1. Augusta Lambdin and Georgia Division, Willie
Hunt Smith Chap United Daughters of the Confederacy, History of Lamar
County (Barnesville, GA: The Barnesville News-Gazette, 1932), p. 375
(gives year as 1784). 2. Georgia DAR Lineage Forms , Family History
Library. 3. "James
Means -- Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy charts and family group sheets,"
submitted by Barbara Smallwood Stock, on 8 June 1997. The descendancy chart
for James Means contains no source citations; the family group sheets are
well documented. Hereinafter cited as "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 4. "Packet of
information about Means family, including pictures, sent to Linda F. Wood
on 24 October 1998," submitted by Jim Cole. , sheet from files of Allie
Means Sappington gives birth year as 1784. A copy of Ancestral File 4.18,
LDS, printout of 19 August 1998, gives his birthdate as 1784, birthplace as
Orange County, North Carolina, and spouse as Mary Ann McKenzie (AFN:
MJ3K-ZD). Hereinafter cited as "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998". 5. Letter from Francis Marion
Means (unknown author address) to Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932.
Photocopy in possession of Linda F. Wood . 6. Alice Means Smoak's "Grandparent's File," for
William McKenzie, Genealogical Records Committee, N.S.D.A.R., Genealogical
Form, Lineage and Revolutionary Service: gives date of birth as 1782,
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Alice
Means Smoak. 7. Cole,
"Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", sheet from files of Allie Means Sappington
gives marriage date as 1812, in Charlotte, North Carolina. 8. Alice Means Smoak: gives
date of marriage as "10-20-1803". 9. Ibid., gives date of death as 1860. 10. Lambdin, History, p.375
(gives date of birth as "9 January 1786". 11. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 12. Cole,
"Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", sheet from files of Allie Means
Sappington. 13. Alice
Means Smoak: gives date of birth as "1-9-1786". 14. Elaine Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report." Supplied 25 August 1998 by Turk (unknown
compiler address). [original source for Mary Ann's death is unclear]. This
source is hereinafter cited as "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie
descendancy report". 15. Alice Means Smoak: gives date of death as
1863. 16. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 17. Lambdin, History, p. 375 (gives only birth
year). 18. Ibid., p.
375. 19. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports", Family Group Sheet gives
marriage date as 15 May 1851. 20. Frances T. Ingmire, Upson County, Georgia,
Marriage Records, 1825-1859 (n.p.: Author, 1985), gives names as "Mary P."
and "Aaron Willis". 21. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 22.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 23. 1830 Federal Population Census for the
State of Georgia, Upson County, p. 111 (Frank is assumed to have been born
between 1825-1830). 24. Lambdin, History, p.376 (gives only year of
death - 1850). 25.
Willard R. Rocker, Marriages and Obituaries from the Macon Messenger,
1818-1865 (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1988), p.130. Hereinafter
cited as Rocker, Marriages. 26. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 27. Letter,
Means to Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932, "Frank Died Diging Gold in
Califonia in 1850". 28. Elaine Turk, "Family information furnished
by Elaine Turk," e-mail message from eeturk@mto.infi.net to Linda F. Wood,
2 Feb 1999, report of information furnished by Patricia C. Barger about
Means family. Hereinafter cited as "Family Information". 29. Lambdin, History, p.
375 (mistakenly gives this couple's marriage date as 1823). 30. unknown compiler,
compiler, "Georgia Marriages to 1850"; (gives names as "Ellender Means" and
"Linosey Smith", Ancestral File Ancestry Data Base, (www.ancestry.com).
Hereinafter cited as "Georgia Marriages". 31. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 32.
Ingmire, Upson Marriage Records, "Ellender Means" married "Linosey
Smith". 33. Turk,
"Family Information," e-mail to Linda F. Wood, 2 Feb 1999, report of
information furnished by Patricia C. Barger about Means family. 34. Letter, Means to Allie
Means Sappington, circa 1932. 35. Turk, "Family Information," e-mail to Linda
F. Wood, 2 Feb 1999, report of information furnished by Patricia C. Barger
about Means family. 36. Ibid. 37. Ibid., 2 Feb 1999, report of information
furnished by Patricia C. Barger about Means family. Patricia copied this
obituary from Thomas Jefferson Flinn, Jr.'s "The History of the Flinn
Family." The name of the paper in which the obituary was published is
unknown. 38. Ibid., 2
Feb 1999, report of information furnished by Patricia C. Barger about Means
family. 39.
Ibid. 40. Ibid. 41. Patricia A. Barger,
"Means / Smith family," e-mail message from pabarger@juno.com to Elaine
Turk, 14 August 1999. Hereinafter cited as "Barger E-Mail". 42. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 43. Tombstone inscriptions, Ebenezer Methodist
Church Cemetery, tombstone of "John Means," transcribed by Linda F. Wood,
intersection of highways 109 and 18, northeast of Meansville, Georgia. The
small frame church is over 100 years old. 44. 1867 Returns of Qualified Voters,
Washington Memorial Library, College Street, Macon, Georgia, Pike County,
Georgia, p 22, (Oath Book 5, p 44). Hereinafter cited as 1867 Voter
Returns. 45. Governor
Joe Brown 1864 Georgia State Census, Militia Company District #551, Pike
County [gives his age as 51 years and 7 months, birthplace as "Georgia",
Genealogy Department, Washington Memorial Library, College Street, Macon,
Georgia. 46. Lambdin,
History, p. 375. 47.
unknown compiler, "Georgia Marriages," Ancestral File. 48. Liahona Research, CD
226, Georgia Marriages, Early to 1850., CD-ROM (Orem, Utah: Liahona
Research, 1993), "Pike County Marriages, County Court Records, 1822 - 1850"
(FHL #1597743). Hereinafter cited as CD 226. 49. James S McGinty, "George Washington McGinty
- Tabitha Moore family group sheet" , 20 July 1999 , gives marriage date as
"1836". This sheet was originally submitted by Valeria Lou McGinty, Camp
Hill, Alabama 36850 (great granddaughter of Washington McGinty).
Hereinafter cited as "W. McGinty-T. Moore FGS". 50. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 51.
Ebenezer Cemetery, tombstone of "John Means," transcribed by Linda F.
Wood. 52. Ibid.,
tombstone of "John Means," transcribed by Linda F. Wood (the marker was
broken in two pieces at the birth date). 53. Central Georgia Genealogical Society,
Central Georgia Genealogical Quarterly,, "'The Weekly Gazette,'
Barnesville, Georgia, Newspaper Death Notices, 1868-1891," Volume 10,
Number 4, December 1988, p.12: (gives her age in 1891 as "80"). 54. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 55. Ebenezer Cemetery, tombstone of "Nancy
Means," transcribed by Linda F. Wood. 56. McGinty, "W. McGinty-T. Moore FGS", gives
birthplace as "Macon, Ga". 57. Central Georgia Genealogical Society,
"unknown short article title", "'The Weekly Gazette,' Barnesville, Georgia,
Newspaper Death Notices, 1868-1891," Volume 10, Number 4, December 1988,
p.12. 58. Ebenezer
Cemetery, tombstone of "Nancy Means," transcribed by Linda F. Wood. 59. Ibid. 60. Central Georgia
Genealogical Society, "unknown short article title", "'The Weekly Gazette,'
Barnesville, Georgia, Newspaper Death Notices, 1868-1891," Volume 10,
Number 4, December 1988, p.12. 61. "Mrs. Nancy Means Dead," Barnesville
News-Gazette, Barnesville, Georgia, 29 January 1891, copied to Linda Wood
by Barbara Smallwood Stock in an e-mail message of 14 October 1998.
Hereinafter cited as News-Gazette. 62. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 63.
Lambdin, History, p. 376. 64. unknown compiler, compiler, "Garrett
Necrology"; (photocopy of typed manuscript on microfilm), Ancestral File
Genealogy Department,, Washington Memorial Library, College Street, Macon,
Georgia. 65.
Ibid. 66. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 67. Brent H Holcomb, Marriage Notices from the
Southern Christian Advocate, 1867-1878 (n.p.: n.pub., 1994), p. 292, issue
of 9 April 1878: "By Rev. R. R. Johnson, March 26, 1878, Mr. J. F. Means to
Miss E. E. Hightower, of Thomaston, Ga". Hereinafter cited as Marriage
Notices, 1867. 68.
Lambdin, History, p. 376. 69. unknown compiler, "Garrett Necrology,"
Ancestral File, (photocopy of typed manuscript on microfilm). 70. Ibid. 71. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 72. Addie Paramore Howell, Cemeteries and
Obituaries of Houston County, Georgia: obituaries were abstracted from The
Georgia Journal and Messenger, Macon, Georgia, 1825-1869, and from The
Houston Home Journal, Perry, Georgia, 1870-1912 (Macon, Georgia: Omni
Press, 1982), p. 214 (obituary of Mrs. Sarah Hickson). Hereinafter cited as
Houston Cemeteries and Obituaries. 73. William A. Mills, Houston County, Georgia
Evergreen Cemetery Tombstone Transcripts, 1827-1997 (Perry, GA: Author,
1996), p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #1). Hereinafter cited as Evergreen
Cemetery. 74.
Lambdin, History, p. 375 (gives this couple's marriage date as 22 December
1829). 75. unknown
compiler, "Georgia Marriages," Ancestral File, (gives names as "Ellender
Means" and "Linosey Smith". 76. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports", Group sheet gives marriage date as 22 Oct 1839. 77. Ingmire, Upson Marriage
Records. 78. Letter,
Means to Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 79. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and Obituaries,
p. 214 (obituary of Mrs. Sarah Hickson). 80. Mills, Evergreen Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3,
grave #1); her tombstone gives year of death as 1898. 81. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 214 (obituary of Mrs. Sarah Hickson). 82. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82. 83.
Howell, Houston Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 214 (obituary of Mrs. Sarah
Hickson). 84. Joe
Brown Census, Militia Company District #551, Pike County. 85. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #2). 86. Ibid. 87. Ibid., p. 82. 88. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and Obituaries,
p. 150 (obituary of Mr. John W. Hickson). 89. Ibid. 90. Ibid. 91. Ibid. 92. Ibid., p. 238 (obituary of Mrs. Susan Ellen
Hickson Cheek); p. 214 (obituary of Mrs. Sarah Hickson). 93. Ibid., p. 255 (obituary
of Mr. Frank M. Hickson). 94. Ibid. 95. Ibid. 96. Ibid. 97. Ibid., p. 238 (obituary of Mrs. Susan Ellen
Hickson Cheek). 98.
Edward Hector Means, "The Means Line PowerPoint charts," 11 July 1999
(unknown compiler address.) . Hereinafter cited as: "Means Line
charts." 99. Alice
Means Smoak. 100.
Lambdin, History, p. 375. 101. Carolyn White, (1898- ) Williams, History
of Jones County, Georgia, For One Hundred Years, Specifically 1807-1907
(Macon, GA: J. W. Burke, 1957), pgs. 649-651. 102. David Lester will (1865): Will of David
Lester, pgs. 122-124 (legacy to Marth V. Means), Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as David Lester will. 103. unknown volume,
Jones County, Georgia, Court of Ordinary, Marriage Book C: p. 57,
(1843-59), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. 104. Frank M Abbott,
History of the People of Jones County, Georgia (Macon, Georgia: Lineage
Unlimited, c1977), "Marriages of Jones County, Georgia," Volume 9, p.64:
"Martha V. Lester" married "Mathew Means". Hereinafter cited as
History. 105.
unknown compiler, "Georgia Marriages," Ancestral File. 106. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 107. Mrs. James C. Overby, Marriages Published
in the Christian Index, 1828-1855 (Shady Dale?, Ga: indexed and
mimeographed by Mrs. E. M. Lancaster, 1971), p. 65 (issue of 21 February
1845, p. 3, Col. 5). Hereinafter cited as Marriages. 108. Brent H Holcomb,
Death and Obituary Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate, 1867-1878
(Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1993), p. 320, issue of 17 November 1875. Hereinafter
cited as Death and Obituary Notices. 109. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 110.
Alice Means Smoak. 111. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports", "M. H. Means married Sally Dunwoody 24 Nov 1875 (Marriages,
Deaths, & Etc., for Hawkinsville Dispatch (GA), 1870-1888, Central Georgia
Genealogical Society, 1991, Vol 9, #50, 2 Dec 1875). 112. Turk, "Family
Information," e-mail to Linda F. Wood, of 2 September 1998, concerning
"Family Treemaker's Marriage Index, GA: 1851-1900". 113. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 214 (obituary of Mrs. Sarah Hickson) -- date
of his death can be assumed to have been before 10 December 1898. 114. Means, "Means Line
charts". 115. Alice
Means Smoak. 116.
Holcomb, Death and Obituary Notices, p. 320, issue of 17 November
1875. 117. Alice
Means Smoak. 118.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 119. Holcomb, Death and
Obituary Notices, p. 320, issue of 17 November 1875. 120. Alice Means
Smoak. 121.
Holcomb, Death and Obituary Notices, p. 320, issue of 17 November
1875. 122. UDC,
Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy Ancestor Roster
(Georgia: UDC, n.d.), Vol. ?, p.127 (gives his birth as 1846). 123. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 142, obituary of "James D. Means". 124. UDC, Georgia Roster,
Vol. ?, p.127. 125. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 142, obituary of "James D. Means". 126. Ibid. 127. Ibid., p. 232,
obituary of "Mrs. W. J. Gaines". 128. Ibid., p. 283, obituary of "Walter E.
Means". 129.
Ibid. 130.
Ibid. 131.
Ibid. 132. Lambdin,
History, p.375 (mentions only the birth year). 133. Headstone inscriptions, Fredonia
Congregational Church Cemetery, Lamar County, Georgia, formerly in Monroe
County, transcribed in M. B. Warren, The Georgia Genealogist:
Miscellaneous Records of Georgia Counties. The cemetery is located on Brent
Road at the intersection of Fredonia Road; only the oldest graves were
transcribed. 134.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole (gives birth place as Cabarrus County,
North Carolina). 135. Ibid., sheet from files of Allie Means
Sappington -- the author of the handwritten sheet is not identified but
says that James A was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. 136. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998". 137.
"Pedigree charts of Means family members," submitted by Barbara Smallwood
Stock, on 24 October 1994. . Hereinafter cited as "Pedigree charts". 138. "Gathered to His
Fathers" -- obituary of James Anderson Means, probably from the Barnesville
News-Gazette, Georgia, November 1897. Hereinafter cited as
"News-Gazette". 139. Lambdin, History, p.376 (gives marriage
date as Dec. 23). 140. Members of the Upson County Historical
Society, The Cemeteries of Upson County, Georgia (Thomaston, Georgia:
Thomaston Publishing, c1986), p. 122. 141. unknown compiler, "Georgia Marriages,"
Ancestral File. 142. Turk, "Family Information," e-mail to
Linda F. Wood, 22 Feb 2000, in reply to Edward H. Means' paper about the
Means family. 143.
Means, "Means Line charts", gives date of marriage as 23 December
1843. 144. Cole,
"Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Photo label and family group sheet give date of
marriage as 23 December 1843. 145. Stock, "Pedigree charts", gives marriage
date as 23 December 1843. 146. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 147.
Ibid. 148. Lambdin,
History, p. 376 (gives only the year of death). 149. Fredonia Cemetery. 150. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998". 151.
Stock, "Pedigree charts". 152. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932, "My Father Died 1897 My Mother 1913". 153. Fredonia
Cemetery. 154.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole (gives name of church as "Fredonia
Baptist". 155.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 156. Fredonia
Cemetery. 157.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 158. Lambdin, History, p. 376 (gives only the
year of death). 159. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 160.
Fredonia Cemetery. 161. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Label
on photocopy of photograph of Elizabeth Ann Allen Means gives dates of
birth and death. The picture label states "wife of James Anderson Means
(2-22-21, 11-9-97). Their son Francis Marion Means born 1851 was
grandfather of author of this book. And his daughter, Floy Elizabeth Means
Leonard was mother of the author". 162. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932, "My Father Died 1897 My Mother 1913". 163. Fredonia
Cemetery. 164.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 165. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932, "Elizbeth Born 1863 maried Edward Thurmond 1884". 166. John Thomas Means
obituary, The Barnesville News-Gazette, Barnesville, Georgia, 2 February
1940. Hereinafter cited as John Thomas Means obituary. 167. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole. 168. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 169.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 170. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 240, obituary of "Mr. William Means". 171. Means, "Means Line
charts", gives possible dates of his birth as 1820-1825. 172. Lambdin, History, p.
375. 173. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 174. Turk, "Family Information," e-mail to
Linda F. Wood, message of 22 Feb 2000: gives date of marriage. 175. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 176. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 240, obituary of "Mr. William Means". 177. Ibid. 178. Holcomb, Death and
Obituary Notices, p. 346, issue of 15 August 1876. 179. Ibid. 180. Ibid. 181. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 174, obituary of "Prof. Frank N.
Means". 182. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 183. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 174, obituary of "Prof. Frank N. Means". 184. Ibid. 185. Ibid. 186. Lambdin, History,
p.375 (gives birth year as 1831). 187. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 188.
Fredonia Cemetery. 189. "A Tribune to the Memory of Mrs. Jane
Elliott" , March 1915, gives her birthplace as "Upson County". Hereinafter
cited as Jane Means Elliott's Obituary. 190. Lambdin, History, p. 375. 191. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 192. Jane Means Elliott's Obituary, March
1915, gives marriage date but not place. 193. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 194.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 195. Fredonia
Cemetery. 196.
Ibid. 197. Jane
Means Elliott's Obituary, March 1915, (this ariticle is from the obituary
collection of Elaine Turk, fellow Means-McKenzie researcher. It probably
appeared in the Barnesville Gazette. 198. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 199.
Fredonia Cemetery. 200. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 201.
Fredonia Cemetery. 202. Jane Means Elliott's Obituary, March
1915, (erroneously?) states that his death occured in 1866. 203. Fredonia
Cemetery. 204. Pike
County History Editorial Committee, History of Pike County, GA, 1822-1989
(Dallas: Curtis Media Corporation, Retired Teachers of Pike County, and
"Pike County Journal & Reporter, 1989), pgs. 594-595. 205. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 206. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", gives his birthdate as May 1835 [sources
indicated for this person are: "Family Treemaker's Family Archives,
Marriage Index: Georgia, 1754-1850" and "History of Pike Co., GA 1822-1989,
Vol. 1, 594-595"]. 207. "In Memory of James W. Means," undated
clipping from unidentified newspaper, in family papers of Allie Means
Sappington; photocopied by Elaine Turk of Macon, Georgia, states that James
was born in Pike County on 29 May 1835. Hereinafter cited as James Means'
obituary. 208.
Ordinary J. W. Means, Zebulon, Ga, Barnesville News-Gazette, Barnesville,
Georgia, 2 November 1911, posted 31 January 1999 on
<http://www.rootsweb.com/!gapike/jwmeans.htm> by Barbara Smallwood Stock.
Hereinafter cited as News-Gazette. 209. Pike County, Georgia, Marriage Book K,
1855-1872, , p.248. 210. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", No date or place of marriage are given given
in this source. Turk's sources indicated for this marriage are: "Family
Treemaker's Family Archives, Marriage Index: Georgia, 1754-1850" and
"History of Pike Co., GA 1822-1989, Vol. 1, 594-595". 211. Mrs. J. W. Means
obituary, Barnesville News Gazette, Barnesville, Georgia, 29 March 1923.
An abstraction of this obituary was supplied by Elaine Turk in August 1998.
This source is hereinafter cited as Barnesville News Gazette. 212. History of Pike
County, 1822-1989. 213. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 214.
Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report", gives his
death as March 1917 in Zebulon, Georgia (source for this person is
indicated as: "Family Treemaker's Family Archives, Marriage Index: Georgia,
1754-1850"). 215.
James W. Means obituary. 216. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report". 217. James W. Means obituary. 218. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 219. Ibid. 220. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report". 221. Barnesville News Gazette, 29 March
1923. 222.
Ibid. 223. Turk,
"James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report". 224. Ibid. 225. Ibid. 226. Ibid. 227. Ibid. 228. Joseph Means'
obituary, 21 July 1916 clipping from an unidentified newspaper, in family
papers of Allie Means Sappington; photocopied by Elaine Turk of Macon,
Georgia. Hereinafter cited as Joseph Means' obituary. 229. Turk, "James Means,
Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report". 230. Joseph Means' obituary, 21 July
1916. 231. Turk,
"James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report", gives birth
year. 232. John
Morris Means obituary, clipping from unidentified newspaper, in family
papers of Martha Fincher Sampler (Mrs. Charles Sampler) of Hixson,
Tennessee; inherited in 1980 by her neice Linda Fincher Wood (514 Valley
Road, Birmingham, AL 35206). The article is headed: "Opelika, Ala., Jan.
3." This source is hereinafter cited as: John M. Means obituary. 233. Barnesville News
Gazette, 29 March 1923. 234. John M. Means obituary, 3 January
1933. 235.
Barnesville News Gazette, 29 March 1923. 236. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", gives only the year of birth, "1889". 237. Emily Means Howard
Mann Family Bible, New Illustrated Devotional and Practical Polyglot Family
Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha,
Concordance, and Psalms in Metre. Embellished with over 200 Fine Scripture
Illustrations. (Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.:
National Publishing Company, Ziegler & McCurdy, Jones Brothers & Co., M.A.
Parker & Co., 1870); present owner Elaine Turk, , online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. Hereinafter cited as Emily
Mann Bible. 238.
Pike County, Georgia, Marriages, p.74. 239. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 240. Ibid. 241. Ibid. 242. Ibid. 243. 1880 Federal Population Census for the
State of Georgia, Pike County. 244. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 245. 1880 Census, Pike. 246. Emily Mann Bible,
online at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 247. Ibid. 248. Pike County,
Georgia, Marriages, p.318. 249. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 250. Ibid. 251. Ibid. 252. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 253.
Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 254. Pike County, Georgia, Marriages,
p.318. 255. Emily
Mann Bible, online at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 256. Holcomb, Death and
Obituary Notices, p. 153. Issue of December 6, 1871: "Mrs. Mary A. Mann,
wife of Samuel F. Mann and daughter of John and Nancy Means, died in
Zebulon, Pike co., Ga., 4th of November 1871, in her 29th year". 257. Emily Mann Bible,
online at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 258. Holcomb, Death and
Obituary Notices, p. 153, issue of December 6, 1871. 259. Emily Mann Bible,
online at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 260. Ibid. 261. Ibid. 262. Ibid. 263. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 264. Conn, Allie Ruth Fitzpatrick,
conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia -- gives birth year
as 1844 and death year as 1918. 265. Pike County, Georgia, Marriages,
p.203. 266. unknown
compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at
Columbus, Georgia -- gives birth year as 1844 and death year as 1918. 267. Ibid., conversation
of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 268. Ibid. 269. unknown author, Pike County, Georgia
Cemetery Records (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), p. 101. 270. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 271.
unknown compiler, compiler, "Meansville Cemetery, Meansville, Pike County,
Georgia"; grave of "Eugenia Collier", Ancestral File unknown repository,
unknown repository address. 272. Pike County, Georgia, Marriages,
p.221. 273. unknown
author, Pike County, Georgia Cemetery, p. 101. 274. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, grave of "Eugenia Collier": gives date
of death as 23 October 1913". 275. unknown author, Pike County, Georgia
Cemetery, p. 101. 276. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, grave of "Eugenia Collier". 277. unknown author, Pike
County, Georgia Cemetery, p. 101. 278. 1867 Voter Returns, Pike County, Georgia,
p 29, (Oath Book 5, p 182). 279. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, grave of "W. H. Collier". 280. unknown author, Pike
County, Georgia Cemetery, p. 101. 281. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, grave of "W. H. Collier". 282. unknown author, Pike
County, Georgia Cemetery, p. 101. 283. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, grave of "W. H. Collier". 284. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 285. Ibid. 286. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, grave of "Vines Lester Collier". 287. Ibid. 288. Ibid. 289. Ibid., grave of
"Richard Olin Collier". 290. Ibid. 291. Ibid. 292. Ibid., gives birthdate as 17 August
1860. 293. unknown
author, Pike County, Georgia Cemetery, p. 99. 294. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 295. Pike
County, Georgia, Marriages, p. 399. 296. Lambdin, History, p. 376 (gives name as
"Mettie" -- no marriage date or place). 297. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, dates given are: "17 August 1860 - 19
October 1932". 298.
unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery, Meansville, Pike," Ancestral
File. 299. unknown
compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at
Columbus, Georgia. 300. unknown article title, Obituary of
Marietta A. Means Aldredge from The Journal (Atlanta?), unknown
location. 301.
unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery, Meansville, Pike," Ancestral
File. 302. 1880
Census, Pike, p. 9, family # 79. 303. Abbott, History, "1850 Federal Census of
Jones County," p.168, house #285 (gives his age as 5). 304. unknown compiler,
1910 Federal Population Census for the State of Georgia, Pike County (n.p.:
n.pub.), p. 14, Meansville - Barnesville Road. Hereinafter cited as 1910
Census, Pike. 305.
Abbott, History, "1850 Federal Census of Jones County," p.168, house #285
(gives his age as 13 and birthplace as Georgia). 306. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File. 307. Ibid., compiled by Linda Wood (tombstone
gives his name as "James Luther Aldridge"). 308. Fincher Cemetery Tombstones, compiled by
Linda Wood. 309.
unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February
1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 310. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File. 311. Obituary of Marietta A. 312. unknown compiler,
"Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda
Wood. 313. unknown
compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at
Columbus, Georgia. 314. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda Wood. 315. Conversations with
Almeda Hines Fincher Donalson. 316. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, the tombstone gives his name as "Ray A.
Aldredge" with the dates 1887 - 1930. 317. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 318. unknown compiler,
"Meansville Cemetery, Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File. 319. unknown compiler,
"Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus,
Georgia. 320.
unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery, Meansville, Pike," Ancestral
File. 321. 1867
Voter Returns, Pike County, Georgia, p 22, (Oath Book 5, p 43). 322. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #11). 323. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 261, obituary of "Mrs. William R. Hickson". 324. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #11). 325. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, pgs. 41 and 261, obituary of "Mrs. William R. Hickson". 326. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82. 327. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 261, obituary of "Mrs. William R. Hickson". 328. Ibid. 329. 1870 Federal
Population Census for the State of Georgia, Houston County, Series M 593,
p. 254, in Perry, dwelling 545, family 556; Head of Household: Harvey
Hickson. 330. M. H.
Hickson household, Cordele, p. 44, ED 95, DN 888, FN 1008, 23 June 1900,
1900 U.S. Census, Dooly County, Georgia, population schedule, National
Archives micropublication. 331. William R. Henry, Houston County, Georgia
Marriage Records, Books A, B, C, and D, 1825-1898 (Warner Robins, GA:
Central Georgia Genealogical Society, 1986), Book C, 1864-1875. M. H. Hixon
married M. E. Aldridge (gives date as 10 July). 332. 1870 Census, Houston, p. 254, in Perry,
dwelling 545, family 556; Head of Household: Harvey Hickson. 333. Houston County,
Georgia, 1869 Tax Digest , 10th District (Kemps). James L. Aldridge acted
as agent for Harvey Hickson, [on microfilm at Washington Memorial Library,
Macon, Georgia]. 334. Houston County, Georgia, Court of
Ordinary, Marriages, Book C, 1864-1875, p. 22, Washington Memorial Library,
Macon, Georgia, microfilm reel # 3586. 335. 1900 U.S. Census, Dooly County, Georgia,
M. H. Hickson household, p. 44, ED 95, DN 888, FN 1008, 23 June 1900. 336. M. Harvey Hickson
obituary, Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, 18 August 1910. Hereinafter
cited as M. Harvey Hickson obituary. 337. Ibid. 338. Addie Paramore, comp. Howell and William
R., ed. Henry, 1860 Federal Census for Houston County, Georgia (Population
Schedule) (Warner Robins, GA: Central Georgia Genealogical Society, 1986),
Dwelling No. 881, Head of Household: Bollin E. Morris (gives her age as
14). Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census, Houston. 339. Abbott, History, Vol. 3, p. 158: "1850
Federal Census of Jones County"; (House # 575, gives her age as 7). 340. 1870 Census,
Houston, p. 254, Dwelling No. 545, Family No. 566 (gives her age as
24). 341. "Robert
L. Persall" household, Cordele, p. 6, ED 95, DN 102, FN 121, 1900 Census,
Dooly County, Georgia, population schedule. 342. M. Harvey Hickson obituary, 18 August
1910. 343. 1870
Census, Houston, p. 254, in Perry, dwelling 545, family 556; Head of
Household: Harvey Hickson. 344. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 145, obituary of James Lester Hickson. 345. Ibid. 346. Ibid. 347. 1900 U.S. Census,
Dooly County, Georgia, M. H. Hickson household, p. 44, ED 95, DN 888, FN
1008, 23 June 1900. 348. Ibid. 349. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 170 (obituary of Mr. W. C. Reviere). 350. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #13). 351. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 41 (tombstone, Evergreen Cemetery; no dates). 352. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82. 353. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 229, obituary of "Mrs. Nettie Reveire Hickson". 354. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #13); the tombstone gives birth date as
"12 November 1842". 355. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 229, obituary of "Mrs. Nettie Reveire Hickson". 356. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82 (plot U-3, grave #13). 357. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 229, obituary of "Mrs. Nettie Reveire Hickson". 358. Ibid. 359. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 82. 360. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 277 (obituary of Miss Beulah Hickson). 361. Ibid. 362. Ibid. 363. Ibid. 364. Ibid., p. 161
(obituary of Johnnie Hickson). 365. Ibid. 366. Ibid. 367. Ibid. 368. Mills, Evergreen Cemetery, p. 88 (plot
V-29, grave #2). 369. Ibid., p. 88 (plot V-29, grave #1). 370. Ibid. 371. Ibid., p. 88. 372. Ibid., p. 88 (plot
V-29, grave #2). 373. Ibid. 374. Ibid., p. 88. 375. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 249, obituary of Marion W. Hickson. 376. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 88 (plot V-29, grave #3). 377. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 249, obituary of Marion W. Hickson. 378. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 88 (plot V-29, grave #3). 379. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 41. 380. Mills, Evergreen Cemetery, p. 88. 381. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 249, obituary of Marion W. Hickson. 382. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 96. 383. Ibid. 384. Holcomb, Marriage Notices, 1867, p. 260,
issue of 13 February 1877; "By Rev. R. L. Wiggins, December 7, 1876, in
Houston County, Ga., Mr. Perry Smoak to Miss Sallie Means, daughter of Dr.
Means". 385. Mills,
Evergreen Cemetery, p. 96. 386. Ibid. 387. Ibid. 388. Ibid. 389. Ibid. 390. Ibid. 391. Ibid. 392. Ibid. 393. Means, "Means Line charts". 394. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 250, obituary of "Mrs. Pauline Pool
Means". 395. Means,
"Means Line charts". 396. Ibid. 397. Ibid. 398. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 250, obituary of "Mrs. Pauline Pool Means". 399. Means, "Means Line
charts". 400.
Howell, Houston Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 250, obituary of "Mrs.
Pauline Pool Means". 401. Ibid. 402. Means, "Means Line charts". 403. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 92, lot W-5, grave #2. 404. Alice Means Smoak. 405. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 92, lot W-5, grave #2. 406. Ibid., p. 92. 407. Ibid., p. 92, lot W-5, grave #1. 408. Alice Means
Smoak. 409. Mills,
Evergreen Cemetery, p. 92, lot W-5, grave #1. 410. Alice Means Smoak. 411. Mills, Evergreen
Cemetery, p. 92. 412. Ibid., p. 92, lot W-5, grave #1. 413. Ibid. 414. Ibid., p. 92. 415. Ibid., p. 92, lot
W-5, grave #1. 416.
Ibid., p. 92, lot W-5, grave #5. 417. Ibid., p. 92. 418. Ibid., p. 92, lot W-5, grave #1. 419. Ibid., p. 96, lot
W-18, grave #1. 420. Ibid. 421. UDC, Georgia Roster, Vol. ?,
p.128. 422. Mills,
Evergreen Cemetery, p. 92, lot W-5, grave #6. 423. Ibid., p. 92, lot W-5, grave #1. 424. Ibid., p. 92, lot
W-5, grave #6. 425.
Ibid., p. 92. 426.
Ibid., p. 92, lot W-5, grave #1. 427. Ibid. 428. Ibid., p. 92. 429. Lambdin, History, p. 376. 430. Members of the Upson
County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Upson County, p. 122. 431. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 432. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by Robert Brown Cole (gives
birth place as Monroe County). 433. Lambdin, History, p. 376. 434. Members of the Upson
County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Upson County, p. 122. 435. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 436. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 437.
Members of the Upson County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Upson County,
p. 122. 438. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 439. Lambdin, History, p. 376. 440. Members of the Upson
County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Upson County, p. 122 (from
Thomaston courthouse square, go out Crest Highway 6 6/10 miles, turn left
on Hickman Fork Road. Go 4 1/10 miles and on left of road are church and
cemetery. ). 441.
Ibid., p. 122. 442.
Ibid. 443.
Ibid. 444.
Ibid. 445. Lambdin,
History, p.376. 446. Members of the Upson County Historical
Society, Cemeteries of Upson County, p. 122. 447. Ibid. 448. Ibid. 449. Lambdin, History, p.376. 450. Fredonia
Cemetery. 451.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 452. Stock, "Pedigree charts". 453. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 454. Lambdin, History, p.376 (gives only year
of marriage). 455.
Turk, "Family Information," e-mail to Linda F. Wood, of 2 September 1998,
concerning "Family Treemaker's Marriage Index, GA: 1851-1900". 456. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole (gives only marriage year, 1873). 457. Stock, "Pedigree
charts". 458.
Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 459. Fredonia
Cemetery. 460. J.
T. and F. M. Means obituary, The Barnesville News-Gazette, Barnesville,
Georgia, 1 February 1940, page one, (gives day of death as "Wednesday,"
which would have been January 31, 1940). Hereinafter cited as Means
brothers obituary. 461. Stock, "Pedigree charts". 462. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole. 463. Fredonia Cemetery. 464. Means brothers
obituary, 1 February 1940, page one. 465. Ibid. 466. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 467.
Fredonia Cemetery. 468. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by Robert Brown Cole (gives
birthdate as 28 March 1859). 469. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 470.
Fredonia Cemetery. 471. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 472. Fredonia
Cemetery. 473.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 474. Fredonia Cemetery, (gives date of death
as 1908). 475.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 476. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 477.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 478. Fredonia Cemetery. 479. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole. 480. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 481.
Fredonia Cemetery. 482. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 483.
Fredonia Cemetery. 484. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 485.
Ibid. 486. Fredonia
Cemetery. 487.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 488. Fredonia
Cemetery. 489.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 490. Fredonia
Cemetery. 491.
Ibid. 492. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 493. Ibid. 494. Lambdin, History, p.376. 495. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 496. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 497. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 498. Lambdin, History, p.376 (lists his name
as "Berl Green". 499. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 500.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 501. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 502.
Lambdin, History, p.376 (gives only year of death -- 1811). 503. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 504. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 505. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 506. Lambdin, History, p.376. 507. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 508. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 509. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 510. Lambdin, History, p.376. 511. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 512. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 513. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 514. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 515.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 516. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 517.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 518. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 519.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 520. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 521.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 522. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 523.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 524. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 525. Guess or assumption by Linda F.
Wood. 526. Lambdin,
History, p.376 -- does not give date of birth, but siblings appear to be
listed in birth order. 527. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 528. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 529. Lambdin, History, p.376. 530. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole. 531. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 532.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 533. Ibid. 534. Ibid. 535. Ibid. 536. Ibid. 537. Ibid. 538. Ibid., p.376, gives birthdate as 13
December 1855. 539.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", sheet from files of Allie Means
Sappington -- the author of the handwritten sheet is identified only as a
great grandchild of John Thomas Means and states that he was born 30
December 1855. A family group sheet created by Robert B. Cole gives his
birthday as 13 December 1855. 540. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 541.
Lambdin, History, p.377. 542. Marriage License of "Mr. J. T. Means and
Miss Annie A. Thurmond," 15 February 1882, County Clerk's Office, Forsyth,
Georgia: p. 55d. A photocopy of the license (marriage book not identified)
was made by Elaine Turk and is in the possession of Linda Wood. Hereinafter
cited as Monroe County Marriages. 543. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998",
handwritten sheet from files of Allie Means Sappington. 544. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 545. Means brothers obituary, 1 February 1940,
page one. 546. John
Thomas Means obituary, 2 February 1940. 547. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998",
handwritten sheet from files of Allie Means Sappington. 548. Fredonia
Cemetery. 549.
Means brothers obituary, 1 February 1940, page one. 550. Ibid. 551. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", handwritten sheet from files of Allie Means Sappington,
unknown author. 552. Ibid., handwritten sheet from files of
Allie Means Sappington. 553. Ibid., Family Group Sheet for John Thomas
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 554. Ibid. 555. Lambdin, History, p.377. 556. Ibid. 557. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole. 558. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 559.
Lambdin, History, p.377. 560. Joyce Lett Quinn, Georgia Genealogical
Society Quarterly (Atlanta: Georgia Genealogical Society, n.d.), Fall 1991,
Vol. 27, No. 3, p.154, "Deaths and Marriages from the Wesleyan Christian
Index," abstracted by Virginia Harvey. 561. Turk, "Family Information," e-mail to
Linda F. Wood, of 2 September 1998, concerning "Family Treemaker's Marriage
Index, GA: 1851-1900". 562. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 199, obituary of "Mrs. Leila Means". 563. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 564. Lambdin, History, p.377. 565. Howell, Houston
Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 199, obituary of "Mrs. Leila Means". 566. Ibid. 567. Ibid. 568. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson Means, created by
Robert Brown Cole. 569. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932, "Sarah A Born 1866 maried Robert Hamlin 1889". 570. Lambdin, History,
p.377. 571. Cole,
"Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for James Anderson Means,
created by Robert Brown Cole. 572. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932, "Sarah A Born 1866 maried Robert Hamlin 1889". 573. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998". 574.
Lambdin, History, p.377. 575. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998". 576. Lambdin, History,
p.377. 577.
Ibid. 578. Cole,
"Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998". 579. Lambdin, History, p.377. 580. Cole, "Cole packet,
24 Oct 1998". 581.
Lambdin, History, p.377. 582. Ibid. 583. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998". 584. Lambdin, History,
p.377. 585.
Ibid. 586. Letter,
Means to Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 587. Lambdin, History, p.377. 588. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 589. Lambdin, History, p.377. 590. Ibid. 591. Ibid. 592. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 593. Ibid. 594. Jane Means Elliott's Obituary, March
1915. 595. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports", gives date of death as
1918. 596. Jane
Means Elliott's Obituary, March 1915, (1915), states that Permelia has been
dead several years. 597. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 598.
Ibid. 599.
Ibid. 600.
Ibid. 601.
Ibid. 602.
Ibid. 603.
Ibid. 604.
Ibid. 605.
Ibid. 606.
Ibid. 607. History
of Pike County, 1822-1989. 608. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 609.
Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report", [sources
indicated for this person are: "Tombstone at Fredonia Church Cem.,
Barnesville, Lamar Co., GA" and "History of Pike Co., GA 1822-1989, Vol. 1,
594-595"]. 610.
History of Pike County, 1822-1989. 611. Ibid. 612. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 613.
Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). unknown
repository (unknown repository address), E-Mail of 12 August 1998 to Linda
F. Wood. 614. John
M. Means obituary, 3 January 1933. 615. Ibid. 616. History of Pike County, 1822-1989. 617. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 618. History of Pike County, 1822-1989. 619. Interview, unknown
informant, E-Mail of 12 August 1998 to Linda F. Wood. 620. Turk, "James Means,
Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report", gives only county and state of
birth. 621. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 622. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", gives date of marriage and place as "probably
Pike County, Georgia". 623. John M. Means obituary, 3 January 1933,
gives her name as Lucy Howell. 624. Ibid., gives her name as "Mrs. H. M.
Marsden". 625.
unknown compiler, 1900 Federal Population Census for the State of Georgia,
Pike County (n.p.: n.pub.), Page 135 B, Dwelling No. 35, Family No. 40.
Hereinafter cited as 1900 Census, Pike. 626. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", gives year of birth. 627. Interview, unknown
informant, E-Mail of 12 August 1998 to Linda F. Wood. 628. Turk, "James Means,
Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report". 629. History of Pike County, 1822-1989. 630. Turk, "James Means,
Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report", gives birth year. 631. History of Pike
County, 1822-1989. 632. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report". 633. Caroline Godard Means' obituary, in an
unknown newspaper, c. July 1962 Photocopied by Elaine Turk from the family
papers of Allie Means Sappington. Hereinafter cited as Caroline Godard
Means' obituary. 634. Ibid. 635. Ibid. 636. Lambdin, History, p. 380. 637. Caroline Godard
Means' obituary, c. July 1962. 638. Ibid. 639. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", gives birth year. 640. John M. Means obituary, 3 January
1933. 641. Turk,
"James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann McKenzie descendancy report". 642. Barnesville News
Gazette, 29 March 1923. 643. Turk, "James Means, Jr. - Mary Ann
McKenzie descendancy report", gives death year. 644. Obituary of "Mrs. S. R. Green" from an
unknown newspaper, no date. Photocopied by Elaine Turk from the family
papers of Allie Means Sappington. Hereinafter cited as Fannie Green's
obituary. 645.
Ibid. 646.
Ibid. 647. Howell,
Houston Cemeteries and Obituaries, p. 48. 648. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 649. Ibid. 650. Ibid. 651. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 48. 652. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 653. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 48. 654. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 655. Ibid. 656. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 251. 657. Ibid. 658. Emily Mann Bible, online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 659. Ibid. 660. Ibid. 661. Ibid. 662. Ibid. 663. Ibid., online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm> (recorded by his dauther
Emily Mann Edwards). 664. Ibid. 665. Ibid., online at
<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/bible003.htm>. 666. Ibid. 667. Ibid. 668. Ibid. 669. Ibid. 670. Ibid. 671. Ibid. 672. Ibid. 673. Ibid. 674. Ibid. 675. Ibid. 676. Ibid. 677. Ibid. 678. Ibid. 679. Ibid. 680. Unknown author, "List of Those Buried in
Fincher Memorial Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia," February 27, 1996,
Section 1, Fincher-Trice-Collier Plot. 681. Ibid. 682. Ibid. 683. Ibid. 684. Evelyn Davis Fincher and Ann Wilson
Fincher, Fincher in the USA, 1683-1900 (Greenville, SC: A. Press, Inc.,
1981), p. 241. 685.
Ibid. 686. unknown
compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File. 687. Fincher and Fincher,
Fincher in USA, 1683-1900, p. 241. 688. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File. 689. Ibid. 690. Howell, Houston Cemeteries and
Obituaries, p. 279, obituary of "Mrs. Martha C. Pool". 691. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 692. History of Pike County, 1822-1989, p.
414. 693. Fincher
and Fincher, Fincher in USA, 1683-1900, p. 245, erroneously gives name as
"Claudia A. Aldridge". 694. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda Wood. 695. Fincher and Fincher,
Fincher in USA, 1683-1900, p. 245. 696. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda Wood. 697. Fincher and Fincher,
Fincher in USA, 1683-1900, p. 245, erroneously gives name as "James Fort
Fincher". 698.
unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File,
compiled by Linda Wood. 699. Fincher and Fincher, Fincher in USA,
1683-1900, p. 245, erroneously gives place of death as "Pike County,
GA". 700. Fincher,
James Travis and Almeda Fincher Donalson. 701. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda Wood. 702. unknown compiler,
"List of Those Buried," Ancestral File, Section 1, Fincher Plot. 703. unknown compiler,
"Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda
Wood. 704.
Ibid. 705.
Ibid. 706. unknown
compiler, "List of Those Buried," Ancestral File, Section 1, Fincher
Plot. 707. unknown
compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File,
compiled by Linda Wood. 708. Fincher and Fincher, Fincher in USA,
1683-1900, p. 245, gives month and year of birth. 709. Headstone
inscriptions, Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia, author's visit of
November 1, 1998, author's visit of November 1, 1998, In possession of
Linda Wood, Birmingham, Alabama. 710. Ibid. 711. unknown compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher
Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda Wood. 712. Ibid. 713. unknown compiler,
"List of Those Buried," Ancestral File, Section 1, Fincher Plot. 714. unknown compiler,
"Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda
Wood. 715.
Ibid. 716.
Ibid. 717. unknown
compiler, "List of Those Buried," Ancestral File, Section 1, Fincher
Plot. 718. unknown
compiler, "Gravestones, Fincher Memorial Cemetery," Ancestral File,
compiled by Linda Wood. 719. Linda Wood (unknown informant
address). 720.
Ibid. 721.
Interview, unknown informant, in conversation at her home in Pell City, AL,
23 April 1996. 722.
Fincher, James Travis and Almeda D. Hines Marriage Certificate, 15 August
1936, "This Certifies that on the fifteenth day of August in the year of
our Lord 1936, James T. Fincher, Jr. and Miss Almeda Hines were by me
united in Marriage at the Methodist Parsonage in DeLand according to the
Ordinance of God and Laws of the State of Florida. Witnesses: O. Alton
Murphy, Ferne A. Bauman, Mrs. Oliver Murphy". 723. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia -- gives
birthdate as 8 May 1876. 724. Obituary of Marietta A. 725. unknown compiler,
"List of Those Buried," Ancestral File. 726. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia -- gives death
date as 13 May 1937. 727. unknown compiler, "List of Those Buried,"
Ancestral File, Section 2, Lot 2 - R.R. Carter. 728. Fincher and Fincher, Fincher in USA,
1683-1900, p. 63. 729. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 730. unknown compiler,
"List of Those Buried," Ancestral File. 731. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 732. unknown compiler,
"List of Those Buried," Ancestral File, Section 2, Lot 2 - R.R.
Carter. 733.
Fincher and Fincher, Fincher in USA, 1683-1900, p. 63. 734. unknown compiler,
"Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus,
Georgia. 735.
Fincher and Fincher, Fincher in USA, 1683-1900, p. 63. 736. unknown compiler,
"Conn, Ruth," Ancestral File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus,
Georgia. 737.
Obituary of Marietta A. 738. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 739. Ibid. 740. Ibid. 741. Ibid. 742. Ibid. 743. Ibid. 744. Ibid. 745. Ibid. 746. unknown compiler,
"Meansville Cemetery, Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File, compiled by Linda
Wood. 747. Obituary
of Maybel Aldredge Harvey in "The Ledger" (Meansville, Georgia), 1 November
1924, p. 2; in possession of Linda F. Wood. 748. unknown compiler, "Meansville Cemetery,
Meansville, Pike," Ancestral File. 749. Ibid. 750. Obituary of Maybel Aldredge, 1 November
1924, 2. 751.
Ibid. 752.
Interview, unknown informant. 753. Obituary of Maybel Aldredge, 1 November
1924, 2. 754. Guess
or assumption, (year of birth of first child, Ralph A. Aldredge =
1916). 755.
Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). unknown
repository (unknown repository address). 756. unknown compiler, "Conn, Ruth," Ancestral
File, conversation of 23 February 1981 at Columbus, Georgia. 757. Interview, unknown
informant, 20 April 1997. 758. Interview, unknown informant. 759. 1900 Census, Dooly
County, Georgia, "Robert L. Persall" household, p. 6, ED 95, DN 102, FN
121. 760. 1870
Census, Houston, p. 254, in Perry, dwelling 545, family 556; Head of
Household: Harvey Hickson. 761. M. Harvey Hickson obituary, 18 August
1910. 762. 1900
Census, Dooly County, Georgia, "Robert L. Persall" household, p. 6, ED 95,
DN 102, FN 121. 763. Ibid. 764. "Robt L. Parsel" household, Cordele, p.
23B, ED 24, DN 37, FN 38, April 15, 1910, 1910 U. S. Census, Crisp County,
Georgia, population schedule, National Archives micropublication. 765. 1900 Census, Dooly
County, Georgia, "Robert L. Persall" household, p. 6, ED 95, DN 102, FN
121. 766.
Ibid. 767.
Ibid. 768. 1910 U.
S. Census, Crisp County, Georgia, "Robt L. Parsel" household, p. 23B, ED
24, DN 37, FN 38, April 15, 1910. 769. Ibid. 770. Ibid. 771. 1900 U.S. Census, Dooly County, Georgia,
M. H. Hickson household, p. 44, ED 95, DN 888, FN 1008, 23 June 1900. 772. "Claude D. Clarke
Dies of Attack," Macon County Citizen-Montezuma Georgian, Montezuma,
Georgia, 17 March 1938. Hereinafter cited as Claude D. Clarke
obituary. 773.
Ibid. 774.
Ibid. 775.
Ibid. 776. Ibid.,
posted on the Macon County, Georgia, Obituary Forum at
<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/MaconObits?read=675>. 777. Claude D. Clarke
obituary, 17 March 1938. 778. Mills, Evergreen Cemetery, p. 88 (plot
V-29, grave #5). 779. Ibid., p. 88 (plot V-29, grave #4). 780. Ibid. 781. Ibid., p. 88. 782. Ibid., p. 88 (plot
V-29, grave #5). 783. Ibid. 784. Ibid., p. 88. 785. Ibid., p. 88 (plot V-29, grave #6). 786. Ibid. 787. Ibid., p. 88. 788. Means, "Means Line
charts". 789.
Ibid. 790.
Ibid. 791.
Ibid. 792.
Ibid. 793.
Ibid. 794.
Ibid. 795.
Ibid. 796.
Ibid. 797.
Ibid. 798.
Ibid. 799.
Ibid. 800.
Ibid. 801.
Ibid. 802.
Ibid. 803.
Ibid. 804.
Ibid. 805.
Ibid. 806. Lambdin,
History, p.376. 807. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 808.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 809. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 810.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 811. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 812.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 813. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 814.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 815. Ibid. 816. Ibid. 817. Ibid. 818. Ibid. 819. Ibid. 820. Ibid. 821. Ibid. 822. Ibid. 823. Ibid. 824. Ibid. 825. Ibid. 826. Lambdin, History,
p.376. 827. Stock,
"Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 828. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 829. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 830. Lambdin, History, p.376. 831. Stock, "Means,
James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 832. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for Francis Marion Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 833. Letter, Means to
Allie Means Sappington, circa 1932. 834. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 835.
Ibid. 836.
Ibid. 837.
Ibid. 838.
Ibid. 839.
Ibid. 840.
Ibid. 841. Lambdin,
History, p.376. 842. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 843.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 844. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 845.
Lambdin, History, p.376. 846. Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie
reports". 847.
Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family Group Sheet for Francis Marion
Means, created by Robert Brown Cole. 848. Letter, Means to Allie Means Sappington,
circa 1932. 849.
Stock, "Means, James--Mary Ann McKenzie reports". 850. Ibid. 851. Ibid. 852. Ibid. 853. Ibid. 854. Ibid. 855. Ibid. 856. Ibid. 857. John Thomas Means
obituary, 2 February 1940. 858. Lambdin, History, p.377. 859. Turk, "Family
Information," e-mail to Linda F. Wood, 4 January 2000 -- to Linda F
Wood. 860. John
Thomas Means obituary, 2 February 1940. 861. Lambdin, History, p. 377. 862. Ibid. 863. Ibid., p.377. 864. Ibid. 865. Ibid. 866. Ibid., p.377; p. 401
(biography of Sappington family calls her "Allie"; p. 332. 867. John Thomas Means
obituary, 2 February 1940. 868. Lambdin, History, p. 332. 869. Ibid. 870. Ibid. 871. John Thomas Means
obituary, 2 February 1940. 872. Cole, "Cole packet, 24 Oct 1998", Family
Group Sheet for John Thomas Means, created by Robert Brown
Cole.