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Jacob Greathouse of Georgia / Landholder's of Wrightsboro, GA prior to 1776

« on: September 10, 2007, 11:58:53 PM »

From: MR WILLIAM L DENNEY<WGRP33A@prodigy.com >
Subject: Wrightsboro, GA Residents
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 01:48:58, -0500

-- [ From: Bill Denney * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --

All,
Several folks have asked me if their families were in the Wrightsboro,
GA Quaker settlement. The book "The Story of Wrightsboro 1768-1964" by
Mrs. Pearl Baker of the Wrightsboro Restoration Foundation of Thomson,
GA has a list of residents prior to 1776, which is shown below.
Hopefully, this will answer your questions (note that a few non-Quakers
are listed at the end). I suspect that some of the folks in the first
list were also non-Quakers. As I recall, an article on Thomas Ansley's
"Rock House" (built between 1770-1785) stated that he was not a Quaker..
..

Wrightsboro Township Landholders Before 1776

Ansley, Benjamin
Ansley, Thomas
Ashfield, Henry
Ashmore, Frederick
Austin, Richard
Baldwin, David
Barfield, Solomon
Beck, George
Beggot, Elisha
Bird, Richard
Bishop, James
Boggs, Joseph
Bowie, James
Bryan, John
Burke, John
Burns, Andrew
Carson, John
Castle, Jacob
Cloud, Joel
Coats, James
Cobbs, James
Cochrane, Cornelius
Cooper, Isaac
Daniel, William
Davis, John
Day, Stephen
Denison, Patrick
Dennis, Abraham
Dennis, Isaac
Dennis, Jacob
Dennis, John
Dover, John
Duncan, John
Dunn, Benjamin
Dunn, John
Echols, Edward
Elam, William
Emmett, James
Farmer, William
Fleming, David
Gray, Isaac
Greathouse, Jacob
Greene, Isaac
Hart, James
Hart, Peter
Hart, Samuel
Hart, Thomas
Hartshorn, John
Hill, James
Hill, John
Hickson, William
Hodgin, John
Holliday, Ambrose
Hollingsworth, Joseph
Howard, Benjamin
Howard, John
Howell, James
Hunter, John
Jackson, Absolom
Jackson, Benjamin
Jackson, Isaac
Jackson, Nathaniel
Jackson, Thomas
Jackson, Walter
Jones, Francis
Jones, John
Jones, Richard
Lee, John
LeMarr, William
Lockridge, Robert
Lowe, Isaac
Lynn, Thomas
Lynn, William
McCarty, Daniel
McFarland, James
McFarland, William
McLen, Robert
Maddock, Joseph
Mathews, Oliver
Middleton, Holland, Jr.
Middleton, Holland, Sr.
Miles, Daniel
Mitchell, William
Mooney, Joseph
Moore, John
Moore, Mordecai
Moore, Richard
Moore, Thomas
Morrow, George
Morrow, James
Murphey, Edward
Murray, John
Oliver, Alexander
Oliver, James
Oliver, John
Oliver, Samuel
Owen, Ephriam
Pace, Silas
Parvey, Dial
Perkins, John
Perkins, Peter
Perry, John
Philips, Peter
Robinson (Roberson), David
Robison, Israel
Samson, Samuel
Sell, Henry
Sell, Jonathon, Jr.
Sell, Jonathon, Sr.
Sergison, Patrick
Sidwell, John
Slater, John
Slater, Mary
Smith, John
Smith, Richard
Stewart, John, Jr.
Stubbs, Ann
Stubbs, Deborah
Stubbs, John
Stubbs, Nathaniel
Thompson, John
Thompson, Laurence
Tinnen, Hugh
Vernon, Amos
Vernon, Isaac
Walden, Robert
Watson, Jacob
Watson, John
Watson, Thomas
Welsh, John
Whigham, Thomas
Whitsett, John
Whitsett, John, Jr.
Whitsett, Joseph
Wilson, Samuel
Winslete, Samuel

NON QUAKERS
Candler, William
Few, Benjamin
Graham, John
Houstown, Patrick
Howard, John
Hume, James
Johnson, Lewis
McKay, James
Wright, Sir James
Young, Thomas

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Bill Denney--Vancouver USA
wgrp33a@prodigy.com
Researching: DENNEY/DENNY, BEEM, BENNETT, DANIEL, HILL, HOLT,
HOOPER, HOWARTH, ROBINSON, SOUTHARD/SUDDART

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Obituaries/Memorial Project / Obituary | George E. Greathouse

« on: July 24, 2007, 10:24:00 AM »

From an Unknown Newspaper

George E. Greathouse

George E. Greathouse, 80, of Akron, passed away Sept. 25, 2002, at his home, with his family by his side.

Born April 9, 1922, in Spencer, W. Va., to the late Everett and Cluff Greathouse, George proudly served his country in the Army, during World War II in the South Pacific with the 1881st Engineers Battalion. He was retired from Atlantic Foundry after 39 years of service. George was a member of Cliff Hockey V.F.W. Post 3532, and en joyed his family and golfing.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Cynthia; brothers, Gilbert and Gail; sister, Irene. George is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Doil; sons, Larry (Pauline), Dale (Cheryl) and Tim; daughters, Judy (Alex) Kura, Eula (Chet) Harlin, Shirley (Don) Testa, and Loretta (Duke) Goodrich; sister, Doris Harp er of West Virginia; 18 grandchil dren, and 19 great-grandchildren.

Family and friends will be re ceived Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 9 to 10 a.m., at NEWCOMER-FARLEY FUNERAL HOME, 131 N. Canton Rd. (Route 91), where funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m., with Rev. Joyce Carr officiating. Interment at Northlawn Memorial Gardens. The family suggests that memorial con tributions be sent to V.N.S. Hospice, 3358 Ridgewood Rd., Akron, Ohio 44333, or Alzheimer Association, 1815 W. Market St. Suite 301, Akron, Ohio 44313. (NEWCOMER-FARLEY, 330-784-3334.)

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Herman Groethausen 1670 / Rapp Suite 1762

« on: February 21, 2007, 03:12:25 PM »

In reference to... Glossary of Names entry in journal of Johannes Herbergs on Jan Grothaus. http://www.greathouse.us/library/articles/bielefeld-herman.htm

Grothaus, Jan 95
Brother-in-law of Wighard Miller. Naturalized in Philadelphia Co. late in 1740. Member of the Church Council (elder) of the Lutheran congregation in Germantown 1762-1765. One of the spokesman of the faction supported by H. M. Muhlenberg and the Lutheran ministry of Pennsylvania in the intra-church conflict that was taken to court (1762 ff.)

More info regarding the intra-church conflict that was taken to court (1762 ff.) can be found in the:

"History Of Philadelphia 1609-1884", Chapter 37, Religious Denominations, Page 1420 - 1422.

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Philadelphia History, 1609-1884 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Philadelphia 1609-1884. Vol. I. Philadelphia, PA, USA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884.

Page 1422

Difficulties of a curious nature meanwhile arose in Germantown, beginning in 1753, in opposition to Pastor Handschuch. The malcontents got possession of the parsonage house and church, and elected for their minister Conrad Andrae, who was a disowned minister of Deuxponts. He died shortly after and they elected Rev. Mr. Rapp.

Pastor Handschuch and his friends numbered about twenty families, and, being, deprived of their church, they rented a house for twelve pounds per annum, in March, 1753, where they held divine service, and where Mr. Handschuch kept school for four days in the week. He, however, withdrew from Germantown in a short time and went to Philadelphia.

The old members of the congregation met in the Reformed Church, and had only occasional services, but they kept together and purchased a lot for one hundred pounds on which to build a school-house.

In 1762, one hundred heads of families belonging to the Germantown congregation petitioned the Synod for the appointment of a minister. The Synod replied that, "this could not be well done, as the church was then in the hands of those who had contributed nothing to its erection." To this the petitioners answered that they would have the church restored to them amicably or they would obtain possession of it by a judicial decision, and that in the mean time they had made arrangements for a place of meeting, and Peter Kurtz, of Tulpehocken, was therefore appointed.

Suit was then brought against the Rapp party, and in April, 1763, the judgement was that the party opposed to Rapp should one Sunday hold religious service in the morning and on the next Sunday in the afternoon. The Rappites had the church at all other times. Pastor Kurtz preached in 1763 and 1764 and was succeeded by John Ludwick Voigt, who preached his first sermon in 1764. The troubles with Rapp still continued, but it was finally agreed to unite on a certain day and determine who should be minister, Pastor Voigt or Rapp, and the decision was unanimously in favor of Voigt, therefore the old congregation obtained possession of the church and parsonage. Pastor Voigt, in March, 1765 accepted a call to New Hanover and Providence, and Pastor James Van Buskirk was appointed minister. He served four years, when he was appointed minister of the congregations of Macungie, Saccum and Upper Dublin. John Frederick Schmidt succeeded him in June, 1769, and completed the restoration of peace and harmony to Germantown.

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General Discussion / Footnote.com for Historians, Genealogists and Many Others

« on: January 25, 2007, 05:20:42 PM »

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Jacob Greathouse of Georgia / Getting 6th and 7th generations updated

« on: December 21, 2006, 03:56:12 PM »

Do you have any information that would connect Jacob Sr. to whom we think is a strong possibility for his wife, Christian or Christianity  Vanhousen/Vanhooser/Vanhusen?

Do you have any ideas on where Christian may have died?

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Queries / looking for parents of Charles Greathouse

« on: December 07, 2006, 11:26:57 AM »

1910 United States Federal Census
about Charles Greathouse
Name:    Charles Greathouse
Age in 1910:    21
Estimated birth year:    abt 1889
Birthplace:    Ohio
Relation to Head of House:    Head
Father's Birth Place:    West Virginia
Mother's Birth Place:    West Virginia
Spouse's name:    Myrtie
Home in 1910:    Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Marital Status:    Married
Race:    White
Gender:    Male
Neighbors:    View others on page
Household Members:    
Name    Age
Charles Greathouse    21
Myrtie Greathouse    25
Clyde Greathouse    2/12

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1687; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 57; Image: 299.

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.

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John Greathouse Senior and Sarah McDade / Family of Lillie Bell Greathouse and Josiah Silas Nichols

« on: October 17, 2006, 10:59:31 AM »

West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 Record
about LILLIE B. GREATHOUSE
Name:    JOSIAH S. NICHOLS
Spouse:    LILLIE B. GREATHOUSE
Marriage Date:    23 Nov 1888
County:    Roane
State:    WV

Source Information:
Dodd, Jordan, comp.. West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: See Description for original data sources listed by county.

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John Greathouse Senior and Sarah McDade / Family of Ida May Greathouse and Solomon Samuel Nichols

« on: October 17, 2006, 09:22:35 AM »

West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 Record
about IDA M. GREATHOUSE
Name:    SOLOMON NICHOLS
Spouse:    IDA M. GREATHOUSE
Marriage Date:    19 Jun 1892
County:    Roane
State:    WV

Source Information:
Dodd, Jordan, comp.. West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: See Description for original data sources listed by county.

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Queries / Susan Elizabeth Greathouse

« on: October 16, 2006, 04:02:04 PM »

Sorry for the delay on getting that photo posted. I got a new laptop a couple weeks ago and have been moving all my data over to it. I will find that photo and get it posted here.

Rick

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John Greathouse Senior and Sarah McDade / View Family Reports for John Greathouse and Sarah McDade

« on: October 13, 2006, 04:23:30 PM »

You may view our current family reports for John Greathouse and Sarah McDade here:

www.greathouse.us/johnsarah


Thanks,
Rick

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John Greathouse and Elizabeth / View Family Reports for John Greathouse of Virginia

« on: October 13, 2006, 04:21:10 PM »

You may view our current family reports for John Greathouse of Virginia here:

www.greathouse.us/johnofva


Thanks,
Rick

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John Greathouse and Catharina Haack / View Family Reports for John Greathouse and Catharina Haack

« on: October 13, 2006, 04:18:32 PM »

You may view our current family reports for John Greathouse and Catharina Haack here:

www.greathouse.us/johncatharina


Thanks,
Rick

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Jacob Greathouse of Georgia / View Family Reports for Jacob Greathouse of Georgia

« on: October 13, 2006, 03:58:55 PM »

You may view our current family reports for Jacob Greathouse of Georgia here:

www.greathouse.us/jacobofga


Thanks,
Rick

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Harmon Greathouse 1787 / View Our Family Reports for Harmon Greathouse 1787

« on: October 13, 2006, 03:55:20 PM »

You may view our current family reports for Harmon Greathouse 1787 here:

www.greathouse.us/harmon1787


Thanks,
Rick

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Harmon Greathouse 1750 / View Family Reports for Harmon Greathouse 1750

« on: October 13, 2006, 03:49:06 PM »

You may view our current family reports for Harmon Greathouse 1750 here:

www.greathouse.us/harmon1750


Thanks,
Rick