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From: "Carl Crowley" <>
Subject: [GAFORSYT] Roll Call; Surname being researched: PATTERSON
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:27:26 -0500
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Hi all. Am I correct that the roll call messages are for subscribers to speak up and remind everyone which Forsyth County family surnames they are researching?

I research the family of Josiah Blair Patterson ( 1815-1864) and his wife Mary Jane McNeill ( 1822-1909). The old Patterson family homeplace was a white two-story clap board house near the present location of the water tower on top of the big hill just East of downtown Cumming (house torn down during the early 1980's].

I'm also a big fan of the 14th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment from Forsyth County, which fought in over 45 battles and major skirmishes in the Army of Northern Virginia ( General AP Hill's Division). Josiah Blair Patterson entered the Confederate Army as a Lieutenant of Company E of the 14th Georgia, where he served throughout his Civil War career. He was killed in action on May 12, 1864 during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va. I'm always looking for news of the Ga. 14th, and am happy to share everything I have, including Josiah's Civil War "letters home", which mention numerous other Forsyth County/Cumming soldiers in the 14th Ga., as well as their family members at home in Cumming.

FYI, the following three generations of direct descendants of Josiah Blair Patterson were mostly centered in Cumming, Forsyth Co and environs:


1 Josiah Blair Patterson b: 09 Jul 1815 d: 12 May 1864

. 2 James Lawrence Patterson b: 12 Dec 1841

. 2 Cornelia E. Patterson b: 08 Feb 1843 d: 15 Jan 1930

. 2 Henry Lowndes Patterson b: 28 Nov 1844 d: 03 Jun 1925

..... 3 James Albert Patterson b: 25 Nov 1870

..... 3 Mary Jane Patterson b: 21 Apr 1872

..... 3 Clara Abigail Patterson b: 28 Jun 1874

..... 3 Josiah Blair Patterson b: 15 Aug 1876 d: 11 Jul 1926

..... 3 George Lowndes Patterson b: 28 Aug 1878

..... 3 Henry Edmon Patterson b: 02 Mar 1880 d: 20 Dec 1958

..... 3 Minnie Patterson b: 25 Apr 1883

. 2 Abigail Sarah Patterson b: 08 Sep 1846

. 2 Samuel Blair Patterson b: 01 Mar 1848 d: 08 Mar 1928

..... 3 Robert Claude Patterson b: 09 Oct 1878 d: 26 Oct 1953

..... 3 Eugene Clifford Patterson b: 09 May 1881 d: 12 Feb 1954

..... 3 Mabel Kate Patterson b: 24 Aug 1886 d: 14 Jun 1959

..... 3 Daisy Junia Patterson b: 27 Jul 1889 d: 23 May 1962

..... 3 Irene Patterson b: 17 Mar 1891

..... 3 Samuel Blair Patterson, Jr. b: 22 Feb 1893 d: 24 Jun 1952

..... 3 Mary Virginia Patterson b: 13 Aug 1896

..... 3 Josiah Edward Patterson b: 25 Apr 1899 d: 04 May 1902

. 2 Mary Catherine Patterson b: 12 Oct 1850

. 2 Daniel McNeil Patterson b: 18 May 1852 d: 19 Apr 1930

..... 3 Guy Reece Patterson b: 12 Feb 1887 d: Jun 1962

..... 3 Clyde T. Patterson b: 1889 d: 1945

..... 3 Mary Annie Patterson b: 1891 d: 1935

..... 3 William H. Patterson b: 1893

..... 3 Oseen P. Patterson b: 1895

..... 3 McNeil Patterson b: 1897 d: 1937

..... 3 Herschel T. Patterson b: 1900 d: 1929

..... 3 Rubye Patterson b: Unknown

. 2 Josiah Blair Patterson b: 10 Mar 1856

. 2 Harriett Anna Patterson b: 21 Apr 1859 d: 10 Aug 1950

..... 3 Virgil Bettis*

..... 3 Robert Knox Bettis b: 20 Oct 1880 d: 11 Oct 1947*

..... 3 Mary Alice Bettis b: 24 Jan 1883*

..... 3 Roy Henry Bettis b: 10 Nov 1891 *

..... 3 Nellie Jim Bettis b: 20 Jan 1893*

* [ My colleague Phill Bettis Esq. of Cumming advises that these Bettises are not directly related to him or his Bettis family]

Carl Crowley, Atlanta



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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Roll Call - CAMPBELL (Alice Campbell)
> 2. Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Hudson) (GAGenWeb Archives)
> 3. Ga-Whitfield-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Bailey) (GAGenWeb Archives)
> 4. Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Irvin) (GAGenWeb Archives)
> 5. Re: Roll Call - DUNCAN, FOWLER, GRAVITT, SEWELL, TIDWELL,
> VAUGH(A)N (Robert and Betty Norton)
> 6. Roll Call - GRAVITT, BROOKS, TIDWELL (Robert and Betty Norton)
> 7. Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Patterson) (GAGenWeb Archives)
> 8. Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Estes) (GAGenWeb Archives)
> 9. Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Hughes) (GAGenWeb Archives)
> 10. Ga-Forsyth-Fulton Co. Obituary (Bell) (GAGenWeb Archives)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:15:53 -0500
> From: Alice Campbell <>
> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Roll Call - CAMPBELL
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> I'm looking for CAMPBELLs - Adam Campbell and any of his relatives.
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> Alice Campbell
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:32:13 -0500
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> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Hudson)
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> Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hudson, Charles September 12, 1886
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> Atlanta Constitution, 14 September 1886
> Deaths In Georgia.
>
> Mr. Charles Hudson, son of Widow Hudson, of Cumming, died there Sunday at 4
> p.m., aged twenty years. Mr. Hudson had been clerking for Mr. Dougherty, of
> Atlanta, and went home last Wednesday morning sick with bilious fever. He
> rapidly grew worse until his death.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:52:40 -0500
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> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Whitfield-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Bailey)
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> Whitfield-Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bailey, S. S. February 1887
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> Atlanta Constitution, 20 February 1887
> Death of Dr. Bailey.
> The Father of Mrs. Beck and Miss Addie Bailey.
>
>>From the Cumming, Ga., Clarion.
> Rev. Dr. S. S. Bailey is dead from heart failure. On Friday night before he
> was taken severely ill, and continued to grow worse till death relieved him.
> He was in the 76th year of his age, and had been till his death very active and
> energetic. He began the practice of medicine in early life, and for nearly
> fifty years devoted himself to the relief of suffering humanity, and he was
> hardly ever known to refuse to attend the call of any because of their
> inability to pay him, but in heat and cold, sleet and snow, day or night, was
> ever ready to go anywhere that he might relieve the sick. He was also a
> physician of souls, and under his ministration many souls were stirred to their
> profoundest depths. In the history of the Baptist denomination in Georgia, his
> name has a place, together with his portrait and a short sketch of his life.
> He shared in the honors of his country, having been several times elected to
> the legislature from Whitfield county, Georgia. How well he represented the
> interests of his county in the Georgia legislature many of his old constituents
> can testify.
>
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> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 09:02:55 -0500
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> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Irvin)
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> Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Irvin, Arthur March 31, 1886
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> Atlanta Constitution, 7 April 1886
> Deaths in Georgia.
>
> Colonel Arthur Irvin, an old gentleman of ninety years, died at Livingston
> Wednesday, and was buried there Friday. He was originally from Forsyth county,
> and for a long time was a hotel keeper at Cumming, the county seat. He at one
> time represented that county in the legislature.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:20:11 -0600
> From: "Robert and Betty Norton" <>
> Subject: Re: [GAFORSYT] Roll Call - DUNCAN, FOWLER, GRAVITT, SEWELL,
> TIDWELL, VAUGH(A)N
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> Tell me about your Gravitts and Tidwells Julie Norton
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephanie Campbell" <>
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> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 7:19 PM
> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Roll Call - DUNCAN, FOWLER, GRAVITT, SEWELL,
> TIDWELL,VAUGH(A)N
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>> DUNCAN, FOWLER, GRAVITT, SEWELL, TIDWELL, VAUGH(A)N - generally 1800s to
>> early 1900s.
>>
>> --Stephanie in VA
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>>
>> My name is Donna Parrish.
>>
>> I came to Forsyth Counry "full time" in June 1970.
>>
>> The only family connection I have in Forsyth County is "Grief Williams"
>> from
>>
>>
>> the 1840 census.
>>
>> I am interested in all Forsyth County history.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please use all the records we have online.
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>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaforsyt/
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>> Donna
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:26:18 -0600
> From: "Robert and Betty Norton" <>
> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Roll Call - GRAVITT, BROOKS, TIDWELL
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> I am from Cicero Gravitt and Mary Catherine Brooks' daughter Netta Angeline
> Gravitt (1860 census as Netta H--don't ask me why but I am certain it is
> her: right birthdate, unusual first name, name of son, report of son about
> her name and birthdate and location of birth...) Cicero was the son of
> Nancy Tidwell and Robert Gravitt (1850 census). We think that Robert
> Gravitt was son of Charles Gravitt in Cherokee County. Robert, Nancy, and
> Thomas (brother?) attended Beaver Ruin Baptist Church in Forsyth County.
>
> Mary Catherine's father, Rucker Brooks, was a Baptist minister at Bethel
> Baptist Church in Forsyth County. Mary Catherine and Cicero atteneded
> Bethel Baptist after they were married. (Transcribed as Cecil Gravitt.)
> Rucker Brooks went by RB Brooks but I don't know what the middle initial
> stands for. Mary Catherine's mother is unknown and died before the 1850
> Census. They were probably married in South Carolina where RB Brooks
> ministered before coming to Forsyth County.
>
> Cicero died in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, prison in 1863 after serving from
> Forsyth County in the Confederate infantry. His daughter Angie collected
> guns from that time period.
>
> I can't find hide nor hair of any of the rest of them in the 1870 census
> (not totally true, Nancy Gravitt is still in Forsyth County), but in the
> 1860 census RB Brooks is pastering in Barbour County Alabama. He is dead by
> 1870 but his widow and sons by this second wife are still in Eufaula
> (Barbour County, Alabama) and in 1876 grandaughter Angie (Netta Angeline
> Gravitt) marries James Norton in Barbour County. RB's name is incorrectly
> transcribed in the new Barbour County history as AB Brooks where is is
> minister at the Bethel Church. It is him because he is in the census
> clearly as a Baptist minister in Eufala in 1860. I have looked at every
> Census record and am convinced that he is the only Brooks minister in the
> county then.
>
> Furthermore Angie Gravitt Norton is in Barbour County in 1880 and in 1900
> censuses. Either in 1900 or in 1910 her mother shows up living with Angie
> as Catherine Hartzog so Mary Catherine Brooks Gravitt remarried a Hartzog
> somewhere. She reports herself as being born in South Carolina which fits
> with her father's original ministry even though the 1850 census says she was
> born in Georgia--probably reported by her step-mother.
>
> It sounds like I am working from just the censuses, but actually I also have
> personal records of her son Louis Cicero Norton who is my grandfather and
> other historical records even though the spelling is not perfect, these are
> consistent with the reported facts from the census.
>
> Best--Julia Norton of the Barbour County Nortons and previous to that South
> Carolina and North Carolina and Virginia.
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:28:12 -0500
> From: GAGenWeb Archives <>
> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Patterson)
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> Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Patterson, Mrs. F. A. March 1887
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> Atlanta Constitution, 16 March 1887
> Mrs. Robert's Sister Dead-
> Captain E. M. Roberts, the real estate agent, yesterday received a telegram
> from the Hon. E. C. McAfee, of Cumming, Forsyth county, informing him of the
> death of Mrs. F. A. Patterson. Mrs. Patterson was a daughter of Mr. McAfee and
> a sister of Mrs. E. M. Roberts. She was taken sick several days ago and in
> short time became so low that almost all hopes of her recovery were abandoned.
> Last week Mrs. Roberts in obedience to a telegram announcing the critical
> illness of her sister left for Cumming. Captain Roberts will leave this
> morning to attend the funeral which will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3
> o'clock.
>
> File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/forsyth/obits/p/patterso6232gob.txt
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:53:17 -0500
> From: GAGenWeb Archives <>
> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Estes)
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> Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Estes, Mrs. Henderson August 16, 1907
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> Atlanta Constitution, 27 August 1907
> MORTUARY.
>
> Cumming, Ga., August 16-
> Mrs. Henderson Estes, aged 73 years, died at her home this morning at 11
> o'clock, after a lingering illness of more than a year. Mrs. Estes was the
> wife of Henderson Estes, and the mother of J. W. Estes, of St. Augustine, Fla.;
> E. F. Estes, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. J. J. Brown, of Hasting, Fla.;
> George P. and Fred Estes, Mrs. B. F. Bennett, of Gainesville, Ga., and Mrs. C.
> C. Reed, of Rhine, Ga. She was of a prominent and wealthy family, and had many
> friends throughout the state who will be saddened by the news of her death.
> Her remains will be interred at the family burying ground tomorrow.
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:55:50 -0500
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> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Forsyth Co. Obituary (Hughes)
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> Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hughes, J. Matt May 30, 1907
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> Atlanta Constitution, 31 May 1907
> MORTUARY.
>
> Cumming, Ga., May 30-
> Rev. J. Matt Hughes, an old and wealthy citizen of Forsyth county, died at his
> home near Cumming this morning. He will be buried at Ebeneezer cemetery this
> afternoon.
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:08:18 -0500
> From: GAGenWeb Archives <>
> Subject: [GAFORSYT] Ga-Forsyth-Fulton Co. Obituary (Bell)
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> Forsyth-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bell, Virginia November 16, 1905
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> Atlanta Constitution, 17 November 1905
> Miss Virginia Bell Dies.
> Daughter of Hon. Hiram P. Bell Succumbs to Heart Disease.
>
> Miss Virginia Bell, daughter of Hon. Hiram P. Bell, of Cumming, Ga., and sister
> of Hon. George Bell, of Atlanta, died unexpectedly at the latter's residence in
> this city yesterday morning at 7:15 o'clock.
> For several days Miss Bell has not been in the best of health, but neither she
> nor any of the members of her family had any idea that her illness was of a
> serious nature. Her death is attributed to heart trouble.
> Miss Bell was about thirty years of age. She had hundreds of friends all over
> the state, and these will learn of her sudden death with much sorrow. She
> possessed a lovable and amiable disposition, which, together with her beautiful
> Christian character, caused her to be loved by all within her circle of
> acquaintance.
> The deceased is survived by her father, Hon. Hiram P. Bell, of Cumming, Ga.,
> for many years a member of congress, and one of the most prominent men in the
> state; one brother, Hon. George Bell, of Atlanta, assistant United States
> district attorney, and one sister, Mrs. Carter Tate, wife of Congressman Tate,
> of the ninth district.
> The funeral services will be conducted this morning at 11 o'clock at the
> residence of Hon. George Bell, 20 Spruce street, Inman Park. The interment
> will take place at Westview cemetery.
> On account of the wide popularity of the deceased and the distinguished members
> of her family, the house will no doubt be filled with people when the hour for
> the funeral arrives.
> The following gentleman will act as pallbearers at the funeral: Judge John R.
> Wilkinson, Charles R. Winship, L. R. Carmichael, A. W. Jones, C. L. Pettigrew,
> H. V. Jones, Palmer Johnson and Edwin Jones.
>
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