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Directions to Cemeteries

Evergreen Cemetery:  Located beside Evergreen Baptist Church in Brooks C ounty, Georgia, about four miles from Dixie. To get there from Thomasville, you go out Highway 84 East toward Quitman for about 20 miles. You will come to an intersection called "Dixie Junction" (with Tractor company on left). Turn left on paved road. Follow it about four miles. The church and cemetery are on the right. The "Massey" plot is on the left as you face the cemetery.

Old Hendry Cemetery:  Located off U.S. 19 in Thomas County, Georgia. To get there from Thomasville, go out U.S. 19 towards Albany, beyond the river. Right after the 22 mile marker, there is a dirt road to the right. (If it has not been torn down, there is also an old sign saying "Whipoorwill Restaurant." On the left are several mobile homes. Turn right. After about 100 yards, you come to a fork. Veer LEFT. The cemetery is fenced in on the left not far from the fork. Chastain graves are all around.

Union Cemetery:   Located in Mitchell County near Vada, Georgia. From Thomasville, go through Cairo to Hwy 112 that heads to Camilla. Turn right there, go about 10 miles. There is a large peanut mill on the left (Hwy 216) . Go left there. Drive about 5 miles. There is a concrete block church there on the right beside a dirt road. Turn left on the dirt road. Go a couple miles to a paved country road and turn right. Go two miles. On the right is an OLD wooden church, on left in open field beside a house is the cemetery. Harrell and related graves are all around.

Bold Springs Cemetery:  Located in Grady County, Georgia. From Thomasville, go out the Cairo Road. After you cross the Grady County line, about five miles or so, is the Pine Park Road. Turn right there. Follow that road about three miles to the church and cemetery on the left. Chastain and Aldredge graves are towards left center as you face it.

Antioch Cemetery:  located out from Boston, Georgia. From Quitman, go highway 84 to the blinking light in Boston. Turn left there on 33. Follow it through town as it curves. Right out of town, there are two small bridges crossing the road. Immediately after  the second bridge, there is a dirt road (lower Boston Road). Turn right on it. Follow it about 6 miles to where there is a paved road turning sharply to the left. Turn left on this road. Go about a mile or so, on right, there is a cemetery. No building or sign to mark it, behind a garden.

 

 

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Sources

People (other than immediate family) who contributed information. A special thanks to all.

Mrs. Barbara Chastain Baggett, Lynn Haven, Florida
Mrs. Jim (Lena Mae) Barden, Tallahassee, Florida
Mrs. Ethel Massey Boyett, Waynesboro, Virginia
Mrs. Lois Chastain Burroughs, Cairo, Georgia
Mr. Billy Gene Burrows, La Grange, Georgia
Mrs. Hazel Jones Carmichael, Quitman, Georgia
Mrs. Jane Jordan Chastain, Thomasville, Georgia
Mr. Don Cooley, Gainesville, Georgia
Mrs. Evelyn Strickland Coppage, Valdosta, Georgia
Mrs. Grace Jarvis, Jacksonville, Florida
Mrs. J.C. Dodd, Quitman, Georgia
Mrs. Cora Lee Harrell Dupree, Thomasville, Georgia
Mrs. Blanche Chastain Duren, Thomasville, Georgia
Mrs. Rachel Harrell Evans, Montgomery, Alabama
Mrs. Francis Harrell Hart, North Miami Beach, Florida
Mr. James A. Harrell, Moultrie, Georgia
Mr. Palmore Harrell, Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. O. E. Harrell, Jacksonville, Florida
Mrs. Maxine Kinsey Chastain Harris, Waycross, Georgia
Mrs. Maisia Aldredge Hudson, Cairo, Georgia
Mr. Calvin Jones, Barwick, Georgia
Mr. W. Taylor Knight, Valdosta, Georgia
Mr. R. L. Massey, Barwick, Georgia
Mrs. Betty Jo Massey McCall, Hiawassee, Georgia
Mr. Rollo P. Stovall, Sarasota, Florida
Mrs. Lounette Glover Stanfield, Thomasville, Georgia
Mrs. Missouria Chastain Taylor, Thomasville, Georgia
Mrs. Alice Long Trapp, Jacksonville, Florida
Mrs. Jewel Chastain McGrotha Williams, Thomasville, Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Norris G. Wilson, Jackson, Georgia

U. S. Census Records Checked

Thomas County, Georgia 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Lowndes County, Georgia 1850, 1860
Decatur County, Georgia 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Mitchell County, Georgia 1860, 1870, 1880
Stewart County, Georgia 1850, 1860
Baker County, Georgia 1850, 1860, 1880
Brooks County, Georgia 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Appling County, Georgia 1880
Chatham County, Georgia 1850
Early County, Georgia 1880
Washington County, Georgia 1870
Georgia 1790, 1820, 1830
Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Wakulla counties, Florida, 1850

 

 

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Cemeteries Searched

Evergreen Cemetery, Ozell, Georgia
Oak Hill Cemetery, Quitman, Georgia
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Georgia
Old Hendry Cemetery, Thomas County, Georgia
West end Cemetery, Quitman, Georgia
Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Georgia
Bold Springs Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia
Union Church Cemetery, Vada, Georgia
Barnett's Creek Church Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia
Dixie Cemetery, Dixie, Georgia
Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia
Antioch Cemetery, near Boston, Georgia

Newspapers Written To:

Quitman Free Press *
Cairo Messenger *
Camilla Enterprise
Madison Carrier *
Moultrie Observer
Thomasville Courier *

( denotes those willing to run and ad for me.

Courthouses Checked

Thomas County, Thomasville, Georgia
Grady County, Cairo, Georgia
Madison County, Madison, Florida
Mitchell County, Camilla, Georgia
Baker County, Newton, Georgia
Seminole County, Donalsonville, Georgia
Colquitt County, Moultrie, Georgia
Dougherty County, Albany, Georgia
Brooks County, Quitman, Georgia
Lowndes County, Valdosta, Georgia
Jefferson County, Madison, Florida
Gadsden County, Quincy, Florida

Miscellaneous:

Federal Archives and records Center, East Point, Georgia
Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia
Evergreen Baptist Church Records, Mr. Carter
First Baptist Church, Thomasville, Georgia
S. C. Department of Archives and History, Columbia, S.C.
Brooks County Library, Quitman, Georgia
Valdosta State College Library, Valdosta, Georgia
Thomasville Public Library, Thomasville, Georgia
Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, Florida

 

 

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Printed materials used:

Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Volumes I - VII

Baird, Charles W. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America, Regional Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD.

McCrady, Edward, The History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government 1670 - 1719. Russell and Russell, N.Y. 1897. Reissued 1969.

Chastain, James Garvin. A Brief History of the Huguenots and Three Family Trees: Chastain, Lockridge and Stockton. El Paso, Tex. Baptist Spanish Publishers, 1933.

Universal World Reference Encyclopedia, Consolidated Book Publishers, Chicago, ILL. 1970. Volumes 5, 7, 12.

Index of Revolutionary War Soldiers by National Society of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. 1966.

DAR Collection of Lineage Books

Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and the Settlement at Mannikintowne, by Virginia Historical Society.

Padgett, Sadie T. Padgett and Ryals Family History 1776 - 1976. Served as a model and inspration for the author.

Huxford, Folks, Florida State University Press:
     Pioneers of Wiregrass, Georgia
     History of Brooks County, Georgia
     History of Lowndes County, Georgia
     History of Pulaski County, Georgia
     History of Thomas County, Georgia

Massey, Judge Frank A. Massey Genealogy, 1974. Published by King and Massey, Fort Worth, Texas

 

 

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LIST OF SURNAMES INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK

Adams
Adkins
Aldredge
Anderson
Arnold
Atkinson

Baggett
Banks
Barden
Barfield
Barr
Beal
Bealle
Beaumont
Beiley
Bell
Bennett
Benton
Beswick
Birdie
Bishop
Blanton
Bold
Bond
Booth
Boren
Boyett
Bradford
Brady
Brazil
Brinson
Brice
Brock
Brown
Bryan
Bunn
Burroughs
Burrow
Butler
Byrd
Byrne

Calhoun
Cannon
Carmichael
Carter
Carver
Cason
Cato
Chamblee
Chambliss
Chastain
Cheney
Cherry
Childs
Clements
Clifton
Coddington

Coghall
Coker
Collier
Cone
Connell
Cooley
Coppage
Crane
Crawford
Culpepper
Cumbess
Curry

Dampier
Davis
Deane
Devane
Diaz
Dickey
Dilly
Dingman
Doby
Drew
Duckworth
Dupree
Duren
Durr
Durrence
Dyke
Dykes
Dyles
Eaton
Edwardes
Elliot
English
Etheridge
Evans
Evers
Faircloth
Fender
Fleetwood
Folsom
Freeman
Fulford
Fulton
Gaines
George
Gilmer
Glasglow
Glover
Grisham
Grable
Godwin
Goolsby
Gornsey
Guest
Hackney
Hager

 

Haire
Hammonds
Hancock
Hand
Harrell
Harrison
Hart
Harvard
Hasty
Hatfield
Havird
Henderson
Hendrix
Henry
Herbert
Hicks
Hiers
Hill
Hitchcock
Hobbs
Holden
Holland
Holloway
Horne
Howen
Hudson
Huff
Hulsey
Hunley
Hutcheson

Johnson
Jones
Joyce
Judd

Kerr
Kicklighter
Kinsey
Kirkland
Knight
Knighten

Lankin
Lashley
LeGette
Leigh(De)
Lester
Letlow
Lewis
Long
Lovett

Mainwearing
Mallard
Martin
Massey
Mattox
Maxwell
McCann
McCleod

McCord
McCrary
McDovell
McGrotha
McQuigg
Meadows
Miller
Mims
Mitchell
Mobley
Moody
Moore
Morgan
Murphy
Myrick

Nail
Neal
Nesbit
Newby
Newsome
Nixon
Norre
Norton

O'Neal

Pace
Pain
Patrick
Peacock
Pennywell
Perry
Pickersen
Pittman
Ponington
Pope
Prynne
Pyle

Ragans
Ramsey
Rawls
Reddick
Redfern
Rehberg
Reilly
Reissiger
Rentz
Rixon (De)
Robinson
Rogers
Romano
Rountree
Rushing
Russell
Rutherford
Ryall

Sanders
Sandifer
Scales

Secrest
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Sherrod
Shields
Shiver
Sieber
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Simmons
Singletary
Singleton
Slaughter
Smart
Smith
Spell
Spink
Spinner
Spooner
Stancell
Stanfield
Starnes
Stegall
Stephenson
Stewart
Strickland
Stringer
Suber
Swilley

Tanner
Tates
Taylor
Temperly
Thigpen
Thimblethorpe
Thomas
Thompson
Thornton
Thorpe
Treadwell
Tucker
Turner

Umphress
Upchurch

Vernon

Walker
Washington
Weaver
Wells
Wertz
West
Whatley
White
Whittaker
Wilkerson
Wilkes
Willaford
Williams
Wilson

Williford
Wise

Zellner
Smallwood
Parrish

 

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                                                                                                                                412 N. Webster St.

                                                                                                                                 Quitman, Georgia 31643

                                                                                                                                  July 21, 1979

Dear Family,

Writing our family history was truly a most memorable experience of my life. The work and technicalities behind the finished product were important, but not half so valuable as the end result.

You now have an authentic record of your own achievements and milestones, as well as those of many other family members. Hopefully, this record will be treasured and handed down to future generations who may have no other access to such genealogical data included.

You also have a living history of your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. for generations back. As you read about various relatives, you cannot help but acquire a stronger sense of patriotism as you see that our ancestors, uncles, aunts and cousins for hundreds of years have been a significant part of the growth of our country. Living, loving, worshiping, working, fighting, bearing children, and dying -- they were men and women who merit pride and honor for what they gave to the world, and to each of us, their descendents. Then, when you read of our relatives that lived in England and in France, you learn to appreciate the universal bond of mankind.

A family history such as this actually has no real beginning point, nor an ending. It is a continuous story that will grow for as long as our world exists. It is impossible to record everything significant in all our lives, but we must attempt to preserve what we can.

As I collected the material, I realized that even though a written history is important, inclusion of variety would enhance the story in a way that written words could not. Thus I aimed to include meaningful documents such as marriage licenses, military papers, letters and wills. Not only did they offer this variety, but they also gave authenticity to the material. I also knew that pictures would add enrichment of a different sort. Pictures of people help us know them in a way that facts do not. Pictures of places give us a sense of actually "being there" when being there is not possible.

I would like to recommend that you NOT use this book as a scrapbook or photo album as that is not its purpose. If you want to keep a continuous record of your family, do it elsewhere. Actually, I am already making tentative plans for a future supplement -- one that would include material I receive later (my genealogical interest has so developed that I am sure I will be  searching for more information on the rest of  my life), as well as updating of records such as marriages, divorces, births, deaths, so I would be happy to receive from anyone information on any of these milestones when they occur so I can add them to my files for inclusion.

 

 

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You might also be interested in knowing that a family history such as this is in demand by genealogical centers, therefore, I plan to put three copies in public research libraries so that others who may not know of us can also learn. One will be put in the Thomasville City Public Library in their genealogical section (reserved for research inside the library --- not to be checked out); one will be in the Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, Georgia; and the third will be in the Genealogical Center of the world in Salt Lake City, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons).

For those who might be interested in the tangible aspects of the book, pages that have pictures on them were prepared and copied by Quitman Printing Company in Quitman, Georgia' pages that have no pictures on them were copied by Tel-Com in Valdosta, Georgia; and the cover and binding were done at the National Library Bindery in Atlanta, Georgia.

Finally, I would like to say that I sincerely appreciate all the help, support and encouragement I was given. I hope that in return, I have given something to you that will be especially meaningful now, and that will increase in value as time goes on.

                                                                                                                   Yours truly,

                                                                                                                     Karyl

                                            Karyl Chastain Beal

 


 

 

 

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