPTIST C WURCH-Calhoun,


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occupiecl a building .in South Calhoun on what is now Piedmont street. Rev. Thomas Stout was the pastor, and, conforming to a custom prevalent in the old days, taught school in the same building.

Dr. W. M. Curtis, a long time resident of the county and a pupil in this combination church and schoolhouse, used to tell with mingled indignation and amusement that on a speech-making Friday afternoon, while he was de- livering an oration before an admiring assemblage, a mis- chievous boy climbed to the girders of the room, pulled up- a loose splinter, and released it with an ear-splitting whack, a t the same time screaming loudly that the house was falling. The audience became panicky and rushed toward the exits in a wild scramble-all of which is a digression to prove that boy nature remains essentially

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the same in all periods. In 1864, during the War Between the States, the church

building was wrecked by Federal soldiers. The lot which is now in use (1933) on the south corner of Wall and 'Trammel1 streets fronting east, was purchased in the early 1870'~~ and a one-story, wooden church, amply meeting all requirements, was erected and used until its destruc- tion by a cyclone March 20, 1888. A new church with a .seating capacity of five hundred was completed in 1889.

By 1608 the congregation had outgrown this building and it was remodeled to include ten Sunday-school rooms of modern design. At the same time a pastorium was built on North Wall street, occupying a lot given for this purpose by W. L. Hines, a devoted member of this church and the superintendent of its Sunday-school organization for more than thirty years. The cost of improvements amounted to five thousand dollars.

In 1911, the church was stronger than a t any time in her previous history. There w e e between two and three hundred members, bi-monthly services, an average Sun- day-school attendance of one hundred sixty (l6O), an increase of 200% in a ten-year period, women and young people's auxiliaries, prayer meetings and teachers' meet-


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ings, all organizations thriving and making liberal contributions to the various activities supported by the Bap- tist Association of Georgia. The property valuation was rated a t $10,000. F. A. Cantrell and W. La Hines had completed thirty-three years of service as church clerk and Sunday-school superintendent respectively.

By 1922 the inadequacy of housing facilities became so apparent that larger quarters were considered a necessity. Rev. C. S. Henderson was pastor, and, under his leadership, the present (1933) handsome rock structure of two stories was erected a t a cost of $41,000. It has a seating capacity exceeding one thousand, a large banquet hall, thirty-two Sunday-school rooms, a kitchen furnished with standard equipment, a roomy balcony, a grand piano, a pipe organ, and a modern cooling, heating, and lighting system.

Rev. J. S. Deaton, pastor of the church since 1928, has simplified and improved financing by business methods, there has been a substantial gain in church and Sunday- school membership, and a fourfold increase in attendance. Four hundred seventy-nine communi,cants and .three hundred seventy-eight Sunday-school members are registered.

Inscribed on the marble corner-stone of the church are the names of the board of deacons a t the time of its erection, 1922, 1923, also the names of the building committee composed of W. L. Hines, J. A. Strain, and T. G. Brewer. Deacons were T. G. Brewer, chairman; T. J. Champion, H. C . Hall, Pa B. Lay, J. B. Crow, Jesse L, Johnson, 0. B. Cooper, W. H. Edwards, H. W. Gaines, J; S. ~r i tche t t , C. W. Lay, R; B. Bolding, J. Luther John- son, Y. A. Henderson.

A pastorium valued a t five thousand dollars was erected on the church lot.

List of Pastors (Incomplete)

Crawf ord Thomas Stout J. H. Buchanan

. W. C. Wilkes



H. S. Moor El M. Dyer S. J. Goodwin W. M. Dyer ~.~~.~.....~.~.......................................--.-.-........-...-- -1879

....................................................................... J. S. Tumlin -.I882 J. A. McMurray.. ............................................................... 1885

........ ............................ Edgar Jewel1 ---...-.-..-..-....... 1 6 1887 ........................... J. J. .S. Callaway --

.......................................................................... W. M. Dyer 1890 ................. ........................-..-.......................... B. M. Pack .. 1891

.................... ........................ ..... W. H. Cooper .. ... 1892 ..--...-.-.-.-... --.-.... J. W. Smith ......- .......... 1 8 9 3 1894

A. H. Rice ...........~................................................ 1895-1897 W. H. Goodwire.- ......-............-..--..........-...-......................... 1897 W. M. Dyer- .....-..-...--............... --------.-.----1901-1903 inclusive

.............................................. W. M. Riley., ......A M. L. Keith- ...---...................-..----.............-..-........................ 1908 B. W. Collier. .... ..-.......................-.............................. 1915-1917 Fred Smith- ................................................................. 1917-1919 . J. W-. Robe~s::..: ....................................................... .l9&&ik$,t2&_1. Chas. S. Henderson ..... -.-...,.. .... ................... 1920-1925 H. P. Bell ................................................................... -1925L1928 Y*::

.J. S. Deaton- .....-.....................-..-.-............ 1 9 2 - a (1933)

Church Clerks-1879-1 933 E. W. Engram . W. .S. Pritchett F. A, Cantrell 5. D. Keever L. L. Reeve Jno. W. Ray G. L. Gardner . . I . . ,


BAPTIST CHURCHES OF CORDON COUNTY From Sfatis3cs of 1931

Name Date of Organization Pastor Antioch Bethlehem 1837 M. J. Taylor Bethesda H, C. Cowart Blackwood 1872 J. A. McArthur Calhoun 1852 J. 5. Deaton Corinth 1848 S. P. Chitwood Damascus 1852 G. D. Legg Echota 1924 W. S. Norris Fairmount T. L. Henderson Hall Memorial 1914 W. B. Bridges Hill City 1885 M. H. Welch Hopewell 1880 L. C. Sluder Liberty 1861 W. C. Rogers Mount Zion S. P. Chitwood New Town 1878 G. D. Legg New Zion 1895 J. J. Pendley Oak Grove 1884 S. P. Chitwood Oos tanaula 1873 W. B. Bridges Plainville 1849 J. T. Roberts Plainville Unity - Plainview - Ranger 1910 S. P. Chitwood Reeves 1892 I. D. Harris Resaca J. W. Butler Sonoraville 1903 H. C. Cowart Sugar Valley 1880 J. A. Smith Union Grove West Union T. L. Henderson

Total membership, 5,000

Clerk J. H. Bohannon Aaron McEntire G. W. Willingham A. M. Owen J. W. Ray J. H. Robbins R. L. Clark J. H. Glanton 0. C. Ballew J. E. Florida E. R. Everett C. C. Deal L. S. Green J. D. Gallman J. W. Weaver J. G. Chastain J. L. Holcomb Kay Nelson

S. S. Superintendent

' W, L. Thomas W. A. Kay Y. A. Henderson D. M. Middleton George Welchel J. H. Glanton L. P. Thompson T. C. Pendley W. T. Williams R. P. Messer L. A. Holmes L. Defoor Linsey Rogers W. B. Chastain Crisp Brock Kay Nelson

H. M. Scott J. E. Stone H. M. Ashworth J. Max Barnett W. F. Rice R. S. Cornelison H. E. Harbour M. G. Pasley J. M. House

C. L. Miller

. . G. W. Jarrett :: :..

J. Max ~arne t t . . : . _. " !--.

W. T.. Green. M. J. Griffin I. N. Bearden S. C. King


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ST. JAMES'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH The first attempt to organize an Episcopal church in

Calhoun was made in 1881 by the small but devoted band of residents here who were adherents of this faith. Mrs. E. E. Boisclair and Mrs. P. A. Summey solicited subscriptions for a church building, and Judge Thos. A. Foster, Methodist, and prominent pioneer citizen of Calhoun, headed the list of subscribers with a contribution of fifty dollars, a princely gift in those days.

But it was not until a dozen years afterward that the church was erected on the corner of South Wall and Hicks streets facing west, the lot having been donated by Judge John P. King, of Augusta, Georgia, former owner of the town site. It was a one-story, wooden buildinp;, of chapel design, finished neatly inside, having a seating capacity of two hundred or thereabout, a sweet toned reed organ, popular musical instrument for sacred music a t tha t time, and other desirable equipment.

Rev. James B. Craighill was the first rector, beginning service in 1893, Rev. F. A. Juny took charge in 1898, Rev. Geo. Caldecott in 1907, Rev. Francis Ambler, and others.

The church was consecrated in 1898 by Rt. Rev. C. K. Nelson, bishop of Georgia, assisted by Archdeacon Wal- ton, of Atlanta, and the rector, Rev. F. A. Juny. A gen- erous donation was received from St. James's Episcopal Sunday-school at Marietta.

The roll of membership included such well-known names as Roff, Parrott, Thornton, Ballew, Kiker, Bofs- elair, Blake, Jackson, Campbell.

Mrs. Nellie Peters Black and other members of the Pe- ters family, ardent Episcopalians, gave support during so- journs a t the Peters estate near by, surpliced clergymen intoned their rituals, troths were plighted a t the little altar, and, unostentatiously, St. James's Episcopal church, as it was called, performed its mission of good. With the passage of years, however, members drifted away in search of new homes, the church, no longer in use, was razed and the lot became a business site.

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DAMASCUS Damascus Baptist church, about five miles north of

Calhoun on the Dixie Highway, route 3, was organized in 1852. Mr. Gus Williams donated the building site. A large one-story frame house of worship was builtl.

During the War Between the States, this house was torn down to secure lumber for building a pontoon bridge across the Oostanaula river and a hospital for soldies, emergency needs.

The second church structure, erected in 1875, served the community as a union church and was used also for school purposes. In 1888 the congregation was reorganized into a Baptist church with Mrs. T. A. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hogan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, Mr. Tom Fain, and others, charter members.

A live Sunday-school was maintained, the membership increased, and the work prospered. Owners of the adjacent plantations-Craigs, ifendersons, Hioopers, the Bunyan Johnsons, Hogans, Roes, Nesbits, and many others, regardless of creed, contributed their quota of personal service.

A *brick church was built in 1930, three hundred or more members are enrolled, and a Sunday-school of more than a hundred pupils with Mr. G. E. Welchel, superin-

H tendent, is an enthusiastic auxiliary. The present (1933) church deacons are : P. C. Jolly,

6. E. Welchel, Alton Dodd, J. M. Meadows. . .

Among those who have served the church as pastors are-Revs. John Roe, first pastor, J. W. Austin, J. V. R. Taylor, I. E. Wofford, John Pitts, J. J..Pendley, Norris, Cowart, J. A. McArthur, D. J. Tate, Silas P. Chitwood, G. D. Legg.

The annual protracted meetings .and all-day "singings" . . . . '

attract large audiences. L . . : . .

A dernetery adjoining the church lot has been in us8 . . .- since 1857. I



MT. HOREB CHURCH Mt. Horeb, a Primitive Baptist church, three-quarters

of a mile north of Hill City in the north-western part of Gordon County, was organized January 15, 1859, by Elders E. B. B. Shaw, H. G. Fuller, and H. H. Teat, with the following charter members:

Alton, James M. (deacon) Alton, Mrs. Martha J. (deaconess) Alton, Mary Armstrong, Mary Banon, B. B. (deacon) Banon, Margaret Halley, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Massingill, Rebecca Thomas, John T. (deacon) Thomas, Mrs. Sarah (deaconess)

A crude, one-room log building with puncheon seats and destitute of flooring, housed the worshipers. Sheep frequently .sought shelter through the open door which gave rise to the pseudonym, "Sheep Pen" church, by which it became known.

During week-days the building was used for a school which was patronized by such pioneers as the Holcombs, Bandys, Motes, Masters, Roneys, Massingills, and other - leading families, and many prominent and useful citizens of this county and elsewhere caught their first glimpses of the promised land in the kingdom of the three R's within the humble environment of "Sheep Pen" church.

Among the early teachers were Prof. Charles Johnson, of brilliant mind, a Mr. McAfee, and Mr. E. Roney.

After some years, the rude log *cabin gave place to a new and better building that became a popular place for associations, singing conventions, and other religious activities. This house fell into decay as the years went by, but enough lumber was salvaged from the ruins to erect the small church which occupies the site at the present time. The former. prestige has departed, there are few members, and services are held infrequently.

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alld now and then descendants of the long-gonesaints who sleep in her bosom, are brought back for eternal rest amid the dust of their ancestors,

. . (Data collected by H. E. Davis.) '

SALEM CHURCH Salem Baptist church was situated on the highway

:lying along the Western and Atlantic railroad, five miles -.south of Calhoun and one mile below McDaniel Station. The site, comprising three acres, was the gift of ,Mr. and, Mrs. P. E. McDaniel. Mrs. Fannie ~ c ~ a n i e l - ~ c ~ h o r t e r , .daughter.of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. McDaniel, donated a burial ground ad j:acent to the church property.

Salem church .was organized in 1870' with thirteen charter members-Mr. and Mrs. P. E. McDaniel, from the. Second Baptist .church, of Atlanta; Mrs. Malinda, .Johnson Bray, Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott, Mr. and Mlas. A. M. Kay, Jesse Swain, John Swain, Misses Lou and Nannie Swain, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Walker, Mrs. Aycock.

. : Listed among active members of a later period are : Mr. - .and.Mrs. R, L. McWhorter, Rev. and Mrs. Julius P. Jones,

Mr. and Mrs.:C. P. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. MclCollum, Mrs. A. W. Ballew, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Love, Miss 'Sudie

Shelor (Mrs. Gardner), ~ r . and Mrs. Will Shelor. Pastors who have: served the church are: Revs. A."S.

Tatum, Buford, J. J . 'S. Callaway, Bridges, Jesse Hunt, L. E. Roberts,:A. J .Morgan~, J; E. Hudson, Thedford, W. C. McCail, 'Cowart, T. ;J. Henderson, Julius P. Jones.

Church clerks included John W. Swain, Bower Jones, .R. L. McW-horter. ' .. . . . . . ' . . . . .

F o r many . yearS,':.Salem was .deservedly prosperous, and ,.-, d.'fi fa

9 ., ,c;&~,unt ,of ':fi&ei .large, enthusiastic, and devoted mem:bep&i&-- he+ f Iourishing.' Sunday-school' .and . rniSsidn-

' . . . axF-.i:uxil.a$.ie& ;3: &hd her' gkfie~a1. progre&&+eness, was rate'd as:.one.,df tth:e s t;..-. and;i&Yural' :: churches jh Gordon CounT . . -

t y . On service da$& passenger trains stopped at th& . ) . I .

, &:&& :'b*il.dinff. !fir '+he+ acc;.ammodation bf wors~ipers, . . .

.alrd"t;he .Many. gbul-st&riiig. 'revivals. and special religii-ui



celebrations sponsored by the church have wrought a lasting benign influence over the community.

In 1927 the church building was destroyed by fire- Records were lost, members moved away or united with other churches, and only the little cemetery with its silent occupants is left to mark the one-time site of much fruit- ful endeavor.

(Data collected by Mrs. Julius P. Jones.)

HARMONY CHURCH Harmony Primitive Baptist church, three miles east of

Calhoun on the old Cassville road, has been the arena for many a hard fought battle against the forces of evil during an existence of more than three-quarters of a century.

The deed to the church site, dated March 1, 1854, states that the transfer was made by James H. Burch, of Gordon County, for the sum of fifteen dollars through the church officers, Joseph Wilson, deac&, and J. A. Mims, clerk.

At first, meetings were held in a log schoolhouse with a wide fireplace and stick-and-dirt chimney. The present .

building is a frame structure erected in 1860. As the hardy pioneer members were too intent on spiritual de- velopment to consider mere physical discomforts, the one- room house was not provided with heating facilities, and the admission of light and air was dependent on doors and the shuttered apertures that did duty as windows. A stove was installed in 1890, and glass windows were purchased two years later.

Services are conducted monthly on the third Saturday and Sunday mornings. Night services are never held.

In literal obedience to the command of Jesus at the last supper (John XIII. 14), the rite of foot-washing is observed by members once a year, as part of the regular communion service. Fasting was imposed in the old time, but this custom has been discontinued.

Officers of the church assemble in conference .mo&hly, after the Suqday morning service, for the purpose of re-


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ceiving members, adjusting differences, making appoint- ments, and attending to other business matters. The church has insisted always on maintaining a high moral standard. There are strict rules against swearing, intoxi- cation, dancing, non-attendance, false accusations, etc., and infractors of these laws are summarily dealt with to the point of expulsion unless satisfactory ackno wledg- ments are made to the governing body. Payment of debts is imperative and bankrupts ark refused membership.

Pastors serve without salary. They are accorded gra- cious hospitality in the homes of members and voluntary Iofferings are accepted, but there is no mention of com- pensation when a pastor is called, and pulpit utterances .are entirely free from references to money;

Harmony has had many red-letter days. In the heyday [of her history when Elder G. M. Thompson, father of Maurice and Will Thompson, nationally known writers, held the pastorate, and for a numbex of years afterward, there was rarely a conference without applications for membership. Old members recall that on a memorable Sunday, forty-six adherents of the faith were admitted int6 the church after baptism by immersion in Town creek near by, Mr. Thompson officiating. Association and foot- washing occasions always attracted crowds. Delicious food, spread picnic fashion, was served abundantly to all with good fellowship presiding. The camaraderie -4 members was delightful and exceptional.

Withdrawals by death, removal, and other causes have reduced the present (1933) membership to a bare dozen, but these are carrying on with the same honesty of purpose and steadfastness of faith that characterized their fathers.

Officers of Harmony Primitive Baptist Church PASTORS

Name43 ,! :.-: . . . Tlme of Semi- G. M. Thompsd~ ... ,...-.- -;;.ti,t: .L... -...-868 . . .. J. J. Martin ,..........-- ..-..... ...-.. ,..-..------.- ....-. .--..--...-.--1868-1=9 - I .'. I. E, Douthitt --.... L -.... .-...... - ..-. -.-.--.--..-..-.-.--.-.-.186'9-1872 '

. ,, . J. A. Mimi: .... :...l..l-..- ...... -.., ..... -...-...- .......... --..---...-.-.18?3-1885


. . . . . . . . F. ,; M. Casey ........... ....--.----.---.--,----.... . . : ._ . . I . . . . . . . . B. R., Bray ...-,....-....------..-:---.--.--.--.-----------.-....------.-.--.--.------- . . . . . . . . . . . I888

. . . . . - - ..................... T. S. Ha11 : ..----.--.------.-: ....-.................... :: ..... :-:-:I889 :...

. . . . , , . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. R. Bray ..... .. ...... i - - - i ~ ........ ::_._._._._._._.'_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.: ....... L': ..... i.II:~1'89'O~ . .

. . . J. A. Mims, .-....,. ; ........ ........... :---: ----.,----.--:--------.---.---.- 8 9 , 1'892 . . . . . T. S. Hall,.. .--....-....-:-------------.-------------.----------------.---- . . . . . . . . 1893, 1894 . . . . . . . B. R. Bray .-... ................................... '. ------.--: ............ ............. 1895

. . 3. A. Mims ,--_....-.......--.---- i .................. 1 ........... :--.- .i-; .... 1896 Records of 1896-1906 not available '. . . .

C. A. Clemmons -_......--..-..-.....-..-..-.----------7---,------------ ...-....... Greenville Henderson ................................................ -- I90l .

..................................................... B. R. Bray : ............ 1906-1908 .......................... W. J. Cooper : .................................. i1909-1919. ................................................ E. '1'. Caldwell 1920-June, 1921 . . . .

.............................................. J. W. Dempsey I - d a t e (1933)

CLmKS . . . Na.me Ila.te of SenGc6 '

. . . . J . A. Mims ................-----.------------ Jan. 19, 4.1861-June 15, 1861 W. J. Reeves .--........---.......---..----,.----.-.----.-- J u n e 15, .1861-1867 . .

. Marion Curtis .....,..-.....--.------.----------------- 1868-March 20, '1869 W. M. Curtis ......--.....----.--------..-. Apr. 17, 1869-Aug. '16, 13373 J. H.: Fox'.:: --...--..---... :_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. ... N o . 15, 1873-Oct. 14, 1893 . .

B. .R. Bray ,..--..... ...: .-.---.-------.----- N o . 18, 1893-Sept. 15, 1894 J. B., F. Harrell .-...-..-...-,-----.-.-.----- Oct. 20, 1894-July 20, 1895 .C. A. Clemmons _...-..---.--------------- May 19, 1906-May 18, 1907 J. J. White -----.--.-..-.--------------..-.--- A . 17, 1907-Oct. 17, 1908 J. R. Payne -~-..~........------~~-~~~-..--..-....... June 19, 1909-1910 W. C . Poarch .,-...__...-.-.------.. - - . - . . - - - - - . . . - d a t e (1933)

Among those who served as deacons were Joseph Wil- son, H. S. Dover, J. B. F. Harrell, D. W. ~ a l h w e l l , William Holsombaek, Michael Frix, Elijah Caldwell. Pioneer- members included : Abbott, John Burch, Elizabeth Bailey, Zachariah Burch, Martha Baitey, Thomas Burch, Mary Abbott Ballew, John Burch, Logan Barham, L. J. Curch, J. M. Barton, W. M. Burch, Rosina Bede, Green Burch, Emily Bede, B. A. Butler, Sarah Bolding, Marion Butler, John Bolding, Missouri Hall Butler, Esthena Boone, Kinchen Butler, Elias Boone, Susan Butler, R. L. . Boone, C~lumubs Butler, Martha Boyd, James Butler, Eliza Boyd, Blount Cain, J. C. Burch, William ' Campbell, Margaret


CHURCHES OF-GORDON COUNTY

Campbell, Bud . .

Campbell, S. M. Capehart, Sarah Clemmons, C. A. . Clemmons, Lula Coker, Jane Cooper, Letha . . Cooper, Margaret Cornelison, 2. Curtis, A. M. Curtis, Minerva Curtis, Ann Curtis, Alfred Curtis, Boone Curtis, Martha Curtis, B. F. Curtis, E. A. Curtis, Virgil Curtis, Marion Curtis, William Darnell, Ellen Darnell, Susan Dover, Sariford Dover, Elvira Floyd, Sarah Floyd, Esther Fowler, James ~Fox, J. H. Fox, Lucy Fox, Nancy Free, Joseph Free, Mary Ann Free, John Fricks, Michael Fricks, Amanda Fuller, Eliza Gilbert, Rhoda Gold, S. C. Gregory, Wm. Gresham, Lizzie Ballew Gresham, Mary Ann Hall, Sanford Hall, Whit Hall, Sabra Higgins, Franklin Hill, William Hill, Jane ,

Hill, Alexander Holden, Dock Holden, Samantha Holsonback, Wm.

:- Holsonback, Roxy Howard, Millie Hubbard, Mary

- Jones, Eliza Jones, Mildred Jones, Helen Jones, Rachel E. Lambert, D. M. Mathews, C. McKissic, M. 0. McKissic, A. M. McEntire, Nancy Minter, Patience Minter, J. H. Mobley, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mosteller, D. J. Mostel'er, Elvira Orr, F'lanagan Orr, Ssrah Osborne, Mary C. Parnell, Elmira Parnell, E. A. Pass, David M. Pass, Savannah T hornbrough Pass, J. J. Phillips, Smith Poarch, George Poarch, Mary Quarles, Jesse Reeves, W. J. Reeves, Cynthia Scott, Mary Scott, Lillie Scott, C. Smith, Frances M. Smith, Susan Stone, Henry S tringf ellow, ,4nn Tarver, W. J. Thompson, G. M. Turner, M. S. Wallace, Nancy Walker, Georgia Ann Wayne, Annie Ware, George Ware, Sarah Ware, Angeline Turner Wilson, Joseph White, J. J. Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson, H:



Wilson, M. R. Wylie, Minerva Ferguson Wright, Samuel Wylie, Manning Wright, John Wylie, Angeline Wright, Xary Wylie, Catherine Campbell Wylie, Louisiana

Colored Members Sarah Abbott, Violet Burch, Eliza Poarch, and Joe Wilson, are

listed as colored membem.

In 1872, the membership was disrupted because of differences in doctrinal interpretations and a reorganiza- tion was effected with the following members : Allen, Louisa Arnold, Elizabeth Bowman, L. J. Bowman, Isaac Bozeman, J. H. Burch, Elizabeth J. Burch, George W, Burch, John L. Campbell, Margaret Curtis, Wm. M. Curtis, A. M. Dover, H. S. Dover, Amy Floyd, Esther Fox, John H. Fox, Lucy Fox, Nancy Fox, Mary A. Fox, Mary W. Frix, Mollie Gideon, Lilla

Hall, Thomas S. Hall, Sabra Hall, Mary Hall, Thomas Harbin, W. B. Harbin, Cynthia E. Holsonback, William Holsonback, Roxy Jackson, Ann E. Curtis Kay, Ellen Kay, Fielden Mann, Elizabeth Mims, J. A. Mirns, Susan Pass, John J. Redmond, Melinda Stepp, Martha Stepp, J. S. Wilson, Joseph (col.) Wylie, Manning

Members Eweived Later Bowman, Mrs. L. J. Hambright, Mr. and Mrs, Buford, Mr. and Mrs. Harrell, Mr. and Mrs, J. B. I?, Clemmons, John Holsonback, Lottie Hall. Cline, Mary Lambert, D. M; Dellinger, Virginia Peters, I\dr. and A U ~ W ~ W Durham, Josephine M. . - - Peters, Joe Fox, Mary Peters, India Frix, Mr. and Mrs. Poarch, Mr. and Mrs. W, C, Frix, Joel


Chapter IX

CEMETERIES OF GORDON , COUNTY

CHANDLER CEMETERY Before Gordon County was created, what is now known

as Chandler cemetery, a plot of four acres about 1% miles north of Calhoun, was a part of the plantation of Abra- ham Chandler, who owned six hundred acres of the section, including the present cotton factory estates where his dwelling was located.

Mr. Chandler died in 1847 and was buried, as was the custom, on his own domain, the site chosen being a mag- nificently wooded hill overlooking the home place. Mrs. Chandler died in 1854 and the Chandler heirs deeded the hill to the town of Calhoun for a burial place in 1856.

It is beautiful for situation. The far-flung horizon, seen from its level summit, encircles seven visible counties, and the view on every side is as enchanting as a Swiss land- scape. Numbers of cedars, cone-shaped by nature, recall the favorite cemetery decoration of early times.

In 1911, a mortuary chapel, constructed of native rocks and financed by private subscriptions under the auspices of Calhoun Woman's Club, was built by Mr. W. L. Hill- house. Voluntary offerings and personal service provide for the upkeep.

The graves of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler are protected by an enclosure of heavy stone slabs. Marble headstones bear these inscriptions :

Sacred to the

Memory of Abraham Chandler Born the 26th November 1780:

Died the 8th May, 1847 Aged 66 Yr., 5 mo., and 12 dy.

mis stone is erected by his family as an unworthy tribute to his virtues as a husband md father, &d as a fWl memoritll of their lasting love and gratitude.



.Mrs. Mary W. Chand1,er Consort of A.. Chandler,

. Born naturally March 19th, 1792 Born spiritually August 13th, 1848

Died Dec. 1, 1854 Aged 62 Y., 8 M., and 13 D.

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0 for the death of those .

That slumber in the Lord, 0 be like theirs my last repose,

Like theirs my last reward.

Some of the Pioneers Who Sleep In Chandler Cemetery Inscriptions from Tombstones

W. J. Reeves, M. D. Oct. 8, 1825--0ct. 6, 1888

J. W. Blalock April 12, 1839-June 5, 1862

He died in the service of his country.

Pinckney M; Craig April 23, 1827--0ct. 24, 1903

Margaret E. Craig Aug. 18, 1841-Sept. 28, 1875

Joseph B. Hillhouse Jan. 5, 1820-June 12, 1887

Of Huguenot and Scotch-Irish descent, a faithful preacher of the gospel

Esther Love Hillhouse March 9, 1826-July, 10, 1887 Daughter of James Steele and Elizabeth Bruce.

Catherine Gandis wife of R. F. Patman Aug. 7, 1839-April 17, 1887

John William Jones June 14,1841-Aug. I, 1887

Charles A. .H.arris 1834-1915

Eugenia Harkins-Harris 1847-1915 . .

.. . . ~ i l l i a m W,esley Harkins '

March 30, 1844--Jan. 28, 1918.


CEMETERIES' O F GORDON COUNTY

Thomas Franklin Harkins . . Apr. 21,1858-Nov. 25, 1884

Wm. Gordon Fuller 184 9---I915

Ellen G. Fuller 1853-1921

Malinda L. Fuller 1822-1894 . .

Wm. J. Fuller 1815-1891

Polly Lay April 11, 1788-August 5, 1863

John Lay June 25, 1787-March 22,1862. .

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Levi G. Pields June 8, 1840-April 5, 1924 . .

Polly Fuller Fields Dec. 31, 1845-April 21, 1921

. . H. K. Hicks

Jan. 16, 1837-June 23, 1914 Married Miss Permela H. J. Iley, Nov. 10, 1857

Permela H. J. Iley-Hicks Oct. 6, 1829-April 29, 1905

.. . Georgia S. Hamrick

NOV. 3, 1858-NOV. 16, 1897

Chloe A. Wife of John W. Gray Sept. 12, 1813-Apr. 3, 1890

2. T. Gray March 11, 1836-March 17, 1904

Elizabeth Gray . .

NOV. 2, 1837-Oct. 11, 1917

H. C. Hunt . . , . Dec. 30, 1842-July 9, 1929

. . . . . .. . . . . . Emma Dobbins Hunt . . : ,

July 18, 1845-July ' 12; 1926 " ' '



David Shelton Law Sept. 10,1810-Oct. 22,1888

Mary A. Freeman Oct. 25, 1812-March 27, 1879

Thomas A. Foster Nov. 1,1834-Sept. 17, 1881

Susan P. Garlington-Foster March 17, 1833-Aug. 17, 1891

Jno. William Garlington Aug. 24, 1842-Sept. 16, 1866

Christopher Garlington May 30, 1792-March 16, 1864

Eliza Aycock wife of Christopher Garlington Feb. 27, 1801-Jan. 13,1892

J. W. Henderson Aug. 4,1844-Sept. 14,1908

Col. R. M. Young June 10, 1819-March 9, 1878

John W. Swain Feb. 11,1834-June 24,1919

Mary Carolina wife of John W. Wain May 1, 1836-May 1, 1896

Tinsley Mama Papa

1829--1898 1827-1905

Joseph 0. Middleton Nov. 20, 1864-Dec. 11, 1903

William J. Cantrell Sept.. 1, 1813-July 15, 1904

Amanda Russell-Cantrell Sept. 18, 1827-Dec. 7, 1902

Hayden F. Ferguson Aug. 9,1840-March 8,1920


CEMETERIES OF GORDON COUNTY 283

Mary A. Goodwyn wife of H. F. Ferguson Oct. 5, 1854-Dec. 21, 1922

James Madison Ballew Dec. 4, 1850-Jan. 12, 1915

Dora Davenport wife of J. M. Ballew Jan. 6, 1857-Oct. 27, 1894

W. R. Rankin Dec. 18, 1842-June 5, 1913

W. H. Morris Died March I , 1872 aged 52 yr.

Hannah wife of W. H. Morris daughter of Gen. C. H. & Ruth Nelson, died July 13, 1881. Aged about 46 yr.

Sarah H. wife of W. H. Morris Died July 5, 1860. Aged 28 years

Capt. Joseph McConnell Oct., 1841-Oct.; 1889 In Lee's army 1861-1865. . Was wounded six times. Belonged to Co. F., 4th Ga, Reg., Dole's Brigade

Julia' Morris wife of Joseph McConnell 1849-1928

Catherine Louisa Wife of James R. Wylie and daughter of Edward & Rachel B'Callaghan A u ~ . 20, 1834-NOV, 19, 1871

FAIN CEMnETERY Fain cemetery, just within the easterly limits of Cal-

houn, was named in honor of Joel C . Fain, a brave Con-


284 .HISTORY 0F:GORD'ON' C'OUNTY

federate soldier, an eminent lawyer, a b~ i l l i a i~ t drator, member of both upper and lower houses of the Georgia state legislature, judge of the Cherokee circuit from 1880- 1888, and an outstanding citizen of Calhoun throughout a lifetime residence.

The cemetery site was a part of Judge Fain's estate and was in use for family interments when he offered it to Cal- houn for burial purposes in 1879. For some reason, the legal formalities of conveyance had not been observed, and, at the death of the donor in 1895, the property passed into the possession of N. J. Eoaz, also a public spirited, pioneer resident of the town. In 1898, Mr. Boaz deeded to Cal- houn and vicinity three acres of the land for a burial ground, vesting control in the municipal authorities (a t tha t time W. L. Hil lho~~se, mayor;' W. F. King, W. W. Bal- lew, A. H. Chastain, P. M. Baird) and their successors. An acre o r more has been added by purchase to the orig- inal grant.

The tract was laid off in symmetrical lots, boundary lines were marked by a stone wall and ornamental hedges, surplus trees and undergrowth were removed and drive- ways constructed. Its accessibility and proximity t o the town were attractive features and the new cemetery rapidly became a popular resting place for the dead, but lack of a steady income necessitated the carrying on of improvements in haphazard fashion, and, for a long while the wind-swept hillside presented a bleak, neglected ap- pearance.

I n 1922, under the inspiration and leadership of Mrs. John R. Littlefield, an organization was effected tha t enlisted the co-operative efforts of all owners of the cemetery lots and interested friends. Other officers besides the president,, Mrs. Littlefield, were Miss Sallie Kim- brough, secretary; C. C'. Harlan, treasurer; Mrs. Mae Skelly, corresponding secretary. One hundred thirty-five members, each assessed a yearly fee of two dollars, were enrolled, and.various methods to secure additional funds were employed. A care-taker was secured and the work



of transforming an unsightly plot into a thing of beauty became a gratifying success.

Since 1927, the cemetery has had the benefit of a five thousand dollar endowment fund, half of which was t h e gift of J. C. Garlington conditioned on the raising of an equal amount by citizens. By heroic efforts the cemetery association succeeded in meeting all of this obligation, except six hundred dollars. Mr. L. R. Pitts donated the shortage and rendered further service by safeguarding the fund under proper legal regulations in the Georgia Trust Co., of Atlanta, with the stipulation that it was to be available for the upkeep of only the cemetery area owned a t the time the endowment was made, thereby pre- venting its injudicious extension to cover any additional. acreage that the future might require.

The fund was put in control of L. R. Pitts, Miss Sallie Kimbrough, and James H. Starr with associate managers from the town council. After the death of Mr. Pitts, M a y 6, 1932, he was succeeded by H. B. Owens.

The first mausoleum to be placed in the cemetery was erected in 1930 on the lot of L. R. Pitts. The J. W. Hill and F. L. Dyar mausoleums were built shortly afterwards..

The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of Mrs. W. M, Fain, mother of Joel C. Fain. The tombstone inscription is r

Keren H. wife of

William M. Fain born July 6, 1806 died July 1, 1876

The graveyard hath an added charm And heaven one spirit more.

There are between three and four hundred graves.

Partial List of Deceased from Tombstone Records . A. H. Isbell

July, 1846-Mar., 1913 2. 1.' . - . .

Sarah Elizabeth Wife of W. P. Haynes Dec. 23, 1839-May 12, 1914


CEMETERIES OF GORDON COUNTY

P. E. McDaniel 1824-1899

W. H. McDaniel 1850-1898'

Nancy Hall Kinman 1826---I908

W. F. King Jan. 18, 1852-May 23, 1901

N. H. McGinnis NOV. 2, 1845-NOV. 29, 1892

Mrs. A. M. McGinnis Oct. 14, 1843-June 7, 1925

William Jefferson McDaniel July 14, 1833-July 3, 1931

Sarah Frances Forsyth McDaniel Dec. 29, 1840-Feb. 24, 1919

I Sarah Elizabeth Barnes Wife of R. L. Crutchfield Nov. 8, 1869-Dec. 23, 1912

Dr. J. A. Black Born in Columbia, S. C., Dec. 1, 1811 Died in Calhoun, Ga., May 8, 1885

.Ella M. Black Wife of B. G. Boaz May 2, 1849-June 11, 1890

J. T. Black 1849-1917

Mary Fannie Black Wife of J. T. Black Dec. 26, 1846-Mar. 21, 1896

Mollie T. Allison Wife of A. T. Black Aug. 17, 1876-June 9, 1903

J. C. Johnr~on Nov. 3, 1854-Apr. 28, 1908

Daniel M. Durham Dec. IO, 1844-Dec., 15, 1916


HISTORY O F . GORDON COUNTY

Josephine M. Wife of D. M. Durham Mar. 7, 1847-Mai8. 7, 1912

R. H. Land Feb. 21, 1857-Feb. 9, 1928

Martha Alice Land Oct. 20, 1867-NOV. 15, 1919

T. H. House April 11, 1868-~uly 4, 1928

Julius A. Strain Jan. 17, 1858-Sept. 29, 1925

Elizabeth C. Strain July 26, 1860-Aug. 10, 1925

Henry W. Gaines NOV. 27, 1852-NOV. 10, 1923

J. T. Thompson 1348-1921

Dr. Geo. E. Milk 1892-1929

Andrew J. Kinman 1852-1930

. . .

Rhoda Payne Kinman 1859-1927

James W. Hill Jan. 10, 1846-Oct. 17, 1931

,4nnie Hill Wife of James W. Hill April 28, 1852--NTch 24, 1932

John H. Brol-ivnlee 1845-1917

Fannic E. Brownlee 1854-1921

Lucy A. Ellis July 1, 1848-0ct. 17, 1918

Susan A. Burns July 23, 1842-June 13,' 1916



s. M. Bolding Nov. 15, 1850-Jan. 1, 1924

Elsie A. Fuller April 24, 1'856-Nov. 14, 1913

Sarah J. White June 13, 1842-April 21, 1924

W. M. Littlefield March 24, 1873---July 8, 1912

J. N. W. Hall Dec. 26, 1842-Mar. 17, 1917

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Missouri A. Wife of J. N. W. Hall Sept. 25, 1848-July 25, 1923

Ann I. Skelly Dec. 4, 1821-Nov. 3, 1912

T. W. Skelly Sept. 27, 1859-June 28, 1927,

Mary Anna Ashworth O C ~ . 6, 1856-NOV. 21, 1921

E. C. Anderson Jan. 14, 1849-Apr. 24, 1916

Mrs. E. C. Anderson June 5, 1853-July 16, 1928

James M. Reeve Nov. 16, 1836-May 4, 1886 .

Jenetta A. Reeve May 2, 1839-April 9, 1884

Wm. A. Ward 1847-1927

Emma T. Ward 1847-1915

Mary Morris 18561918


HISTORY .OF GORDON .COUNTY

William A. Richards . - . . .. 1863-1921

Samantha V. Richards 1865-1921 .-

. . J. B. F. Harrell

May 6, 1847-Malo. 29, 1929 - . '

Mary Harrell Aug. 28, 1847-~une' 29, 1917

John Geurin - . .

Dec. 23, 1823-Feb. 3, 1889

Willie Son of J. C. & J; S. Fain Sept. 3, 1867-Feb. 1, 1879

Joel C. Fain . . .

March 21, 1839-March 13, 1895

Jemmie Seay Fain " . Wife of Joel C. Fain Jan. 25, 1844-July 18, 1885

Y Henry J. Doughty Jan. 14, 1836-July 4, 1896 . ...

Carl Harlan Henderson Oct. 5, 1882-May 25, 1918

Lou Ransone Jan. 22, 1838-Nov. 26, 1899

Adella Jeter Garlington Died Dec. 29, 1901

John Creswell Garlington Died Sept. 24, 1927

P. F. Roach NOV. 25, 1832-July 28, 1916

C. C. Harlan Dec. 2, 1850-Aug. 27, 1931

Mattie, Wife of C. C. Harlan Nov. 29, 1845-Sept. 23, 1893 .


CEMETERIES O F GORDON COUNTY 2.9 1

J. B. Johnson Mar. 27, 1857-Sept. 9, 1898

Capt. Thos. H. Pitts June 24, 1832-Nov. 9, 1871

Nancy Elizabeth Pitts Oct. 5 1836-NOV. 17, 1924

Sallie H. Boaz 1842-1897

James Neville Wright 1829-1904 '

Louisa. Allen Wright 1844-1927

E. L. Parrott 1866-1911

Robert Jesse Shelor April 30, 1849-Aug. 14, 1926

Emma Bruce Shelor July 11, 1853-NOV. 23, 1912

. H. C. Byrom hiov. 23, 1852-0ct. 2, 1928 . , . .

. - Forrest L. Dyar .

A u ~ . 17, 1868-NOV. 5, 1925

Mrs. J. C. Hufstetler - . May 8, 1862-May 4, 1924

Viney Gooch Sept. 19, 1862-Apr. 26, 1929

William I?. Dew July 27, 1845-Mar. 21, 1328

Della G. F'ossett . .

1866-1904

- . B. L. Chastain

Apr. 5, 1863-Apr: '15,' 1917

Dr. E. W. Brown March 28, 1828- an. 28, 1899 ,:'



Sallie R. Daughter of J. H. & M. B. Legg Died Aug. 28, 1894

Dr. Joseph Henderson Malone Mar. 6, 1833-May 9, 1899

Sarah Dickson Wife of Dr. J. H. Malone Dec. 20, 1842-Feb. 10, 1889

Matt E. Ellis Sept. 13, 1844-Apr. 4, 1922

Josie Phillips Wife of Matt E. Ellis Apr. 27, 1849-Jan. 15, 1897

Mrs. E. G. Ellis July 16, 1803-Apr. 16, 1900

H. P. Owen June 23, 1859-Dec. 6, 1928

Bell Owen Jan. 31, 1859-Apr. 26, 1924

T. F. Tomlinson Mar. 13, 1849-Oct. 5, 1921

Tulula Catharine Wife of T. F. Tomlinson Mar. 21, 1852-Mar. 30, 1913

Mrs. S. E. Bonner Apr. 5, 1835-May 22, 1908

Sinclair Mi- Mar. 5, 1852-Feb. 15, 1924

Elder ~reenvl l le Henderson Apr. 28, 1846-Aug. 25, 1901

Mary E. Wife of Greenville Henderson Aug. 14,1845-Dec. 21, 1922

Martha J. Bowdoin Dec. 22, 1809-June 9, 1883

Fannie Long Dec. 1, 1848--Feb. 24, 1905


CEMETERIES OF GORDON COUNTY .

W. H. Black Dec. 1, 1847-Dec. 25, 1905

Mra. M. F. Black Wife of W. H. Black Dec. 15, 1854-July 6, 1912

Lynne Psyche Wife of R. C. Pittman and mother of Sara Bob and Wil- liam. Oct. 17, 1888-Feb. 23, 1927

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W. A. Dorsey June 9, 1856-Oct. 17, 1923

:Benjamin F. Hudgins 1833-1890

:Ella Hudgins 1856-1916

L. M. Dorsey Jan. 29, 1849-Nov. 11, 1894

Sallie A. Wife of J. R. Dorsey Oct. 4, 1828-Oct. 14, 1881

:L. H. McArthur Sept. 24,1828-July 6,1900

.A. J. McArthur, Wfe of L. H. McArthur Apr. 26, 1836-Apr. 27, 1915

'Emily J. Prickett Aprs. 2, 1832-Mar. 15, 1894

James M. Hughey 1830-1892

Mattie D. Hughey 1841-1903

William M. Hughey 1862-1918

Jimmie Q. Hughey 1867-1920


HISTORY *OF GORDON COUNTY

Arminda Dobbs 1840-1900

J. C. Brownlee 1861-1891

Lula Anderson Patton 1853-1899

. . . .

~ m m a ~ o b b s Hmey .

NOV. 26, 1860-Oct. 25, 1923

J. S. Addington Died Sept. 10, 1901 Aged 57 yr., 5 ma, & 22 D.

Mollie E. Wife of 0. C. Engram Feb. 16, 1873-Dec. 26, 1908

Aaron Roff Jan. 24, 1815-Nov. 29, 1904

~ e n r y J. Roff act. 4, 1 8 5 8 J u n e 2, 1916

R. A. Offutt, Sr. Dec. 14, 1824-Nov. 21, 1903

Gusta Ann Offutt April 20, 1838-Mar. .30, 1896

John T. McVay 1863-O0ct. 15, 1918. Printer, writer .and kindly soul,

Edward Metts 1818-1898

Dr. J. A. Jokinson - . Apr. 9, 1836-June 30, 1915 ' - a > :. . . .

Mary A. Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . Wife of Dr. J. A. Johnson , . . .. i . . . . . . . Oct. 25, 1844-Dec. 3, 1929 .

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M. D. Kimbrough . . . . . . .

1814---I894 . . -,.. . . . :

Janie Kimbrough 1835-1891


CEMETERIES OF. GORDON :COUNTY

Joe B. Gordon - . . 1871-1912 . . - . . - . ,

J. M. Kay - - -. 1850-1928

.. . M. V. Eaves

1838-1885 -. .

Laura A. Wells . . Dec. 30, 1845-May 18, 1891

Chester H. Barrett . . . Dec. 19, 1841-Dec. 13, 1891

art ha Olin Barrett NOV. 21, 1842-Au~. 21, 1886

Bedf ord McKinney Harlan Dec. 11, 1850aFeb. 22, 1925

-. . . James M. Harlan '

Jan. 24, 1827-Aug. 17, 1905

Milda McKinney Harlan ' - Jan. 13, 1831-Sept. 24, 1893

Oliver Newton Starr . .

July 20, 1854-Jan. 22, 1922

Dr. Wyley R. Harbin Apr. 25, 1832-June 5, 1906

Mary Stokes Shelor Wife of Dr. Wyley R. Harbin March 29, 1840-June 29, 1913 . .

Edward Jackson Kiker F'eb. 24, 1831-June 7, 1897 I

Sarah Emily Hamilton L .

Wife of Edw. J. Kiker ' . . - . -

1828-1890 . . . . . . ,

mattie L. Kiker Wife of G. L. Chastain Jan. 22, 1858-Jan. 14, 1902 .

Maggie Kiker Wife of R. F. Wyatt Mar. 25, 1855-Aug. 14, 1904 , .


296 HISTORY OF GORDON COUNTY -

T. M. Ellis Oct. 7, 1839---Nova 22, 1912

Susan A. Phillips Wife of T, M. Ellis Nov. 8, 1842-Dec. 28, 1897

Ella Johnston Wife of F. L. Hicks Mar. 30, 1866-Apr. 17, 1899

J. W. Spencer Dec. 4, 1847-Sept. 20, 1919

Amanda Spencer 1852-1932

J. Thomas Curtis May 27, 1886--June 10, 1925

Thomas Ryland Shelor Feb. 24, 1806-Dec. 30, 1878

Susan Strib1,ing Shelor Jan. 22, 1817-Nov. 9, 1894

William Clement Darnall Died July 28, 1904

L. R. Pitts Born near Lawrenceville, Gwinnett Co., Ga, April 7, 1864 Died Calhoun, Ga., May 6, 1932

Benjamin F. Lang Nov. 18, 1848-Mar, 22, 1912

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William H. Redfern Nov. 14, 1869-0ct. 25, 1927

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Rev. George Lane Chastain May 16, 1859-May 20, 1931.



RUSSELL CEMETERY Russell cemetery, located east of the Southern Rail-

way about half way between the towns of Sugar Valley and Hill City, is named for James T. Russell, formerly of '

Newton County, Georgia, who bought the land in 1851 from Jesse Miller. Mr. Russell died the following year,

- and his body was the first to rest in this quiet city of the dead. It'is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county and is used still by descendants of those who lie buried there, some of whom are listed below:

James T. Russell Feb. 25, 1798-Feb. 19, 1852

Mary A. Russell Apr. 9, 1801-May 6,,1887

Charles A. Neal Aug. 8, 1836-Mar. 11, 1910

Andrew Norrell June 18, 1826-Nov. 20, 1859

Nancy, Norrell Jan. 24, 1827-July 22, 1872

Robert B. Bandy Feb. 11, 1826-Dec. 23, 1862

E. Roney July 4, 1826-Jan. 10, 1892

America Roney June 23, 1850-Feb, 3, 1919

Rev. C y a d a Shugart June 14, 1853-Apr.. 14, 1898

B. W. Baker Mar, 14, 1823-May 15, 1905

Lucinda Baker Aug. 23, 1844-Apr, 28, 1924

2. L. Nabors 1843-1920


A VIEW O F BLACKWOOD CEMETERY


CEM.ETERIES O F GORDON COUNTY 299

Lewis Stuwera May 23, 1840-JFeb. 1, 1911

Mrs. M. R. Lay 1829--1909

John T. Warrern Mar. 30, 1826-1915

Oscar S. Davis May 15,1846-Jan. 18,1932

Savannah Warren Davis Apr. 7, 1857-May 17, 1902

-Data collected by H. E. Davizr.

HARMONY CEMETERY

Harmony cemetery, three miles east of Calhoun, ad- joins Harmony church lot on the south. It comprises two acres, and was deeded to J. A. Mims and J. H. Fox for a church burial-ground by W. C. Allen, of Gordon County, on payment of fifteen dollars, the sale being consummated June 16, 1886.

Easily accessible with the road skirting its western border, and beautifully situated in the shadow of forest trees, it is an ideal resting place for the members of old Harmony and theirdamilies when life's burdens are laid aside.

The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of Mrs. Susan M. Mims (Apr. 26, 1817-March 5, 1890), wife of Rev. J. A. Mims, for many years pastor of Harmony church, and whose descendants have been useful and honored citizens of this section for many years.

Other names of pioneers recorded on grave markers are :

Vincent L. Roberts June 23, 1829-Aug. 29, 1907

Elizabeth Roberts Mar. 7, 1838-Aug. 11, 1911

%usan E. in man July 13, 1859-Jan. 21, 1909


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