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Prison Ships of the American Revolution
By Jeannette Holland Austin
More than 11,500 Americans were held captive on British prison ships. They died of disease, starvation, violence and neglect. A monument to these soldiers was erected in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, New York; it overlooks Wallabout Bay, the site where these prisoners were held captive in sixteen British prison ships between the years of 1776 and 1783. In 1776 Fort Putnam under the command of Colonel Rufus Putnam stood in this site in the park; it was built to defend the Brooklyn high land and to protect New York from the british. It was Georgia's Major General Nathaniel Greene who battled the british there on August 27, 1776. He was greatly outnumbered and the British took control of New York City and Long Island, occupying them until the war ended. The ships collected American prisoners from everywhere and included the seamen imprisoned in Charleston, South Carolina after the British occupation of 1780, St. Augustine, Florida and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over 5,000 prisoners came from Savannah, Georgia. Eventually such prisoners were eventually transferred to the prison ships in the New York harbor. Every morning, British guards yelled ” Turn out your dead!” and the bodies were taken and buried in shallow graves along the shore. A British ship Jersey was nicknamed Hell by its prisoners because of crowding conditions, sickness, starvation, whippings and frequent deaths. General George Washington complained about the prison ships in his letter to British commander General William Howe on January 13, 1777. Prisoners were released if they renounced the Revolutionary cause and pledged their loyalties to King George III. When the war ended in 1783, the remaining prisoners were freed. The list of of prisoners was copied from records in the British War Department in 1888 by the Society of Old Brooklynites and can be found here
Sketches of some Confederate Generals has been added to the following webpages:

Georgia's Generals - John Brown Gordon; William Joseph Hardee; Gilbert Moseley Sorrel; Joseph Wheeler

NC's Generals - Braxton Bragg; William Loring; Leonidas Polk and Colonel Samuel Walkup

South Carolina's Generals - Longstreet; Colonel Virgil Anderson Chisholm

VA's Generals - Jubal Anderson Early; A. P. Hill; Robert E. Lee; George Edward Pickett; James Ewell Brown Stuart.
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Camden County Wills 1777-1787; 1885-1900

The following will images were added to Georgia Pioneers and are available to members. They were filmed at the local court house.

Index to Camden County Will Book B (1777-1787): Aken, James;Argerette, John;Arnold, John;Atkinson, Nathan;Bailey, John R.;Bailey, John Sr.;Berniss, Eleazer;Bixby, James;Bryant, Langley;Bulkley, Ichabod;Bullin, Bela;Bunkley, Britain;Campbell, Jane, Mrs. alias Jane Taylor;Christopher, Hester;Cole, Ann, Mrs., widow or Richard;Collier, Thomas;Courter, Harmon;Crews, Micajah;Crozier, Samuel; Dallas, William;Davis, Ephraim;Delany, Daniel S.;Deloney, Martha; Desclaux, Joseph;Dilworth, Aramenta;Dilworth, James C.;Eaton, John; Elliott, Alexander;Ester, Richard;Evans, Evan;Gamble, John;Gascognie, Richard;Gorman, William;Gorman, William Jr.;Graham, Alexander;Graham, Ann;Gunby, Levin;Hagin, John;Hay, John;Hebbard, Elihu;Hodge, Joseph T.; Hollingsworth, Timothy;Howell, Catharine;Hubbard, William;Johnston, William;Judson, Joseph;Keegan, Allen;King, Thomas;Kitchell, John or Joseph;Kuhn, C. F.;Keegan, Allen;Lafurgue, John;Lathrop, Asa;Lefevre, Marie Louisa;Madison, John R.;Mafford, Thomas;Madison, John Ripley; McClure, William;McFarlane, Sarah;McGregger, James;Mecklin, Sarah; Miller, Catharine;Miller, Phineas;Morrison, George;Mussault, Frances; Niblack, William;Nightingale, John Clark;Norris, Thomas;Norris, Thomas; Nunes, Daniel;Ogden, Alexander;Parker, John;Pelletier, Basile; Proctor, Richard;Ragland, Irby;Rains, Cornelius;Ready, William; Richards, Genevieve B.;Richardson, Thomas;Rogers, Lebbiers or Lebues; Ross, John Dr.;Rowe, John;Rudolph, Robert;Shaw, James;Shearman, Elizabeth;Sherman,, Edward;Skipwith, Peyton;Smith, James;Spalding, Johnson;Stafford, Robert;Stafford, Thomas;Starling, Francis;Staunton, William;Thomas, Allen;Thomas, Joseph;Vincent, James;Ward, Bryan; Williams, Jane;Williams, William H.;Williams, Wilson;Wood, John; Woodland, James;Wright, Henry;Wright, James Nickels;Wright, Thomas Index to Camden County Will Book C (1885-1900) Ammons, William;Anderson, Ben;Arnow, Joseph S.;Baker, Jeff;Barnard, Fannie E.;Baxley, James W.;Beaty, Richard;Benson, George W.;Berrie, Catharine A.;Brazick, James;Brown, Philip;Buncke, Gustar;Bunkley, William R.;Caldwell, W. J.;Carnegie, Lucie C., Mrs.;Carnegie, Thomas M.;Clarke, William H.;Clinch, D. L.;Clubbs, Sarah F.;Cohen, Mary A.; Crichton, Ann;Curtis, Alexander;Davis, J. S. N.;Dunham, Andrew J.; Floyd, John W.;Floyd, Marie;Fordham, Silas;Grubert, Jane U.; Harrington, J. B., Mrs.;Hawkins, Thomas D.;Hayes, Calvin;Helveston, McGillis;Hopkins, William F.;Jaflores, Virginia, Mrs.;King, Dolly; King, R. N.;Lang, Caroline;Lang, Cornelia T.;Lang, George;Lang, Isaac; Lang, Isaac Sr.;Lang, Nancy;Lang, W. C.;Long, Alexander;Long, Daniel J.;Long, Julia M.;McCorman, Charlotte;Mitchell, Augustus;Morrison, Charlotte E.;Morrison, George;Pacetty, Julia A.;Peeples, A. M.; Proctor, William;Rains, Joseph C.;Rightman, Anita M.;Ring, Mary; Ripley, Francis L.;Rose, D. F. Sr.;Scott, Alexander C. Sr.;Simmons, John W.;Stafford, Robert;Thomas, Benjamin;Tompkins, John;Trolock, Isabella C.;Walton, Grace;Wilkinson, Elsie;Wilkinson, Eley; Williams, John M.;Wingate, Thomas J.

Index to Camden County Will Book B (1777-1787): Aken, James;Argerette, John;Arnold, John;Atkinson, Nathan;Bailey, John R.;Bailey, John Sr.;Berniss, Eleazer;Bixby, James;Bryant, Langley;Bulkley, Ichabod;Bullin, Bela;Bunkley, Britain;Campbell, Jane, Mrs. alias Jane Taylor;Christopher, Hester;Cole, Ann, Mrs., widow or Richard;Collier, Thomas;Courter, Harmon;Crews, Micajah;Crozier, Samuel;Dallas, William;Davis, Ephraim;Delany, Daniel S.;Deloney, Martha;Desclaux, Joseph;Dilworth, Aramenta;Dilworth, James C.;Eaton, John;Elliott, Alexander;Ester, Richard;Evans, Evan;Gamble, John;Gascognie, Richard;Gorman, William;Gorman, William Jr.;Graham, Alexander;Graham, Ann;Gunby, Levin;Hagin, John;Hay, John;Hebbard, Elihu;Hodge, Joseph T.;Hollingsworth, Timothy;Howell, Catharine;Hubbard, William;Johnston, William;Judson, Joseph;Keegan, Allen;King, Thomas;Kitchell, John or Joseph;Kuhn, C. F.;Keegan, Allen;Lafurgue, John;Lathrop, Asa;Lefevre, Marie Louisa;Madison, John R.;Mafford, Thomas;Madison, John Ripley;McClure, William;McFarlane, Sarah;McGregger,James;Mecklin,Sarah;Miller,Catharine;Miller,Phineas; Morrison, George;Mussault, Frances;Niblack, William;Nightingale, John Clark;Norris, Thomas;Norris, Thomas;Nunes, Daniel;Ogden, Alexander;Parker, John;Pelletier, Basile;Proctor, Richard;Ragland, Irby;Rains, Cornelius;Ready, William;Richards, Genevieve B.;Richardson, Thomas;Rogers, Lebbiers or Lebues;Ross, John Dr.;Rowe, John;Rudolph, Robert;Shaw, James;Shearman, Elizabeth;Sherman,, Edward;Skipwith, Peyton;Smith, James;Spalding, Johnson;Stafford, Robert;Stafford, Thomas;Starling, Francis;Staunton, William;Thomas, Allen;Thomas, Joseph;Vincent, James;Ward, Bryan;Williams, Jane;Williams, William H.;Williams, Wilson;Wood, John;Woodland, James;Wright, Henry;Wright, James Nickels;Wright, Thomas

Index to Camden County Will Book C (1885-1900): Ammons, William;Anderson, Ben;Arnow, Joseph S.;Baker, Jeff;Barnard, Fannie E.;Baxley, James W.;Beaty, Richard;Benson, George W.;Berrie, Catharine A.;Brazick, James;Brown, Philip;Buncke, Gustar;Bunkley, William R.;Caldwell, W. J.;Carnegie, Lucie C., Mrs.;Carnegie, Thomas M.;Clarke, William H.;Clinch, D. L.;Clubbs, Sarah F.;Cohen, Mary A.;Crichton, Ann;Curtis, Alexander;Davis, J. S. N.;Dunham, Andrew J.;Floyd, John W.;Floyd, Marie;Fordham, Silas;Grubert, Jane U.;Harrington, J. B., Mrs.;Hawkins, Thomas D.;Hayes, Calvin;Helveston, McGillis;Hopkins, William F.;Jaflores, Virginia, Mrs.;King, Dolly; King, R. N.;Lang, Caroline;Lang, Cornelia T.;Lang, George;Lang, Isaac; Lang, Isaac Sr.;Lang, Nancy;Lang, W. C.;Long, Alexander;Long, Daniel J.;Long, Julia M.;McCorman, Charlotte;Mitchell, Augustus;Morrison, Charlotte E.;Morrison, George;Pacetty, Julia A.;Peeples, A. M.; Proctor, William;Rains, Joseph C.;Rightman, Anita M.;Ring, Mary; Ripley, Francis L.;Rose, D. F. Sr.;Scott, Alexander C. Sr.;Simmons, John W.;Stafford, Robert;Thomas, Benjamin;Tompkins, John;Trolock, Isabella C.;Walton, Grace;Wilkinson, Elsie;Wilkinson, Eley;Williams, John M.;Wingate, Thomas J.
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South Carolina Wills (images)
96th District- William Turner (1777) and William Elmers (178-.
Abbeville Co. - Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1776-1783; LWT of Edward Collins; LWT of William Gant (1809); LWT of Marthy McKee (1813); LWT of Francis Meriwether; Estate of James Murdoch (1837); LWT of John Prince (1782).
Greenville Co. - Reubin Barrett estate (1812); estate of Abraham Chastain (1845); LWT of John Dill (1807); LWT of Stephen Dill (1839); LWT of William McClanahan (1802); LWT of John Moon (1839); LWT of William Moon (1835); LWT of Lewis Pike (1819); LWT of Benjamin Tarrant (1808); LWT of Edmund Waddill (1850).

Virginia Genealogies Added
Broadnax of Petersburg, Virginia; Caldwell of Lunenburg County; Ellis of Henrico County; Howell of Isle of Wight County; Humphries of Surry County; Wilson of Pittsylvania County; Saunders of Princess Anne County.

Ancient Families Connected to Virginians - Burwell of England and York County; Cocke of Shropshire; Colquhoun Clans of Scotland; Molyneux/Mullenax of Lancastershire; Nicholson of Suffolk; Stokes (1312-1903); Yuille (Yowell) of Dumbarton, Scotland; Hardy of Isle of Wight County.
Research Files: Franklin Research File.
Tennessee Genealogies
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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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KEY. i am searching for father of frank kiser key. born 1881 in ga. his mother was lucy catherine holcombe born 1865 (also looking for the parents of lucy holcombe). frank died in lake city, florida in 1970. he had a brother james levi key and sister vella mae jones. any help on the key family would be appreciated. also searching for the parents of john n chandler. have always been told he died in polk county, ga in 1922, but his wife, martha ann "mattie" pettit was living with their son william franklin chandler in blount county, al at the time that john died. need info on martha ann pettit's family too. she is buried in blount county, al. thank you for any info that anyone can give me cindy_1967@yahoo.com

Robert Bell b. 1675 Isle of Wight County, VA to Chowan/Bertie 1715. John Barrs, Sr. b. 1727 Toft Hamlet, Warwickshire, England to Johnson/Dobbs/Lenoir 1750. John Jones born in North Carolina 1813 from Wales died Smith County, TN Al Barrs albarrs@wfeca.net Greenwood, FL 32443

GRAVES. I am researching early Georgia to discover more about the Graves family. My gg grandfather was George Graves who married Lulender Gunn in 1840 in Warren County, Georgia. I can't find George's parents. There was a Thomas Graves Sr b 1729 Lower Potomack Hundred, Maryland. He and sons are listed on the 1790 Franklin County Census. I can't connect any of them to George Graves yet. One thing I know, is that Dr. George Graves who married Mary Scott June 26 1790 in Augusta, Georgia is not the father of my George Graves. My George Graves and wife moved west through Alabama, Mississippi, and settled in Wood County, Texas 1854-1858, where they are listed on the 1860 census. I am aware of a Graves family in Muscogee County Georgia and wonder if they are related to my George Graves? Eddie Graves, Wichita Falls, Texas. egraves@sw.rr.com

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

The Annual Lawrence/Edwards/Hicks Reunion will be held September 12 at 10 am at Tabernacle United Methodist Church off of Hwy 82 on Hurricane Ridge Road in Bibb County, ALABAMA. Exit 97-98 Hwy 82 following Hurricane around to the right on Hwy 29 til you find church on right. The gathering at 10 am will introduce people, have a genealogy presentation by Peggy Henderson Williams about the Henderson connections, have a short memorial service for those loved ones we have lost this year. At noon we will gather to share a pot-luck picnic lunch on the tables under the trees followed by a singing inside the church and in the community center we will share research, pictures and get to know each other better. There will be copiers. All family members and friends and researchers will be welcomed! For more information contact Evelyn Henderson Shimek at eshimek@gmail.com or Fred Lawrence or Peggy Williams. Please share this message with all websites who might be interested as well your family and friends. We welcome visitors.