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Defaulted Taxpayers
By Jeannette Holland Austin

All tax digests lists persons who have defaulted on their taxes, usually found as the last page of each district. The tax digests are not alphabetical, so we have to thumb through all of the pages to find anything. The default list does not necessarily reflect persons who refused to pay their property taxes. Rather, from the genealogist's point of view it lends itself more as a report of those who have either died or removed to another county. If the date is close to a mortality census (every 10 years), you can look there. Otherwise, if the person is old enough to have died, then searching the local cemeteries in the area is indicated. In the case of Georgia residents, there were many land lotteries, beginning in 1801 and going to 1832, so this is a good source to check. People were on the go. After the 1832 gold lottery in Georgia, people were moving westward in the state and into Alabama and Mississippi. This same type of trend follows in all of the original thirteen states. What I usually do is read every page of the county tax digest where my ancester resided, recording the description of acreage, number of acres, names of neighbors, waterways, district, etc. (whatever the tax digest provides) for each year, then trace that same acreage forward. This information provides a time-line for when he resided in the county. When his name no longer appears, I search the default list. As I said, people were on the move. A sensible place to search next is the adjoining counties because the old parent county lines changed with the ascent of the formation of new counties. Next, I look at marriages with that surname. This also gives me a time-line of the marriages of the sons and daughters as well as an idea of whether or not any members of the family were still around. If there was a ten or twenty year gap, say, that means that the older generation has either died or moved away. Of course, a thorough search of the deed records tells a better story, but there may be little or nothing there.

For a more comprehensive sketch of Colonel Carr as well as historical and genealogical accounts of where other Georgia colonials went to after the War with Spain, see my book Colonial Georgians which is available to members of Georgia Pioneers.com as well as many other books.

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New Additions to Georgia Pioneers | Georgia Pioneers website

Georgia Will Images Chatham County: LWT of Levi Sheftall, Chatham Co.

Columbia County: LWT of Mann Sims (1873).

Effingham County: Saltzburger Marriages 1754-1778, New Jerusalem Church; Saltzburger Births/Baptisms, 1756-1787, New Jerusalem Church.

Emanuel County: LWT of Nathan Roberts (1828); LWT of Stephen Sison.

Fulton County: Isaac Rosser estate (1864).

Hancock County: LWT of Henry Rudisell (1807); LWT of Henry Rudisell (1850); LWT of John Rudisell (1804).

Jackson County Wills 1802-1860. The county was taken from Franklin County where many Revolutionary War Soldiers were given land grants, so you will find transactions of Franklin residents included in Jackson County. Index to Names of Testators

Rockdale County Wills 1914-1923 (first surviving will book). Many residents of DeKalb, Henry and Fulton Counties are found here. Index to Names of Testators

Thomas County: Martha Roddenberry estate (1897); Robert Roddenbury estate (1849); esate of Martha Roddenberry (1906).

Warren County: Thomas Rivers LWT (1847) transcript; estate of James Beasley Sr.; John Chaffin estate; Jesse Cook orphans; James Vann estate.

Georgia Genealogies - Ammons of NC and Crawford & Bibb Counties

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New Additions to North Carolina Pioneers | North Carolina Pioneers website

Wills & Estates (images):
Rowan County: Alexander Reid LWT (1775); Samuel Reid LWT (1784).
George Rutledge LWT (1850)
Mecklenburg County: Charles Polk LWT (1820); Mary Rivers LWT (1803); John Rivers LWT (1779); Joseph Swann LWT (1829).
D. A. R. Applications
John Rozar, NC, GA; William Ryals, NC.

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New Additions to South Carolina Pioneers | South Carolina Pioneers website

South Carolina Bible Records
SC Bibles from the Leonardo Andrea Collection
More Bibles added
South Carolina Wills (images)
Berkeley County - Mathias Elmore, LWT (1776)
Colleton County - Alexander Shaw LWT (1765).
Fairfield County - Francis Kirkland LWT (1790); Henry Robertson LWT (1791)
Granville County- LWT of Robert Thorpe (1741); LWT of Edward Kirkland (1770). Greenville County - LWT of Edmund Waddill (1850)
Newberry County - LWT of Elisabeth Turner (1813)
Pendleton District - Henry Butch estate (1823); Andrew Liddell LWT (1820); Moses Liddell LWT (1802); Hugh Rogers LWT (1801).


South Carolina D. A. R. Applications (images)
William Anderson, Chester Co.; Ann Hawks Hay; William Holland (multiple applicants); Jeremiah Jaggers, SC; Henry Jones; John Major; John McMichael; Lilliston Pardue; Henry Robertson; George Roddenberry, Barnwell District; David Sadler (to 1740); William Taylor, MD/SC (2 applicants).

Virginia Pioneers
Virginia Civil War Papers - Account of Second Battle of Bull Run from Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg, papers and correspondence, 39 pp.
Virginia Wills & Estates
Augusta County - LWT of John Macky, 1773; Thomas Millsaps, 1769
Botetourt County - LWT of James McCoy, 1780; John McCoy, 1779
Brunswick County - LWT of Hugh Love, 1780
Cumberland County - LWT of Sarah Spears (1812); LWT of William Spear (1796); LWT of James Taylor (1779).
Fairfax County - LWT of Thomas Lucas (1791), transcript; LWT of Thomas Lucas (1791), transcript; LWT of Michael Reagan (1750), image; LWT of Michael Reagon (1773) image; LWT of Gilbert Simpson (1773), image.
Frederick County - LWT of Robert McKee, LWT of Henry H. Crumbs (1776), LWT of John Denton (1767), LWT of John Reagan (1775), all images
Goochland County - LWT of John Bostick, 1749; Peter Chastain, 1728; Stephen Clement, 1745; Matthew Hutcherson, 1749; inv. of Constantine Perkins, 1860
Halifax County - LWT of Charles Bostick (1781); LWT of John Bostick (1795); LWT of Moses Bostick (1786); estate of Joseph Ligon (1786); LWT of James Taylor (1768).
Hanover County - LWT of Nicholas Meriwether, 1744; John Walton
Henrico County - LWT of Abraham Michaux, 1717; LWT of Nicholas Perkins, 1711, transcript
Isle of Wight County - Estate of Edward Brantley, 1739; John Gent, 1728; LWT of Elijah Holland, 1857; LWT of Job Holland, 1789; John Rows, 1734; John Sugars (1726), transcript.
Lancaster County, LWT of Hannah Ball, 1694; inv. estate of Thomas Cheatwood, 1678; LWT of Thomas Haynes, 1679; LWT of James Pinckard, LWT 1751; LWT of Mary Pinckard (image) 1749
Princess Anne County, LWT of James Haynes, 1726; LWT of Enoch Haynes, 1753; LWT of William Jackie, 1795; LWT of Jonathan Mackey, 1795
Shenandoah County - LWT of George Mackie, 1797; LWT of James McKay, 1797
Southampton County - Estate of William Clegg, 1780; LWT of Joseph Mackey, 1779

Genealogies - Tucker of VA, NC & GA, traced to ca 1589, 11 pp; Wade of Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties, includes plats of David and Edward Wade and Wade gedcom file; Lees of Stratford Hall; Lees of Georgia and Alabama

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New Genealogy Books Added | Genealogy-Books Website

Books Added - A History of the Moravian by Joseph Edmund Hutton
A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang
A Sketch of the History of Oneonta by Dudley M. Campbell
American Prisoners of the Revolution By Danske Dandridge
American Merchant Ships and Sailors by WIllis J. Abbot
An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 by John Niles Hubbard
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 By Mary Frances Cusack
Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Judon's Bay Company by Hudson Bay Company
Chesterfield's Letters by Lord Chesterfield. Letters, Sentences and Maxims. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773, had a fate generally misunderstood. Dr. Johnson, a poor scholar but in the prime of life, seems to have mistaken a delay in an interview, and to have abused his lordship very soundly ever afterward. To this misconception we owe one of the finest and manliest letters ever written. Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, the widow of the recipient of these letters, sold them, enhanced in value from the earl's literary reputation, for 1,500 pounds! That was an immense sum in those days. Published 1894 in Philadelphia, 307 pp., indexed. A rare find indeed!
First Whiteman of the West: Daniel Boone
The Annual Monitor for 1851, or Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850
History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John 1066-1216
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
Hochelagans and Mohawks: A Link in Iroquois History by W. D. Lighthall
Lewis and Clark
Legends, Traditions and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of Tuscarora Indian by Elias Johnson
Pioneers of the Old South, A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings by Mary Johnson
The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History, Vol. I by Grace Aguilar
The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth by Hilaire Belloc
The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman
The Magna Carta By Unknown Author
The Manual of Heraldry. Unknown author. 5th Edition
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by James Otis The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Francis Parkman
Victoria. Queen and Empress by Robert C. V. Meyers

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Genealogy Books

• Darien by Spencer B. King, Jr., The Death and Rebirth of a Southern Town, hardbound with jacket. Mercer University Press (1981).
  Price: $8.00
• General John A. Logan, His Life and Times by Cottingham, 8x11, booklet, 28 pp., good condition.
  Price: $6.00
• Alabama Bible Records by Jeannette Holland Austin, 10x11, hardbound, indexed, 169 pp., good condition. (1987), signed by author, original first printing.
  Price: $25.00
• Boston Marriages 1700-1809, 2 volumes, paperbound by Edward W. McGlenen, Clearfield Co., like new.
  Price: $35.00
• Georgia Bible Records Supplement 1772-1940 by Jeannette Holland Austin, paperbound, 262 pp. (2000), Willow Bend Books. Like new, last one.
  Price: $20.00
• 1860 Paulding County, Georgia Census (abstracted) by Jeannette Holland Austin, Willow Bend Books (2000), like new.
  Price: $9.00.
• Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans by William S. Speer, hardbound, 579 pp., (1888, 2003), Genealogical Publishing Co., like new.
  Price: $35.00
• Alabama Bible Records by Jeannette Holland Austin, signed by author (2000), Willow Bend Books. Original publication, last copy, 418 pp.
  Price: $30.00
• Henrico Parish in the Diocese of Virginia by Robinson (1935) reprinted from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 35 pp., 5 x 7.
  Price: $8.00
• A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire by Moore, published by Heritage Books. Originally published in 1823. 7x9, paperbound, 299 pp.
  Price: $12.00
• Irish Records. Sources for Family and Local History by Ryan, 12x12, hardbound, jacket, (1997), like new. 668 pp.
  Price: 49.95
• Lest We Forget: The Hembree Family. Unknown author. Paperbound, 11x12.
  Price: $10.00
• The Neaves Story by Bettie J. Marsh. Paperbound, 10x12 (1980); photos.
  Price: $10.00
• Fayette County, Georgia Probate Records 1824-1871 by Jeannette Holland Austin. Abstracts of court house records, 383 pp., hardbound, like new.
  Price: $15.00
• 1840 Cobb County George Census by Frances T. Ingmire, paperbound, 5x7. Lists names only.
  Price: $5.00
• Quarterlies of the Gwinnett Historical Society, misc. years beginning in 1980. 26 in all, paperbound.
  Price: $7.00
• Topeka Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vols. 30-37, paperbound.
  Price: $8.00
• How to Trace Your Roots by Playle, paperbound, 32 pp.
  Price: $5.00
• Landmarks. The Architecture of Thomasville and Thomas County, Georgia by William R. Mitchell, Jr. 12x12 hardbound, jacket, 160 pp.
  Price: $10.00

Rare Books Collection - Most of these books are very old and fragile and cannot ever be acquired except from an individual like myself. I have been collecting rare books for many years; the condition of the oldest books is fragile, with some covers torn, loose spine, etc.

• Lives of the Queens of England. Two volumes in one. Volumes 4th and 5th, published 1849 by Lea and Blanchard. By Agnes Strickland. Hardbound, 295 pp. A wonderful historical account begins with Elizabeth of York to Queen Mary. Very informative and well written. Quite a find!
  Price: $25.00
• Virginibus Puerisque by Robert Lous Stevenson, Medallion Edition, published 1912 by Current Liberature Publishing Co., hardbound, 5x7, 56 pp. A very rare find!
  Price: $8.00
• Percy B. Shelley's poems, 5x7, 705 pp., loose binding; gold edged leaves which are in good condition.
  Price: $10.00
• Abraham Lincoln, 6 volumes, hardbound, decorative, good condition, except jackets are slightly faded. By Carl Sandburg. The Prairie Years and The War Years; lots of photographs, letters, documentation. A complete set of these books is almost impossible to find.
  Price: $150.00
• The Literary Character; or the History of Men of Genius by Isaac Disraeli, A New Edition, published in London in 1859. This book is in very good condition for 1859! It is hardbound, with decorated leaves, 462 pp., 5x7. A real find!
  Price: $20.00
• Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published by Hurst & Company in NY, hardbound 567 pp. Fair condition.
  Price: $5.00
• Poems of Thomas Moore, 5x7 book, cloth, loose covers, 799 pp., gold-tooled leaves.
  Price: $8.00
• Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son by George Horace Lorimer, hardbound, 5x7 published 1905 by Small, Maynard & Company, 312 pp., good condition, except cover is faded.
  Price: $8.00
• History of Henry Esmund, Esq. A Colonel in the service of Her Majesty Queen Anne written by himself. Published in Boston (1886), hardbound, decorated leaves, 409 pp. Good condition considering its age.
  Price: $10.00
• Europe, A Journey with Pictures. Hardbound, jacket (worn), 247 pp., 9x10, good condition (1954).
  Price: $10.00
• Great Palace of Europe, 12x12, hardbound (1965), 288 pp. Beautiful photographs.
  Price: $10.00
• Kings and Queens of Britain by Joyce Marlow, 185 pp. 12x12, beautiful color photographs.
  Price: $10.00
• It's A Changing World, 1995 yearbook of St. Thomas Moore school, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta. Hardbound, good condition.
  Price: $7.00
• The Court of Richard II by Gervase Mathew, hardbound, jacket, good condition, 227 pp. (1968).
  Price: $25.00
• Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Vol. VII, published 1844 in Philadelphia, 452 pp., hardbound, fragile spine, loose pages. I was edified by this book written in the old flourishing style and learned many things which are unknown today. Begins with Elizabeth, second Queen-Regent of England and Ireland and Anne of Denmark, Queen-Consort of James the Fist, King of Great Britain and England.
  Price: $40.00
• Chesterfield Letters by Lord Chesterfield, published in Philadelphia in 1894. Letters written to his son which became scandalous in his day. 4x7 hardbound, fragie, loose pages and spine. This is a very old edition. 307 pp. A very rare find and collector's item.
  Price: $10.00
• The Annals of the Parish and The Ayrshire Legatees illustrated by Charles E. Brock by John Galt, published 1896 in London, 333 pp., hardbound, decorative blue cover. A novel of members of the parish written in a flourishing style.
  Price: $8.00
• Massachusetts Beautiful by Wallace Nutting. Hardbound, 9x10, 254 pp., good condition. (1923, 1935), photographs.
  Price: $15.00
• The Scottish Chiefs, illustrated, by Jane Porter (1831). Hardbound, 670 pp., loose pages. Historical accounts.
  Price: $10.00.
• Memoires D'outre-Tombe (1814-1815) by Francois-Rene, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, published Oxford (1904), hardbound, 5 x 7, 151 pp., good condition.
  Price: $10.00
• My Vagabondage by J. E. Patterson printed in England (1900), hardbound, 373 pp., photo of author, good condition.
  Price: $10.00
• Plato's The Republic translated into English by B. Jowett, M. A., The Modern Library, New York, 397 pp., hardbound, 5 x 7.
  Price: $5.00
• Victoria: Queen and Empress, hardbound, 200 illustrations of the royal family, some pages are loose, Franklin Book Co. (1901), 513 pp.
  Price: $12.00

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From: S A STANCLIFF Date: 5/17/2009 1:58:35 PM To: jeannette@georgiapioneers.com Subject: Re: Lost Generations Jeannette: I've been trying to desperately find the gravesite of John Peacock (married to Nancy Peyton), both from Maryland. Here's what I know: --first they lived in Oglethorpe Co. --he died in Jasper Co., GA --his birth/death dates: 1745-1826 --There are a lot of Jasper Co. deed documents I've found on line between he and his sons, etc. --I assume he's buried on his land...which is hard to pinpoint. --He had sons Lewis, Daniel and William...just to name a few of his children. --His son Lewis married Avey Hill, daughter of Mordecai Hill. I've visited the county library in Monticello, GA but still can't find where he's buried. Thanks for anything you can supply. Susan Stancliff 770-939-4698