Emmie married Murray FORD in 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dooly

William married SarahVan HOUSTON on 24 Sep 1899 in Worth County, Georgia. SarahVan (daughter of George Roman HOUSTON and Sarah VAN CALHOUN) was born on 25 Nov 1879 in Worth County, Georgia; died on 19 Dec 1963 in Milledgeville, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Cemetery, Doles, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Doctor married Georgia Ann FORD on 27 Mar 1856 in Worth County ,Georgia. Georgia (daughter of Robert Graham FORD and Daty Smith TISON) was born on 11 Mar 1842 in Georgia; died on 28 Oct 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note hard to find McCorvey surname, listed as laborer in George R. Houstons 1880 census family
Also: Ella Sophronie McCorvey was wife to Charles Hadley Moore, age 18 US 1880 census.

Census Place: District 1121, Worth, Georgia 1880 US Census
Source: FHL Film 1254172 National Archives Film T9-0172 Page 508A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
George R. HOUSTON Self M M W 29 GA
Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: GA
Sarah V. HOUSTON Wife F M W 30 GA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: GA
Lula HOUSTON Dau F S W 7 GA
Fa: GA Mo: GA
Arrilla HOUSTON Dau F S W 6 GA
Fa: GA Mo: GA
Nancy J. HOUSTON Dau F S W 4 GA
Fa: GA Mo: GA
Cley R. HOUSTON Son M S W 2 GA
Fa: GA Mo: GA
Sarah V. HOUSTON Dau F S W 2M GA
Fa: GA Mo: GA
Daniel MCCORVEY Other M S W 21 GA
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: GA Mo: GA

George married Sarah VAN CALHOUN in 1875 in Lee County, Georgia. Sarah (daughter of George CALHOUN and Nancy STORY) was born on 25 Oct 1849 in Georgia; died on 27 Apr 1893 in Worth County, Georgia; was buried in Red Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Doles, Worth County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Dooly County GaArchives News.....Grand Jury Presentments December 2 1846

Albany Patriot [newspaper] microfilm Apr 16 1845-Nov 1847

Georgia, Dooly County.
The Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen and selected for said county, at November
Term, eighteen hundred and forty six, in bringing the business of the present
term to a close, respectfully ask leave to make the following Presentments:
We congratulate, with feelings of emotion, the return of plenty, and the
prosperity of the country.
We present, with feelings of deep regret and condemnation, the continued
commission of crime by the citizens of our county, professing to live in a
Christian country and a civilized community, of petty and frivolous offences,
swelling the criminal docket to an alarming extent.
We recommend to the Inferior court of our county to cause a safe and
suitable Jail to be erected as near our Court House as can be conveniently
situated.
We recommend to the different Justices of the Peace in the several
Districts, to cause the public roads to be put in good order, as they are much
neglected, and some of them almost impassable.
We further recommend that they enforce rigidly, the Patrol laws in the
several districts.
We recommend, and make it a special request, that the Inferior court, or
the Commissioners of the Poor School Fund of our county, cause the same to be
properly applied—and placed in such a situation that they can at all times be
applied to the object for which they were intended, as we hear of much
complaint of the misapplication of that fund.
We allow to Seth Kellum, Tax Collector for the year 1836 [sic], sixty-six
dolloars and six cents, for his insolvent list on the amount, of the State Tax,
and forty-four dollars and five cents on his insolvent list on the County Tax.
And we further recommend to the Tax Collector to return and pay back to William
B Maddox, as Guardian of John T Webb, the sum of eight dollars, as over-charged
and collected from him on his tax for the present year.
We have nothing more of a publich character that we deem worthy of our
consideration. In taking leave of his Honor, Judge Warren, he has our
approbaton and high regard for the fidelity vigilance, and impartiality in the
administration of Justice to parties in litigation, and particularly in dealing
out to offenders and violators of law, good order, &c.
We also tender our regard to William J Patterson, for his attention and
politeness to our body during the present Term.
We request these, our presentments to be published in the Albany papers.
MOSES PIPKIN, Foreman.
James M. Graham, Henry Pettee.
Matthew Smith, Lewellen Mashburn,
Nathan Youngblood, Thomas Whitsett,
John C Ross, Duncan L Flemming,
Jacob Watson, Jacob J Swearingen,
Allen Waters, Alexander Merriwether,
Oliver P Swearingin, Martin Roberts,
Raiford Royal, Abner Tison,
John W. Come, William Roberts,
Thomas Johnson,
A true extract from the Minutes of the Court, this November 26, 1846.
THOMAS H KEY, c.s.d.c.

Abner married Rebecca Ann DILLARD. Rebecca (daughter of Phillip DILLARD and Sara Savage ADAMS) was born on 22 Oct 1816 in Edgefield, South Carolina; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Daty Smith TISON on 28 Jan 1830. Daty (daughter of Joab TISON and Sylvia Eason SMITH) was born on 27 Mar 1814 in Dooly County, Georgia; died in 1842 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Item1./
History of Worth County
Worth County was created in 1853 from Dooly and Irwin Counties. Worth County was named for Major General William James Worth, son-in-law of Zachary Taylor. Major William A. Harris, a leader in organizing the new county, served under General Worth in the Mexican War.

The county's first known inhabitants were the Apalachee Indians. Their nation was destroyed in a war between the Florida Spanish and the Carolina English. When Oglethorpe arrived more 30 years later to establish the Colony of Georgia, the area was occupied by the Lower Creek Indians.

San Bernard was the original County Seat. It's location was approximately where the Isabella Cemetery is now. The County Seat was moved a mile east from San Bernard and named Isabella in 1854. In 1872, the Brunswick & Albany (now the Seaboard Coast Line) Railroad was built, passing 3 miles south of Isabella. Towns began to be formed along the railway line, like Sumner, Poulan and Sylvester and in 1904, after a bitter power struggle, the County Seat was moved to to it's permanent spot: Sylvester.

Item 2./ 1860 Daugherty County, Georgia census: 6-14-1860

Name Home Age Est Birth Yr Birthplace Gender

G Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 45 1814 North Carolina Male
E Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 46 1813 Louisiana;Virginia Female
James Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 24 1835 Dooly Male
Jane Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 20 1839 Dooly Female
John D Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 19 1840 Georgia Male
Lucy Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 18 1841 Georgia Female
E Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 13 1846 Georgia Female
George Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 11 1848 Georgia Male
Emily Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 5 1854 Georgia Female
Adia Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 1 1858 Dougherty Female
Martha Houston Not Stated, Dougherty, GA 18 1841 Georgia Female
((Note that this last Martha is not connected to any other Houston family yet, but is surely not one of John and Elizabeths children))

Item 3./ 1870 Worth County, Georgia census: 8-29-1870 (With 2nd wife)

Name Home Age EstBirthYr Birthplace Race Gender
George Houston District 14, Worth, GA 54 abt 1816 North Carolina White Male
Ann Houston District 14, Worth, GA 36 abt 1834 Georgia White Fem
Emily Houston District 14, Worth, GA 13 abt 1857 Georgia White Fem
Ada Houston District 14, Worth, GA 10 abt 1860 Georgia White Fem
Sarah Houston District 14, Worth, GA 8 abt 1862 Georgia White Fem
Malinda Houston District 14, Worth, GA 6 abt 1864 Georgia White Fem
Thomas Houston District 14, Worth, GA 4 abt 1866 Georgia White Male
Edward Houston District 14, Worth, GA 2 abt 1868 Georgia White Male
Julia Houston District 14, Worth, GA 9/12 abt 1861 Georgia White Fem

Item 4./

Historical Note: Andrew Jackson was President in 1832 when he ordered all Indians east of the Mississippi, to be moved West. This was one of the sadest edicts of this and for all time in the History of the United States. Andrew Jackson imposed his will on the Presidency, the people, the banking industry and the landscape of America. He was not a good delegator, and fired the members of his Cabinet, in some instances several times, when they would not do his exact bidding. He was a born fighter and dualed several times, and had two lead balls in his body from these contests. Jackson was censured by his Democratic Party for firing 3 Secretary of the Treasurys in order to change the Federal Banking methods. He was the only President to be censured. He was given the name "Jackass" by his Party, which soon became the symbol assumed by his Democratic Party. He was the first and last President to leave the Government debt free at his parting. Andrew Jackson used the Presidential veto 12 times, supassed only by Andrew Johnson (25), who took over after the assassination of Lincoln. As a final note, Johnson later missed being impeached by only one vote, because he did not want to punish the South, after the Civil War.

Item 5./

History of Red Oak Baptist Church, Doles, Ga. Worth County, Georgia.
Red Oak Baptist Church was founded November 5, 1864. Mike Champion gave the land for the Red Oak Baptist Church to be built upon. The church got its name because of the large Red Oak trees on this plot. The first church was made from hewn logs. It was 30 feet wide and 40 feet long. The hurch does not have the records when the second church was built, because of a fire in the clerk's home many ol records are gone forever. But the second church was a frame building with shutters for doors and windows and it had no ceiling. One service per month on the first Sunday was held then. The present church is the third one and it was built in 1890. The charter members include the BROWN family, as well as mention of DOWNS family; and many more surnames, Hobby, etc. Luerana Brown was a Charter Member. The church house was built near the southeast corner of Lot of Land # 90; in the 16th District of Worth County, Ga. Red Oak Baptist Church had had thirty-four pastors through the years. The cemetery has two parts; one enclosed in the fence and the second part next to the Creek that runs nearby for those families who had sharecroppers, etc. There were in the past both black and white church members attending this church. The first black members in 1855 (8) of them (this was before the Civil War). The first lights for the church were kereosene lamps, then in 1910 gas lights were added, and then 1940 the church added electricity. Red Oak Baptist Church celebrated its 100th Year Anniversary October 31, 1954.
CEMETERY RECORDS:
(this record is the best that could be obtained. There are numerous blank plots that the name was not known listed.) All records were burned in a Clerk's house that caught fire.

George married Elizabeth POSEY about 1835. Elizabeth was born about 1816 in Georgia; died about 1860 in Worth County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Historical Reference: The Year Was 1829

In the U.S., Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States. A hero of the War of 1812, he had also been a senator and representative for Tennessee, and Justice of the Tennessee Superior Court. Nicknamed "Old Hickory", he appealed to the common man and held a public reception at his inauguration at the White House.

The U.S. had banned the importation of slaves in 1808, but unfortunately, it didn't stop the trade. In 1829, a boat assigned to patrol the African Coast looking for slavers, intercepted the "Feloz" and a group from the interceptor boarded the ship. A first-hand account of the horrific conditions from one of the group, Rev. Robert Walsh, can be found online at EyeWitness to History.com.

That year, Eng and Chang Bunker, the original Siamese twins arrived in America where they traveled around in exhibitions. They went on to tour through England and other countries in Europe for the next ten years and later settled in a small town in North Carolina, where they married two sisters.

In the world of technology, William Austin Burt invented and received the first American patent for the "typographer"--an early version of the typewriter. Burt also held patents for a number of other inventions and did extensive surveying in the areas that are now Michigan and Wisconsin.

George married Nancy STORY. Nancy (daughter of Samuel STORY and Elizabeth PATE) was born in 1818 in Pulaski County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]