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DRIVER FAMILIES - CENTRAL GA PIONEERS (also it would appear they were early TN pioneer family as well) |
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Obituary:
More Information .. Giles Driver...(Pike Co., GA) re Henry Co. Railroads: LEGISLATION CONCERNING RAILROADS IN HENRY COUNTY, GA ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED
IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A BI-ENNIAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,
JANUARY, FEBRUARY & MARCH, 1855-'56. COMPILED, AND NOTES
ADDED, By JOHN W. DUNCAN. 1855 Vol. 1 -- Page: 167 Sequential Number: 111 Law Number: (No. 111.) Full Title: An Act to incorporate the Middle Ground Rail-road, to provide for its organization, to define its rights and liabilities. Full Title: An Act to incorporate the Middle Ground Rail-road, to provide for its organization, to define its rights and liabilities. 1. SEC. I. Be it enacted, &c., That for the purpose of constructing a Rail-road from or near the city of Covington by way of Grffin, McDonough, Greenville and Hamilton to Columbus or to the Alabama line near the city of Columbus, Doctor William D. Conyers, John M. Clark of Newton county, Allen W. Turner, Joseph A. Thrasher and A. W. Walker of Henry county, Archibald A. Gaulding, William R. Phillips, James W. Simmon, Augustus Burr and Henry P. Hill of Spalding county, William D. Alexander and Giles Driver of Pike county, Dr. Wimbish G. G. Howard, William Moreland, Peter Martin, Henry Harris and R. T. Marks of Meriwether county, John Murphy, A. F. Johnson and George H. Bryan of Harris county, Henry T. Hall, John C. Reese, George W. Winter and Joseph B. Hill of Muscogee county, and such other corporations and individuals as may be associated for the purpose aforesaid, and their assigns, shall hereinafter be made a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Middle Ground Rail-road Company, and by that name shall be capable in law to purchase, hold and sell so much real and personal estate as may be necessary for said purpose, to make contracts, sue and be sued, make by-laws and do all lawful acts properly incident to a corporation, or necessary and proper for the transaction of the business for which it is incorporated to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure.
Notes: Mary M. Driver, b. 26 Aug 1820, d. 31 May 1899. Mary was the wife of Giles Driver. Mary M. Cason Driver Aunt Mary Driver, after several days of suffering, breathed her last, Wednesday morning at Mr. W. J. Coggin’s where she has been making her home for some time, and her remains were peacefully laid to rest Thursday at 3 pm in the cemetery at Hollonville. Aunt Mary was a devout Christian, and was loved by all who know her. The relatives have the sympathy of the entire community in this their hour of bereavement. Other Notes: Genealgocal Abstracts From The Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper, 1809-1840. Volumes One - Four" by Fred R. and Emelie K. Hartz: reads the following re Giles Driver. Jan. 2, 1827: Clinton, Jones Co., GA, to be sold to pay tax debt 92 1/2 acres on Ocmulgee River, Jones Co. property of James Langford, Sr. for James Langford, Jr. 91 1/2 acres land. 202 1/2 acres Bibb Co. property of James Langford, Sr. for Lewis Langford. Signed Giles Driver, T. C. Notations: The above documented items are an attempt to
bring all Driver information in my files in one particular place,
and do not necessarily mean there has been a connection found
to each other, or otherwise it will be notated.
State Census and Tax Records In 1786-87 in the State Census of North Carolina and tax records: Bull, Randal, Halifax County, District 2 Bulls, Rachel, Johnston County Driver, Thomas, Capt. Houlder's Company Driver, Bird, Epping Forest District *The names Wilkins, Wilkinson, and Wilkerson are also being researched for the maiden name of Susannah Randal, wife of Oney Randal. Oney was a son of John Bull who had the family name changed to Randal. DEKALB COUNTY Tennessee (INFANTRY) The Confederate Army
Capt. John F. Goodner's company was raised at Alexandria
in April, 1861, and became Company A, Seventh Tennessee Infantry.
When Col. Robert Hatton became Brigadier general, Goodner was
elected Lieutenant colonel and commanded the regiment much of
the time during the remainder of the war. Colonel Goodner, as
shown elsewhere, commanded a company in the Mexican War. The
seventh saw muvh service - was in the Yorktown campaign, at Seven
Pines, in the Seven Days' battles, at Culpeper Courthouse, Bull
Run , Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Spottsylvania, Petersburg, and Fort Archer, and surrendered at
Appomattox. Colonel Goodner died at Alexandria some years after
the war. The muster roll shows the following names in his company:
Captain: John F. Goodner; ENLISTED: Sergeants: Wilmoth Burges, James Vannata, R. D. Floyd,
J. A. Donnell, J. T. Barbee; Privates: W. H. Atwell, John H. Allison, Robert Allison, William Bailiff, Joab Bailiff, William Bartlett, John Caskey, John Cheek, A. J. Cheek, V. B. Coe, J. N. Compton, G. W. Cowen, John L. Close, Hi Curtis, Chesley Chapman, G. W. Driver, Thomas D avis, Alfonse Emerique, William T. Floyd, W. J. Foster, Elijah A. Foutch, F. L. Foutch, R. D. Floyd, Levi Foutch, J. B. Garrison, G. W. Gregson, William Griffin, T. W. Goodner, Abe Hendrixon, William Hinesley, W. H. Hullet, J. R. Harris, John Johnson, L. C. Lincoln, John L. Luck, G. W. Lamberson, W. R. Lamberson, J. J. Martin, Pl J. Mason, J. D. Martin, G. W. Murry, Irvin D. Murphey, L. D. McGuffey, R. Malone, Theo. Moores, J. D. Nix, T. A. Newley, R. H. Newsom, Burr F. Paty, J. W. Pendleton, Lit R. Parki nson, John Read, G. W. Reasonover, Thomas J. Sneed, C. P. Shaver, Walter Sullins, W. R. Sims, D. W. Sewell, William Sewell, Isaac Sanlin, Dan Snider, J. W. Shanks, William Bartley, H. M. Wilson, Ben Hood, H. H. Hood, S. Ashby, Elijah Jones, James Risdon, Andrew Robinson, Thomas Light, Andrew Pratt, A. L. Davis, Horace Newsom, O. J. Williams. KILLED: G. W. Driver, J. B. Garrison, P. J. Mason,
James Vannata, T. W. Sewell. All at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862: DIED: J. Cheek, November 6, 1862; V. B. Coe, September 25, 1861;
J. Compton, September 15, 1861; L. D. McGuffey, November 13,
1862; J. Pendleton, December 15, 1861; W. R. Sims, January 5,
1863; William Willoughby, December 5, 1863; Biographies of professional individuals ( including but not limited to finance, medicine, teaching, law and politics) residing in Tennessee from 1769-1923 DE KALB COUNTY , TN DeKalb County was erected in 1837 out of parts of White, Warren, Cannon, Wilson and Jackson, and was named for Baron DeKalb, an officer in the Revolutionary war, who had fallen at Camden, New Jersey. The act creating this county provided that the first court should be held at the house of Bernard Richardson, near Smithville, which was chosen for the county seat and named for John Smith Bryan, who was commonly called "Smith." The committee appointed to select the county seat was: Thomas Durham, Joseph Banks, Thos. Allen, Watson Cantrell and Joseph Clark. Bernard Richardson gave to the county fifty acres for the county seat, a part of which was laid out in lots which were sold at public sale. On March 5, 1838, the county was organized with the following named magistrates in attendance: Lemuel Moore, chairman; Reuben Evans, Joseph Turney, Thomas Simpson, John Martin, Watson Cantrell, David Fisher, Wm. Scott, Samuel Strong, Henry Burton, Martin Phillips, John Frazier, Joel Cheatham, Jonathan Fuston, Peter Reynolds and James Batey. A. J. Marchbanks was the first circuit judge, and B. L. Ridley the first chancellor. The first settlement in DeKalb County was made in 1797 by Adam Dale, who came from Maryland and located on Smith's Fork Creek near Liberty, and erected there the first mill in the county. Other early settlers were: Thomas Whaley, Josiah Duncan, Henry Burton, Thomas WEST, William and John Dale, James and William Bratton, William and George Givan, the Walkers, the Pruitts, Jacob and Abraham Overall, Robin Forester, Reuben Evan, Matthew Sellers, Benj. Blades, Nicholas Smith, Benj. Garrison, Jesse Allen, Martin Phillips, Britton Johnson, Giles Driver, Levi Bozarth, David Taylor, P. G. Magness, Zachariah Lefever, John Wooldridge, Bernard Richardson, William Adcock, Wm. Floyd, John Vantrease, Jonathan and Stewart Doss, E. Turner, James Goodner, Edmund Turner, Wm. Grandstaff, Thomas Simpson and Wm. Wright. Statistics of DeKalb County: Population, 1920, 15,370.
Assessed valuation of taxable property, 1921, $7,497,060. Area,
310 square miles. Number of farms, 2,792. Railway mileage, none.
Drained by the Caney Fork River. Surface hilly in part and well
covered in timber. The soil is fertile and the staple products
are corn, wheat, and live stock. Splendid fruit growing section.
Has some deposits of zinc and clay. Smithville, county seat,
has a population of 687, good schools and churches, a weekly
newspaper, bank, flourishing stores, flouring mill and spoke
and handle factory. Alexandria has a population of 510, has good
schools and churches, bank and prosperous business establishments.
Liberty is another thriving town in DeKalb County. Scholastic
population of county, 4,728; high schools, 5; elementary schools,
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