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John S. Thomas' Trustworthiness
Commended by William H. Crawford
. “ ‘ . meal to their families, and bought
IntcmUBf DMfrepny m Ula S40.000 worth of bonds after he rea-
Pipcr Throws Light 00 Patrio- lized that victory was impossible,
tnm aid Sterling Character of Mm. Branncn addi the informa-
• . r-»• 1 tion that his old home place was
Prominent Lnizcn. 'located in what is now called Hard-
► . wick near the state hospital. A Bap-
A trusted yovcxtnment agent* | hi<;
soldier, legislator. direrUtr at ^l^aTd the Chrtottan church ,n the
Central Bank, and a ' uds ' " f ' h ® ■,ard. and the Methodist church
Inferior court was John Sherrod:'™'^ ^ ^ ^ road bc _
Thomas who hved here dunns morn ^ Milledgeville and Scottsboro
than three quarters of the nine-1 , hrouBh me 0 i d Thomas planta-
teenth century according to his ohitu- ; ^ound -the old place are
ary in the Union and Rcc ° rd< T " numbers o[ , lTe oat (roes, which
January 18. 1881. a copy of "W* I , re ublquc in Baldwin county. There
also two of these trees
copy of which |
i owned by his granddaughter. Mrs. i *
D. W. Branncn, of this city.
This story of his life is not includ
ed in the History of Baldwin County,
due to the fact that Mrs. Brannen,
was not living here when material
for this book was being gathered.
A brief chronological sketch of his
life, extracted from the newspaper
account is here given:
1779—Bom in Hancock County
1806—Commissioned by the Gov
ernor Captain of a volunteer com
pany.
181$—Lieut, of Artillery in War
of 1812. in company commanded by
Cant. Jett Thomas.
With “Baldwin Blues" (?) order
ed to rendezvous at Long Shoals.
Aug. 13. 1813.
After war—Contracted with gov
ernment to supply subsistence stores
to army in Creek nation.
Pnv master fer volunteer troops
Thomas lot in the cemetery. They
grew from acorns which John S.
T »mas brought in his vest pocket
from Ossabaw Island. The original
still standing is over 100 years
Oglethorpe Relics Include •
Portion of Main Building
Furniture, Books and Relics
Arsenal Exposed
Citizens Uneasy
Much Hear, Am—i if ion Would
Han Hade Skn lunrreftion
Diaaatrow.
Old military records of Baldwin
county in the department of archives
in Atlanta shdw interesting facts
concerning the construction of the
old state arsenal at Milledgeville in
—refused post of assistant-adjutant-. JBJ3, the munitions which it con-
general in order to carry on his work itained in 1830. and the uneasiness of
paymaster. When he went to
Washington to secure funds. William
Crawford said of him: “I know this
man. Settle his accounts withc#vt
red tape."
1825—Marshal df day on occasion
of Lafayette's visit.
1R44—On committee with A. H.
Kenan and Seaton Grantland to meet
Henry Clary at Gordon.
1841—Elected to house cf repre
sentatives.
1844— Director c! Central Bank of
Georgia. With cashier. A. M. Nisbet.
he wound up the Affairs of this
emergency organization.
1845- 46—Judge of Inferior Court.
His friendship wi*h the Indians
was notable. It is thought to have
given him that stoicism with which
he bore many financial reverses
brought on by the bad faith of men
•n whom he trusted (one of them,
n I'overnor of the state.)
Such was his love for the Confed
eracy that he gave a flock of sheep
the citizens concerning its "sudden
occupancy" by the slaves.
The building contract for the
“State Magazine” was let June 23.
1813 to Joseph Cook for $480. the
brick and lime to be furnished by
the state. The lime or shells from
the sen coast were to be hauled from
the boat at the expense of the con
tractor. The expense df the building
was estimated to be $1,044.37 1-2.
In July of 1813. 657 1-2 bushels of
oyster shells at 25c were purchased.
The list of the military storekeeper
of arms and munitions November
5. 1831, showed: 2 six pounders,
small mould: 2 howitzer swabs, etc.,
3561 muskets. 240 rifles. 5 saber
boxes. 3000 gun flints, 103 kegs gun
powder, 5 large kegs gunpowder.
5540 pounds lead. 11 large kegs balls,
1 small keg balls.
No wonder that soon after this in
ventory was made by Thomas H.
Kenan, a committee of citizens wrote
to Governor Gilmer a protest against
Lanier Memorial Room are Re- Sidney Lanier’s birthplace in Macon
. . I also adem the walls,
positones. Among relics in a little old glass
, case is a program of a party at
In a recent conversation about 0s i e thorpe Hotel. July 1858.
Oglethorpe University. Mrs. H. D.
Allen, whore late husband purchased
the heme of Samuel Talmadge,
former president d.’ the school when
it was located at old Midway, declar
ed that the main building of old
Oglethorpe was not burned down,
as has been so often claimed.
According to Mrs. Allen, Dr.
Talmadge told Dr Allen that it was
sold to the state, and was tom down.
The bricks composing it were used
to build one of the wings of the
Powell administration building of the
State Hospital, then called
Asylum for the Insane. The steps
of ths main building, which now
houses in the neighborhood of 2000
patients, are the same that
the entrance of old Oglethorpe, and
the columns are thought by Mrs.
Allen to be the same, though she is
it sure about them.
Old Thahan Hall, now used for
housing patients and doctors’ fami
lies at Allen's Invalid Home, am
the Sidney Lanier Room in it, with
its chairs, bench and books that wi
the old Thalian Society room,
the most outstanding relics of
the University now existing here.
Much of the furniture owned by the
Talmadge family is now used in the
residence of Mrs. Allen, a modern
structure situated on the site of the
old Talmadge home.
In the Lanier room is a framed
copy of an old Southern Recorder
of March. 1837. taken from the cor
nerstone of old Oglethorpe Univer
sity. giving an account of its dedica
tion exercises. The old box in which
the paper was placed in the comer
stone is there, also. On the walls
hangs the framed diploma of Tor-
linson Fort, famous Civil War offic-
_.r.d son of a famous Milledge- ; reeled that they all be burned at his
ville soldier and physician of the ■. death, but they have been preserved.
* name, dated 1845. and signed
hich the committee of managers
composed of: J. H. Hall. Wm. L.
LaConte, C. B. Adams. John Harde-
m. H. S. Orme. J. A. Shinglen C.
Vinson. J. F. Stinson. Wm. S.
Torey. and H. J. Winn. Many of
these represent prominent families
here and in Macon.
There is a receipt to James C.
Whitaker, father of Mrs. Allen, for
$500. dated May. 1850. for a family
scholarship subscription for all his
sons and others. It is signed by Mil
ler Grieve, president of the board
of trustee*.
The bench and chairs used in the
old Society hall are rough, sturdy
pieces, such as were used for such
purposes in that day and time. Sev
eral other pieces of furniture thought
to bf in keeping with the period
have been added. Someone has do
nated an old flute to give atmos
phere to the room which is thought
to have been occupied by the poet.
The books preserved there are
mostly Latin tomes. Among the
bocks owned by Mrs. Allen which
were the property cf Dr. Talmadge
or his students are: Book V of the
H stcry cf C. Cornelius Tacitus, pub
lished in 1815: a Cicero, de Officlis.
book three, published in 1819; a copy
of Sallust, published 1857. belong
ing to Jimmie N. Whitrker; a Latin
Prose Composition. 1846: Livy, 1847;
Greek book, 1853; Vanity Fair, 1848,
and many others.
The first patient ever domiciled at
Allen's Sanitarium was an eccentric
old Englishman, who though he knew
he had hallucinations, was a man o'
extensive learning. This old man
claimed all the old books, and would
write his name in them and “pre
sented by Dr. H. D. Allen." He di-
1913, (since it does not bear a date
but comes among others of that
time) shows his possession of a "gig
and harness”, valued at $50. The list
of his “goods and chattels" com
mences quaintly with “two pails and
one piggin”. A piggin was a wooden
vessel with a stave extending for
handle, sometimes used as a dip
per. MilledgeviUe's fi/st executive
had three slaves a woman, girl, and
boy, value at $300. $22 and $250.
That was in tl.c early days when
slaves were cheap. The appraiser*
were Augustine Harris, Farrish Car
ter, and Richardson O. Scurry.
Augustine Harris. Inferior Court
Justice
Minutes of the Inferior Court of
Baldwin County show that Augus
tine Harris was one of the Justices
n 1812, and in 1814.
Creek Expedition in 181$
An application for guardianship
papers by Robert Rutherford for
Thomas Woodward, Nov. 1, 1*13,
shows that Woodward "went on an
expedition against the Creek In-
executor,. Three appraiwrs we _. ,
be chosen from these W rL “
from these five
Wilson, Hines Holt, Jabez i
John Howard, and Zachariah L^J'
Roberts,
Ex
tensive Property Owner
Being of sound mind bat “low in
body,” Col. ITtaddeus Holt, builder
of thet first bridge across the Oconee
River at Milledgeville, made his will
Sept 27, 1813, bequeathing exten-
mills over 2200 acres of lar.d in
several counties, a ferry, and money
accruing from the sale and lease of
these, to his wife and nine children.
Thaddeus Goode Holt
and Mackemess Goode were named
When Milledgeville Was The
Capital—Yon Didn’t Have A
Drug' Store.
Today—
JONES DRUG STORE
Is ready to serve yon day v
Night
We take pride In the com.
pleteneaa ef eer smrhc and
the quality «t our nardua.
Phone 111
Per Drugs. PrsecrlpUens and
Toilet Articles
JONES DRUG CO. lac.
AUBREY JONES. Mgr
Fur
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and ol
cf the
homes
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great
.Mien
Inferior Court
public peace and welfare, due to
recent disturbance in Virginia.
They urged a better guard against !
sudden occupancy” or insurrection Dame Irwin’s Gig
by slaves. Lending credence to the story of
The petition was signed by Eze- Dame Irwin and her gig.
kial E. Park. Tomlinson Fort Sam praisal in Baldwin County court
Buffington, William W. Carnes, and house of the property of Jared Ir-
Drurv Murphey. win filed probably about 1812
Professional
Directory
Baldwin County 1935
RICHARD BINION, M. D.
F. A. C. S.
DR. SAM ANDERSON
Physician
DR. J. C. ADCOCK
Dentist
0. C. WOODS. M. D.
DR. DENNIS TURNER
Dentist
W. M. SCOTT. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
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