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HIST w iTORY OF THOMAS COUNTY mm eMtm to the surprise ot the men an-: Esq., on Sept. 4,182S. Mr. Mitchell is miration ot all the small hoys. said to hare been the last man in rider left in an intoxicated con-! Thomas county to wear knee trous- L U 'ln after stating that he was on his 1 ers, stockings and silver knee buck- to Augusta, haring changed hi3 les. about accompanying his two Ue companions to Florida. n the dead bodies were “found, . H. R. Seward and.the Sheriff went f Augusta, by HawjdnsriUe, Black- iris Ferry, and Ltmisvllle, a six- trip; and, haring located the _iect,.who gave bis name-as James VlUiams, they returned with him to Thomasville, where he was indicted and placed on trial for murder Nor. 27, 1851. The prisoner offered no witnesses but' contended Unit he was not the same man who had been seen with the covered wagon in Thomas County. The Jury- found him guilty and Judge Hansell sentenced him to be hdng. Before being hung, the prisoner ad mitted that his name was not James Williams, but that, on his parent's account, he would not disclose his true identity. The public suspected that the pris oner was a member of a secret crimi nal organisation and preparations were made to prevent any possible es- Thls seemed to hare been unneces sary as the hanging took place at the proper time without anything out of the ordinary haring happened to stimulate the excitement. Slave Sentenced to Be Hung. , At the May term, 1855, Wash, a Blare belonging to MaJ. Remer Young, was , convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to be hung on Friday. July 6, 1855r-* ’ On the morning of the hanging, Au gustus C. Swain and William Berwick had an altercation in the bar-room im mediately south of the present Bright on Building in which Barwlck accus ed Swain of stealing a ten dollar gold piece. ' Another Thomas County Murder Immediately after the hanging, Swain and Green Jackson were stand ing on the porch of the building in which was located the bar, Swain’s horse being hitched to the rack in the middle of Broad Street. His' heirs were his children. Sa una Wyche, Emily Blackshear, Nancy Stone, Hartwell Mitchell, Nar thaniel Mitchell, Richard Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell, Taylor Mitchell John Mitchell and a grandson, Thom as Gatlin. The second will was that of John Hill Bryan, whose heirs are not men tioned by name, but whose executors were Edward, Joseph and Hardy Bry an and John Coffee. The third will probated was that of Edward Blackshear. Mr. Black- shear waa the son ot James Black shear and his wife, Katherine, former ly Katherine Francks. He was born Jan. 20, 1752, and died in 1829. His brother, David Blaekshea'( born Jan. 31, 1764, became, a popular hero of his time and his biography appears In Mllieria Bench 4b Bar ot Georgia. Mr. Blackshear’s heirs were his widow, Emily Mitchell Blackshear, and his children, Elizabeth J. Colson, Mary S. Hall, J. J. Blackshear, Thom as E. Blackshear (General), and Anne E. Blackshear. His executors were Duncan Ray, James J. Blackshear and Thomas E. Blackshear. The fourth will probated in Thom as county was that of Archibald Mac Intyre, formerly of Twiggs county, and who Is mentioned by Miller as having been Clark of the Superior Court of Twiggs county and as hav ing entertained the veterans and oth ers on their return from the celebra tion in MiUedgeville in honor of Gen. LaFayette. Mr. MacIntyre’s heirs were his wife, Hannah Lawson MacIntyre, and his children, Daniel MacIntyre, Kathar ine Wyche, John L. MacIntyre, Han nah MacIntyre Wyche, Archibald T. MacIntyre and Jane MacIntyre Vann. His executors were Thomas Wyche, Daniel MacIntyre and John L. MacIn tyre after he should have become of nge. The fifth will was that ot John Mc- Barwlck came out of the livery sta-! Klnnon His heirs were his wife, ble, situated on the corner where the Mary and hls sonB Maloolm> Nellli TftflAA Hntol nnw ctnmia anil nnmlno _ , , , , __ .. , ’ _ ' John, Roderick, Kenneth, Murdock Tosco Hotel now stands, and coming down the street was acoosted by Swain. Barwlck drew a pockpt knife and seriously cut Swain before Swain could get out a long knlfn, or dagger, which he carried for fighting pnrpos es, and would doubtless have killed Swain had not Green Jackson hit and McIntosh, and hls daughters Eliza Mary, Nancy and Margaret. The will is witnessed by Isaac G. Jorden, Jerry E. Pugh and William W. Pugh. The sixth will was that of Joshua Proctor. His heirs were his wife, him over the head, giving Swain time Cynthia; his sons, Adam, Joshua and to draw his knife. The dagger pene-(Wilson and hls daughters, Millie, Sar- trated Barwick’s heart and Swai i| ah - Nancy, Elizabeth and Tobltha. turned it around after it had entered the body, Barwlck dying in a few min utes. Swain immediately mounted his horse and galloped away, slapping the horse with the bloody knife. He reach ed a residence between the Tallahas see road and Campbell Street on the first banch beyond the city limits where there was a sawmill and was bleding so profusely that he stopped i Matthews. The seventh will was that of Thom-, as Hurst. Hls heirs were his wife, Serena, and his children not named. Hls executors were Archibald McMil lan and Moses Daniel. The eight will was that of John Col well. His heirs were his wife, Eliza beth; his sons, John and Richard; and his daughters, Katie, Elizabeth Hollingsworth, Nancy Borden and and sent to town for help. After being confined in jail until he was well enough to eet about, false keys were procured and Gus Swain took his departure, accompanied Dy his brother, John Swain, leaving the \ keys in the door to exonerate the sheriff and jailor. It was always a mystery as to who procured the keys and how they wer e made. At Montgomery, Ala., John Swain, who resembled his brother, was ar rested by an officer who had a descrip tion of Gus Swain but not of John Swain. When it was found that John Swain had no wounds, as called for by the description, he was released, Gus all the time being in a covered wag on in a livery stable dressed as a woman. Made Escape To Texas and Became a Sheriff. The two brothers proceeded to Tex as and had decided to settle in a promising town when one morning, Gen. Thomas E. Blackshear, who had heard nothing of the tragedy, address ed them very cordially by their Geor gia name on the street and inquired about home. They decided they were not far enough away and went fur ther. Gus Swain afterwards became sher iff of his county and was eventually killed by Indians. Johr. Swain Revisited Thomasville And Told Story of Escape. About 1898, John Swain visited Thomasville although some forty years before he had been indicted for assisting hls brother to escape. He got Col. A. T. MacIntyre to identify him at the hank that he might get a pension check cashed as a soldier of the Mexican War. He sat in Col. Mac Intyre’s office a_ few hours and told the details of his brother’s escape, and his life afterwards; after which he hade goodbye, saying that Gus Hanr.ell and Tom MacIntyre were the only two men he had seen of his acquaintances. He was probably still a little nervous about the old indictment, so did not, pay a very Ic*»s visit. Since writing the above. Rev. Mr. Richard Green Jackson, a nephew of the Green Jackson mentioned above, has informed me as follows: Nephew of Jackson Tells of Homicide At the time of the Barwlck homi- The ninth will was that of Aaron Everett. His heirs were his wife. Martha, and his children not named. The executors were Thomas C. Wyche, Samuel Braswell, Duncan Ray, John Brinson and his wife, Martha. The witnesses were John Gaulay, John Slater and Lubia Braswell. The tenth will probated in Thomas county was that of George Hayes. His heirs were his wife, Mary; his sonR, John R. and James T.; and his daugh ter, Mary Ann Reynolds, wife of Wil liam H. Reynolds. The Will mentions three sons, but the third is not nam ed. The witnesses were J. J. Black shear, Lucian Raines and Shadrich E. Dickey. The eleventh will probated in Thom as county was that of Peter McKin non. His heirs were his wife, Mary; his sons, Duncan, Daniel and Angus B.: and his daughters. Janet, Chris tiana, Rebecca and Florrie. His grandsons, William and Patrick, 4ons of Angus B.. were also heirs. The twelfth will probated was that of Jesse Slater. The witnesses were Elijah R. Young, Ewen McLean. Hom er M. Gatlin and A. McMillan. The executors mentioned were Michael Young, Jason Brinson and John Sla ter. The legatees were the testator’s grandchildren, to-wit: Jesse I. Ever ett, James Everett, John Everett, Fairfax Everett, Martha Adams, Sar ah Ann Porneiga, Eleanor Wylie, Vir ginia Slater, Georgianna Everitt and Mary M. Everitt. The thirteenth will probated was that of Ignacious Hall. His heirs were his wife, Elizabeth; his daugh ters, Bethany Stanfield, Mary Han cock, Lucinda Bryan; his son, Thom as I. Hall, and his grandson, Benja min D. Hall. His executors were Thomas I. Hall and his son-in-law. Alfred Bryan. The fourteenth will was that of Ja son Brinson. His heirs were his wife. Jane W., and his children, William A., P. W., George M., Jason and Christo pher Columbus Brinson. His execu tors were Isaac W. Mitchell, S. A. Smith and William A. Bryan. The witnesses w^re James L. Seward, El- zy Thompson and Tillman D? Dickey. The. fifteenth will was that of Wil- clde. Green Jackson was either pro- Ha™ FerriU. His heirs were his chil- prietor or clerk in a store located dren. not named. where is now the Upchurch building. Hearing a noise and looking across the street he saw Barwlck assailing Swain, the latter being npon the ground, and rushed over, striking Bar wick on the heed with a stick. Bar wlck was already mortally wounded The sixteenth will was that of Hen ry P. Atkinson. His heirs were his wife, Mary; his sisters, Elizabeth Montgomery, Martha Fort, Saphronia Anderson; hl3 nephews, Daniel At kinson, Henry Dickey, son of Shad- rich Dickey, Henry Mitchell, son oi liy Swain and would have died had not | Richard Mitchell, Henry A. Dickey, the lick by Jackson been given. Greenison of Shadrich Dickey: and a niece, Jackson mounted his horse and went | Harriet Harvin, wife of William Harv- to Texas via Bainbridge. , in. , In the meantime, Gus Swain was lodged in the Thomas County Jail, Jack Ivey and Bill Ivey,- being sheriff and jailor respectively. Old man Jim McDonald was a splen did gunsmith and lived where is now the town of Pavo. One of tlie Iveys took the Impression and McDonald made the keys which released Gus Swain from jail Green Jackson and tii* . Swains were closely associated in Texas, the latter .being with' Gus Swain when he was'ldlled by the Indians on the fron tier. About 1870 Green Jackson corres ponded with Col. William McLendon and was informed about hia Thomas County relatives. . . . <?. ■• When Mr, .Gus Hurst was sheriff of Thomas county, he threatened to go to Texas and get Green jThe latter, being informed,, moved to Af- The seventeenth will probated was that of John Jones. His heirs were his children, Augustas Jones, Nancy Jonee and Martha Braswell. The eighteenth will was that of Kindred Hall. His heirs were hls wife. Susan; his son-in-law, John Walden, husband of his daughter, Mary E., and his grandson. John K. WAlden. The ninteenth will probated in Thomas county was that of James Lovalt. Hi* heirs were his wife, Katherine, and his children named are Nathaniel Lovett, Mary Folsom ton, then in Indian Tj Oklahoma, where b time John Swain County, I daughters y. now in about the Thomas and Sarah Edwards.' The twentieth win was that of Hurl dock McKinnon. His wife, Anne, seemed to have been his only heir. The twenty-first will was that of John Parramore. His heirs were his sons. Redden W., John C, Noah and Adam; and his daughters, Sarah Par ramore. Mary Foy, Susan Smith, wife of S. Alexander Smith, Elizabeth two Adams and Lodusky Smith, wife of James Smith. The twenty-second will was that of >We his : * | " ” - - S. Alexander Smith, who was execu- children, John L. B., William H. and of our visit, and their dark i tor. The twenty-third will was that of James M. Vickers. His heirs were his wife, Anne E. Vickers, and his chil dren, Pleasant and Henrietta Vick- The twenty-fourth will probated James F. Burnett foliage appeared studded with broad Hie fifty-third wjll was that of white nine-petaled flowers, of a foot Pliny Sheffield. His hetrs were his in diameter, exhaling the children, Susan M. Heeth, Martha T. fume in the cool of the Parramore, Mary H. Baudy and Pliny , "On our return to Sheffield. found the inhabitants in a state ot . The fifty-fourth will was that of increasing ferment. was*^that of Thomas J. Johnson. Hls Michael Young. His heirs were hls - A Temperance meeting ha! been heirs were his wife, Martha, and his wife. Sarah, and his children, James j, el( j t )i e preceding evening, at which. daugiter. Julia Ann, who afterwards married John W. H. MltchelL The twenty-fifth will probated was that of Jordan HalL Hls legatees were bis wife, TOpah Hall; hls sons. Benja min D. and Henry C. Hall; and hls daughters, Nancy. D. Blalock, Mazy C. BUlingsly and Martha C. HalL E., William J., Remer, Thomas J-, we were Informed, great disorder Michael, America MacIntyre. Mary J t, ad prevailed, and the mouths ot the MrElven and Sarah L. Young. ’ mmu, in r„n, r,f Il, n Cn/Uiv iw, McElven and Sarah L. Young. [advocates In favor of the Society per- The fifty-fifth will was that of John emptorOy closed. d h a e n 1 vhtTr I Ma 1 ^ll 1 ILi “TaHshassee, or ‘the Old Field of Rebecca and his daught.r, Mary B. H. ^ w hlch from its salubrious JT& fifty-sixth will was that of J££tod t££ __ , iLjtirfl jwnWn* was Thomas S. Dunbar. Hls heirs were “7" were,her children. John Vf. Raines, nritotaMn rizdngZteupty on all sides “ H. Baines, Robert H. Raines, InESTth* -»JgfjgSSwgJ* James Madison Pringle. The'legs-1 The Uttle tees were hi. brothers, Robert Marion J**? and Samuel John, and his sisters,,other public buildings, waa grad in’ Susannah and Sarah Jane Pri*|j£* The fifty-eighth win was that ofI vfrlt. might have amounted to sixteen Malachl Groover. The legatees were. hundred souls. The style of bonding. Martha E. H. Terrell Henretta Murphy, Angelina G. Chaires and Emily G. Blackshear. The twenty-seventh will probated was that of William Holloway. Hls heirs were iris daughters, Nancy Par rish, Roxy Ann Alderman, Larina Swain. Katherine Albritton, Susannah Smith and Orpller Adams; and his sons, William, James and Griffin Hol loway. The twenty-eighth will was that of Lot Wheeler. Hls heirs were hls daughter, ApsIUy Myrick, and hls grandchildren, Sara, Martha, Wei thy. Anna and John Myrick. The twenty-ninth is the non-enpa- tiye will of Francis Jones. The lega tees were his wife, Rachel, and hls brothers and sisters, to-wit; Lavinia Jones Young, Matthew Jones. Berry M. Jones, Thomas Jones, Mltohell Brady Jones, Elizabeth Jones Winn and Harriet Jones Blackshear, child ren of James Jones and hls wife Eliza beth Mills, James Jones being the son of Francis Jones and his wife Mary Robins. His executor was Mitchell B. Jones. The thirtieth will was that of Jame3 Ponder. His only heir was his wife, Ann Ponder. His executors were William G. and Ephraim G. Ponder. The thirty-first will probated was that of Washington J. Sanders, who left his property to his brothers and sisters without naming them. The thirty-second will was that of Norman McLeoud. His heirs were his wife, Katharine; his sons, Murdock and Alexander; and his grandchildren, Archibald, William, Alexander, Nor man, Malcolm, Gilbert and Murdock, children of J6hn McLeoud, deceased. The thirty-third will was that ot John G. Fondren. His heirs were his wife, Nancy; his sons, David, Eras mus and John Guyton; and hls daugh ters, Nancy Ameretta, Cornelia Jose phine and Elizabeth. The thirty-fourth win was that of Jordan Fulford. His heirs were his wife, Margarett, and his sons, Daniel, William and John James. The thirty-fifth will probated was that of Isaac Futch. His heirs were his sons, John and Moses, and his daughters, Lucy Anderson, Ernie Mc Donald, Lydia McNaly, Lucy Dekle, Sallie Alderman and Dorcas Young. The thirty-sixth w!!i was that of James Slater. His heirs were his wife, Nancy; his sons, John Slater and James A Slater; and his daugh ters, Charity B. Moore, Mary L. Moore, Martha W. Burney, Ann L. Slater and Sara M. Everitt. The thirty-seventh will was that of Isham E. Howell. His heirs were his wife, Minnie, and hls children Linton P. and Isham E. Howell The thirty-eighth will is the non-cu- pative will of Peyton Walden. The legatees were John McLean, John Kindred Walden and James Wal den. John Walden was executor. The testator gave especial Instructions to his wife, Sarah Ann, and hls children. Jesse H„ Ellen, Lanza L, and Solomon Groover. The fifty-ninth win was that of John Davis. Hls children were not named except his son Jasper. The sixtieth was that of John Miller. The legatees were hls wife Frances and hls son, Augustin Hansell Miller. If both died without issue the estate was to go to the children ot the testa tor’s friend, Mary Ann B. Hansell. The sixty-first was that ot Francis 'R. Walden whose sole legatee was Fanny Ashurst Walden. The sixty-second was that ot Ann E. Merriweather whose children were Ann, James and Charles R. Merri- weather. The sixty-third was that of William Oliver whose sole legatee was bis daughter Nancy McMullan. may be remarked of the better class of southern erections, is pleas- ing, and well suited to the climate; they have in general spacious gal leries under spreading roofs, and the boarding and pillars are commonly painted white.’* In referring to TaUahasee bever ages, the traveler described the mint- Julep, mint-sling. Utters, hailstone, snow-storm, apple-toddy, punch, Tom and- Jerry and egg-nogg. He was about to give the recipe tor the mint- julep when he used the folio wing lan guage: “Who knows, that it you get bold ot the recipe, instead ot being an erderiy sober member of society, u loyal subject, and a good Tory; you will get mossy, and hot-brained, and begin to fret about reform, and dem ocratic forms of government,—doubt your Bible—despise your country— The sixty-fourth will was that of fice your King—fight cocks, and race Walker R. RevUle, whose legatees |Uke a Virginian—swear profanely like were his wife, Mary Ann, and Us chU-l» Western man—covet your neighbors’ dren not named. I goods like a Yankee speculator—and The sixty-fifth will was that of Lu-« nd by tnrnln * Reformer!" clan H. Raines. Hls children were Em!-1 The stagecoach northward from ly B. Manning, Sarah Ann Chaires, Tallahassee left at regular intervals Harriet B. Raines, Robert R„ Richard,once each week, and the English trav- M. , and Lncian H. Raines. eler made haste rather slowly for he The sixty-sixth was that of Hardy says: “But we only reached Milledge- Bryan. His heirs were hls wife. Me- vilie, the capital of Georgia, after ria Bryan; his sons, Hardy, Court-[three days and nights ot Incessant land, Iredelle and Rudolph Bryan; and travel, and that after a goodly propor- his daughters, Caroline, Magnolia, J tion ot break-downs, and stick-fasts, Idillar and Mary Louisa Betts. ) besides baring to wade many deep The sixty-seventh will was that of:creeks and-swim one or two. James Rembert. His heirs were his | “The streams were all flooded, and wife, Ehiora, and Us daughters, Har-; ferries and bridges were seldom seen, riet Abigeil Durant and Jane Barret, j Indeed I would rather take my chance The sixty-eighth was that ot wyley, for a swim than pass the rocking and Groom. The sole legatee was Martha.fearful erection whicii under that Cleora Seward. - ( j name,' span many ot the deep rivers. The sixty-ninth will was that of ‘‘Of the scenery I neeu say but lit- Thomas B. Winn. The legatees were I tie. A great proportion of our route his wife, Elizabeth, and bis children Ia 7 over an uninteresting plne-cover- not named. The executors were ed country; but there were frequent James F. Neely, a stepson, and James ■ towns springing up along the line. N. Winn. [which will doubtless become more The seventieth will was that of aQ d more frequented. But the names! Daniel Roberts. His heirs were his what do you say to Suspendersvllle? wife, Elizabeth, and his children, Ed-[How euphonious! In nothing have ward A., David M., James Henry, our American neighbors shown such Martha Eugenia, Sarah Elizabeth j an utter absence of anything like Smith, Susan Cox and Mary Jane j propriety and good taste as in the Horne. [ hideous nomenclature of towns and The seventy-first will, and the last j villages with which they have disflg- one which I shall mention at tills' » r ed their maps and their language.” time, was that of Maj. Elijah, Remer State Convention at MiUedgeville Young, a man with a vision far lie-1 MiUedgeville a State Conven- yond that of most of his fellows. j tlon summoned for the purpose of re- This will was probated August 18,1 vising the Constitution was just in 1860. Paragraph 2 donated 32,500 to l,he act of opening Its session. With St. Thomas Lodge No. 49 oi Free and regard to these Conventions, we found Accepted Masons. This sum was that thera were very, diverse opinions used in erecting the building on the, held by different individuals; many southwest corner of Broad and Fletcb- U1 *8tag that, as an assembly of men er Streets. elected with carelessness, acting with- Paragraph 3 of the will donated check, superseding all law, and in just trial. Dr. William Holland had mortally wounded Peyton Walden on April 21. 1854. Dr. Holland was tried and ac quitted Dec. 2, 1854. The difficulty occurred in front his executors to use all honorable $30 000 to building a female college ^ a ®t taking the place of the original bring William Holland to a near ThomasvI11 e, to be called ‘ tamers of the Constitution of the Young’s Female College. The execu* they were more likely to do tors of the will, to wit, William J. jharm than good, and that It was al- Young, A. T. MacIntyre and David wa >' 8 a matter of thankfulness when S. Brandon, together with the friends they dispersed without having done of the testator, James T. Hayes, any * reat mischief. Others would say j James L. Seward, Augustan H. Han-' that besides the acknowledged nec- Dr. S?ixas’ drug store. ! se n and Thomas Jones, were appoint- essit 3 r of an occasional revision of the The thirty-ninth will probated was ed trustees for the college. The tes- Constitution, the Conventions have that of^.Tohn Hambleton.. His heirs |t a .tor requested that the trustees in- this advantage, that many eminent James George: and his daughters. Henrietta Patterson. America Hambleton, Mary Hendry and Margarett G. Jones. The fortieth will was that of Na- ere his wife, Margarett, his sons, corporate and be given full authority men and servants of the State, whom Daniel, Wade. John, James and vacancies among themselves distate to a life of constant political thaniel R. Mitchell. The legatees were his wife, Lucy A. Mitchell, his son J. W. H. and George W. Mitchell and his daughters. Mary Shef field. Martha Flanders, Sarah Mc- kinnon, Emily Lightfoot, Elizabeth and thus perpetuate the organization. war ^ are had sent into retirement, are The charter for the institution was * Q duced on such occasions to come granted December 17, 1860, and as toward, and give the country the aid soon as the strenuous times permitted °* *heir matured experience. the school buildings were located on “The proceedings of the Convention Dawson Street, between Monroe and I am unable to detail, as we resumed Washington Streets, where many girls our route the following morning: were educated until the property was “In peeping in upon the proceedings sold by the sheriff in 1914. of retired courts of justice, or listen Maj. Young's experiment was in no ing to the harangues delivered right Hardoway and Ann Tyson. His exe- sense a failure as much of the educa- and left for political purposes, by the cutors were J. W r . H. and-George W\ j tion and culture of this generation is. public men of the United States. Mitchell and his son-in-law, Neill Mc-. and Q f succeeding generations will be, whether on the stump or in the *en- Kinnon. . d ue to hie philanthropy and foresight ate. the Englishman cannot but be The forty-first will was that of Jam-1 Maj. Young’s legatees were his struck with the general diffusion es W. Jackson. The legatees wet 3 j daughter, Malvina E. Potter, and the throughout the United States of that , wife ’ ^J a ^ arett „P 1 i i , ver ' a " d ^his children of the following brothers and gift usually called the ’gift of the gab*. Nothing can be more provoking than children. William Welles and Flor-! sisters: Willis Young. John Young, ence Jackson. David Young, Matthew Young, Mika The forty-second will was that of Young. James Young, Mrs. Price, Mro. Thomas Selph. His heirs were bi.s J Blackman and Mrs. Lavinia Jones, wife and children whose names are Maj. Young was the son of William not given. Young and hls wife Mary Henderson, The forty-third will was that of Am- william Young being the son of Wil- elia Diana Sandwich. Her heirs were Ham Young, of Savannah, and hls her sisters, Lucy Jane Sandwich and ^jfe Miss Remer. William Young was Celestia Angelina Sandwich, apd her a brother-in-law of Gen. James Jack- niece, Amelia Jane McIntosh, daogh- SOTL The Major died June 30, 1860, ter of John McIntosh. aged 62 years, and was burled in The forty-fourth will was that of Greenwood cemetery. Jeper S. Sweatman which Is a non-cu-. Magnolia and Other Towns pative one. The legatees were bis j The first bank in which the town of brothers, Shadrack W. and Francis M , Thomasville deposited money was the Sweatman. and his sister Martha C. Bank of Magnolia, between which w “ town and Thomasville ran the old Everett, wife of John W. Everett. The forty^ifth will was that of Fulton H. Whitely. His only heir was his wife. Julia M. Whitely. The forty-sixth will was that of Ewen McLean. The legattees his wife, Cynthia C. McLean, and hH children. John, Richard J., Kenneth. E. Katherine, Mary Efhily and Cynthia C. McLean. The forty-seventh will probated waa that of Duncan R. MitcbelL The lega tees were his wife. Mary Magdalene and his brotheres and sisters, there being no children. The forty-eighth will was that ot Daniel Stringer. The legatees Were his wife, Mary, and his children^ Jo* siah H. Elizabeth, Henry M„ Wi T.. Nancy A. and James H. The forty-ninth will was that John Walden. The legatees were wife, Frances B. Walden; his John K. and James A. Walden; daughter Mary and an intnnt ter. The fiftieth win was that of DanieL His heirs were Us . Matthew W. Daniel, Elizabeth Nancy Ann W. Groover, McDuffie and John G. DanieL The fifty-first will was that of tag Evans. His heirs were his hls son, John R. Magnolia road. In the early days the currency' of Florida banks waa the chief circulating medium in Thomas the fluency of the country lawyers in spite of their shabby coats: and to one who would be inclined to con sider quantity rather than quality, their unhesitating delivery, command of language, and long-windedness. might indeed be a subject of envy. But a little attention will show Um that sound and sensf are not always companions. He win detect innumer able expletives—sentences without legitimate beginning or end-deduc tions from nothing—big words mean ing little, and out of place, leading to the moat astounding examples of bathos—digressions without end— and, after all. that to extract sense and facts from that wholesole produc tion of words, he must patiently sit down like a searcher after gold County. Exchange npon New York * od •*«' bosks! after bushel to and distant points was purchased ,rn<1 “* °*®- from the bonks in Tallahassee and i The Georgia Gazetteer Magnolia. The cotton waa honied by j From a copy of the Georgia Gazeti- wagon to St Marks and all the in- eer, of Dee. 1825. we find «>■»« Baker coming freight came through this ; County la in the southwest pert of the port. Some will remember the old’etate. bounded ue the north by the plank read to Newport. Magnolia and lately acquired territory; on the east St. Marks. ibr Irwin and Lowndes; on the south The old town of Magnolia was to- by Thomas and Decatur and on the cued on Ue riser aereral miles above;by Early. Byron on Gofe.wabee Newport Spring and waa a far prettier j Cre *b» dght mlles west of Flint Hirer, and more attzactlre town than either b ap dred fifty mile* MW from Newport or St. Marks. I MilledgerlUe and forzy-fire mile* In 1833 Charles Joseph Latrobe, Esq- an English traveler, need Ue ^ Early courthouse, was following language in discussing ouri^J?' *ji*j|**tSSrwm’rf N fn fa. the ' T * ol “* tl13 *- **** *0«lh of a g * riy cot**® 0 ** forty-ooa milt* ^ T * ,uh “~ * bright spots in onr southern tour. jcourtl “At Mugnolia. the river gUdeu;, ul ra swiftly through a torest remarkable ■ _ buildings had not at Uat time been!Court hare a impleted. 1 quickly I We also find that Lowndes County ; At is bounded on the north bv Irwin; on Bento. .. Sor i d^and y a"n^ : of 0 Thoma-°Snd ol ln ^ ^ 0t DCCattlr 1 rionaa ami a part ot inouia^ ana on »».- shoHff was ordered to Ue west by Baker and Thomas. The 1 d “ , endanl as #oon „ prmt _ i - th WH^ir *b® sheriff or jailor ot Decatur Coon- hundred ninety-seven ^ ,. h0 were qrdcnrf him for the period of thirty fnrrf ani) thlrtr mllim nnrth nf Thsm. .UOJTU asvlUe. The public buildings had not at that time been completed. (Note; ®*°® F ** 1 At Uat time UeSight District.' after: nf wards given to Ttaaoaaad-attBlater u to Colquitt, was to Lowndes County, bawd by me lawyers The courthouse referred to at beta*;*"®* *”*"*•■ north- of ThomasvU’e. waa ncobably! *■* ucaaa iw# PmHIiIUHII ior north rest iSdte figbeMT ttTeeg «etoAim.MU. ted tbe»t«® location mentioned by the Act of Nor. [bodycooeldered that the want o!f» 30. ltac. when the county site of courthouse aed jail had become a i*b- Loumdee County waa changed from. He nuisance. Ue home ot Stan Hall to the house of j At the May term. mi. Um Czud Frauds Rountree. Ik 4328 Franklin- Jury pruueatud Kbeneter J. Fetklns TiUe waa made the county cent bet for the offense ot malicious mischief this was almost ea.( of ThonaarlUe. tn breaking opes the door of the board- being southeast ot what afterwards jins ot Isaac P. Brooks to the became Trouprllle.) | great ennoyaace ot Mr. Brooks am hls la this publication a Us’: of Ue post, boarders. S!Sw°u < 2 W £i£ At th * ««• the Grand appears that Byron and Bainbridge j anr conaumned Ue opinion ot the Comn °* **• Uatt ® d ««* nave Dees no postokoces in either ^ n Worcester jhmI Batter vIm hod 1 lived flmiMiff the Indian* wJthoat com* crom roe uconpi uaseueer. prim- ~ ~ sIT #K _ ,v. ed to 1829. we find tout Bainbridge r ® BvUUo “ °* contains about twenty houses and .-a tW _, stores, n courthouse and Jail, and Is hTSStoEdto^U. Ue logical metropolis tor Ue fire or 1°* presentment* he published to Ue six counties composing southweet Georgia. 1 * l the Noretaher term 1823, Judge We also learn that a part ot *'“* Warren being interested to eer- Lowndes County has been annexed to J™ 1 cnae®, the Judges at the Inferior Thomas and that, in 1829. Lowndes Court were called upon to preside and waa bounded by Thomas ox the arret, i Msesrn. Duncan fay. Simon Ik Had- Also, that FrankllnrUle. ' b.'rtr tlx ley and Thomas J, Johnson presided miles northeast ot Thomasville and until such cases bod bean disponed fifty miles W-SW from War»bom. had ot end. after ezotet-tfru,. and epprsr- been lately selected for toe count*- Ing of Ue mlnutso, retired, seat of Lowndes. The new county seat t m the Grand Jsn r*seatmeats lor contained a courthouse, hewn of log*, ue November tone. > «2. the Interior costing two hundred fifteen dollar* court was urged to immtoiately hare one bouse and one store. a iju (, u iu. We also learn Uat Mr. Mitchell ot At May term. 1522. the mart _°. ne ordered the county to pay **£* sand barrels of sng; ? which was worth Moor , < atlor 0 f County. £ ™ ah d“ 8ee *“ d a *** nol,a len « nt " $25.95 for keeping prisoners at the per pouna. county. The hoard charged waa tor- Thomas County was now bounded ty-seveu cents per day per on Ue north by Irwin. ThomsselUe j At the May term. 1821. Th was described as situated nine miles '^il. ot Ue territory of FI east of Stamney’s Feriy on the • admitted to practice law to the court* Ocblocknee River and thirty-six miles 0 { Orergla. °f Frankllnrille. It con. j At the Urm Hall mad# iSS* two « ,ore *’ * the necessary oath aa a RarotoUooary soldier to get Ue benefits of Ue Act The best road from MUIedgerille > ( congress of 1532. Simon Hadley. »as ria Hartford and Fort Early, lak- ing the left. and. at Parkers, fifteen f? d L ‘S*?’ uTtS! miles below Fort Early. leaving the, a “ d {*®J*J\ ‘“** river road which led to Bainbridge. • ‘h**' 1 before Ue Inferior Court. Coffees Road, crossing the Ocmulgee I The Grand Jury for Um May term, at Jacksonville, was sixteen miles 1533, derated considerable attention farther and had no water In dry. In their presentments to stole and weather. : national Issues. They condemned The total population of Thomas: Congress for Ignoring (he slate’s County is given as 1,075. The repre-. rights, particularly Ustr Immediate sentaUve population was obtained by ' representatives. Senator John FortyU adding to Ue number of whites three, and Hon. Jams* M. Wayne. They rh" ( fifths of tbe number of negroes. condemned Ue recent stats coarse- Minutes Superior Court lion tu Its general room but, pcrtlcuV Tbe Superior Court ot Thomas >®rty. “to destroying Ue Federal basis' County convened for Ue first time at of representation In this stela." Ue June term, 1826. The Grand kt Ue November term, 1332. the Jurors were as follows: Ludy C. Far- U™n<! Jury Indicted George Htuuliu rill, Henry MUton. Thomas Dekle. ,or ‘be murder of United States Dbr Duncan Ray, Thomas J. Johnson, trlct Attorney John K. CuiitpbeU fif Hardy Bryan, Ellas McElreen, Wil- Florida. Mr. Hamlin was u brother item L Forson. Littleton Wyche. Tay- of Hanlbal Hamlin, Flee Pres of the lor Mitchell, John Jones. Henry Cook, U.S. Aaron Everitt. Lewis A. Thomas,' Th ® Grand Jurors for the Novem- Archibeld McMUllsn. Simon D. Had- ber term. IMS. thanked Us Judge ley. Malcolm McKinnon, Phillip 8. ® nd Solicitor, for their considerate ««. Paris, Zacarlah Hobson, Henry D. lentlo i* end said they had no pre- Atkinson, Michael Horn. Samuel M. »ntmenw to make. Hadley, Josiab Proctor, Kendred Hail, | Tbe Grand Jury at the May Una. Thomas Carlton and Edward Bryan. 1834, recommended (be establishment The Petit Jurors were: Archibald of a Court of Error* and Appeal*. McNeil. David Sloan. Stephen Coded- there being none et (hot time. In, Friend Freem, Daniel Huggins. - At Ue November term, IMS, Joseph James Grinder. John Grinder, Jebiz McCant*. Esq., of Ue territory of Mor- Ferrill, Silas E. Crawford, John Ida. was admitted to. practice law in Brooming, Pugh Pollard, Clrvaa An- the state of Georgia, drew*. Leonard L. Warner. Charlie At tbe same term lh« Grand Jury Thigpen, Robert Donaldson, William deprecated the proceeding* of certain Hurst, Robert Hall, William Broom- person* and societies In Ue North, ley. Thomas Ernest, George Truluck. fearing that their i-ondott - voted William Kirkland. William Hancock, eventually bring about a disunion of Greenbery Thomas, Hugh Baty, Beu- the states with ail of Ue horror* re- Jamln Edwards, Isaac Allen, Josiab suiting therefrom. They admonished Fafrclotb. .Cooper Goff. Jacob Cole- the citizens of tbe North and East to man, John Harrell. James Oroover, b* moderate and nrepect the const I to- Joseph Truluck. William Lofton, 8ber- lional rights of their neighbor*, rod Edwards, John Chastain. Peter This Grand Jnry recommended tbe Kempe. Thomas Coggins, Colson formation ol a local volunteer cavalry Adams, Uriah Johnson, Allen Adams, company. James Broomley, Thomas Gill, Mur At tbe May term, 1836. the Grand ! dock McAulay, John A. Hall. Benja Jury- called attention tn the bed cop- min MUton. C. H. Edwards. Dempsey dltlons of the publir roads, •specUtlye”* Wood. Shadrack Dickey. Georg* Yates. >be road leading frem Thomaavlll* to ' John B^y, Hugh Donaldson, John Magnolia. Fla. Groover. NeUl McKinnon. George At tlie May adjourned term. 1317, Yerby, John Mitchell and John Craw- the Grand Jury congratulated Ue lord- county because Uere were bat two The only salt returnable to this indlctmeat* at this term of court, term was that of Robert Parol et. si. We find tbs following very unusual vs. Littleton Wyche, Executor of Aaa language tn tbe general presentment*; Travis, deceased, Ue same being a “We have taken under oar serious hill for discovery and distribution. consideration the Inquest upon the Court adjourned for Ue term with body of Mack M. Glass and, after mail Moses Fort Judge end Malcolm Per- lag diligent Inquiry, we ore decidedly guson Clerk. of lhr opinion Uat the kltflag of him The court convened on Jen. 4. 1/27. *a* a praiseworthy action and Uat and Ue first order appearing on the the person* concerned thereto are tm- minutes Is directed to Ue Clerk and titled to the Uaahs of (fa county geo- Sbertff Instructing them to pay Chris- orally for their conduct to exeentlug topher Edwards, the coroner, the cost *k® >»»* of the county. - snowed by law to him (or bolding as The Grand Jury at Ik* December Inquest over Us dead bodies of NaU- term, IMS, returned earnercu. la an and Phillip Parle, deceased, from dltemeau against prominent ritfsaao the first monies which came Into their for gambling. The games which do ted*. teadants were charged with playing The first return of Us Grand Jury were card*. Waff and fare, was a Xo-BUl In the case of the Stele At the May term, 1U*. the Oread a NO-BUI in.ua case of the State At ue May term, IMS. Ue Oread , Burton Partner, charged with as- Jury recommended Us building ot tbe / sault wtu latent to marder. The see- Hraaswtcft and Florid# Ranees it They/ oad return fa Uat of a TruoBOl la re recognised It as a gigantic mdartsk ' the State vs. Barton Fortner, charred tog hat ana not to be nmmfdsred toe wtu opposing and resisting aa official passible, in Ue execution of a lawful process. The Oread Jury at th* The prisoner was arraigned and pied U39, reported the Jrfl to not guilty. »fler which court adjourn- tion lu.so ter es lb* lock* were mfdtwd toe. May terse i hod me, The court reconveued for the June and safficteat larks ha pat U at the; term. 1327. and the first ctvO care an tort test oprertauity. ■L i®”* 4 --^“rtotacd that they were r ■npt criminal ru« triad vat Um StMt mmu tram mmr et the ifarafca . and Ue Jmy returned a verdict of net on dapr<-«teted Florida paparreTSV f*ilt7, hmalrehf^ff ||f The next case waa that of Ua Stats In the Minn! luniuumiaii m vs- Ttotpucha alias BOly alias Hoots April term. 1ML w* find the Hadjo alias One Eye. Jim. Bob and lag: “We prevent aa i Billy, four Indian* charged whh mar- act th* vlgUancv and Jim. Bob and BOly were present. «* Nathaniel H. Hand. Dated jfi cted and hang but One-Eye had Wright Douglas and Jeremiah Hap . .ed as hls way from Ue Talto cock ta bringing to justice M-w>. barter jail toThomseteH* before trial. Vick. Chat Ire Down red takas ' The Cent TTrsrniiatnl* of the notorious highway robber*.* \ Grand Jury ter tlw Jana tons. U27. Tha above «ei - - - recited that Ue Interior Court had convicted of rot* discharged their dalle* ta appalnltofi Friedman, on th* ■mtafitarere. They presented fifteen mSSn tnm ££?ASPrSTg 2L2Z. Wil