Revolutionary War Soldier Settled in Georgia

Good day, Everyone!

Today's blog post is by one of the best ladies I know, who just so happens to be my Girl Scout Mentor for this project!

This is a story of a young Revolution soldier who settled in Georgia and became a successful plantation owner.
In Winterville, Clarke County, Georgia an undated marker, placed by the DAR, identifies the grave of a Revolutionary War soldier, Hiram Howard.  According to his tombstone he served in the Georgia Militia.  Mr. Howard’s service is also noted in Abstract of Graves of Revolution Patriots Volume 2 by Patricia Law Hatcher.  He served in NC Troops and GA Continental Line.
The grave is on the right side of Suddeth Street which is a short dead end street off of Main Street in Winterville, Georgia.
Hiram was the first born to Henry Howard (1729 – 1781) and Priscilla {Farrrar} Howard in 1763 in Luneberg Co., Virginia.   His father, Henry, received a grant of 285 ½ acres in Franklin Co., GA (the part which later became Oglethorpe County, GA.) 
Hiram married Lucretia Giles and they had four daughters that are mentioned in his Will dated August 13, 1821. Divina married J. Wiley Embry; Priscilla married John P. Weaver; Polly married Robert Orr, and Judith married Issac Jackson.   Descendents of this family still live around Winterville, Georgia.
Howard Hiram was a successful plantation owner and according to his Will he owned three hundred twenty five acres on the waters of Shole Creek in Clarke Co., GA.  When he died in 1822 he left this plantation* and thirteen slaves to his wife and children.  In addition to this plantation where he raised his children he owned another one hundred twelve and one half acres in Clarke County, Ga. plus a lot of land in Early County, Ga.  He left instructions that after his death “this land should be sold with the money arising from the sale to be applied in the discharge of my just debt.”
 Another historical note: Hiram Howard’s maternal grandmother, Judith Jefferson, was the aunt to President Thomas Jefferson.
* In the Abstract of Graves of Revolution Patriots Volume 2 Hiram Howard’s place of burial simply states: His home.  Therefore it is assumed that this short dead end street was once part of a great plantation. Present day it is known as Suddeth Street.

~Mrs. Gwen, Girl Scout Leader and Mentor

Thank you, Mrs. Gwen! Not only for your wonderful blog post but also for all you've done to help me with this project!

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!

MJ

America's Plane

Here is a wonderous video on a piece of history that needs to be preserved. It maybe not be Georgia's history but it's our's and America's history and that's just as important!

Enjoy!

MJ


Ike's Plane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&v=ehwvZXVKmPU&x-yt-ts=1422579428

Happy Birthday, Dr. Denmark!

Hello, Everyone and Happy February!
I'm still looking for January! Anybody know where it went?
But to start off this month of love, we shall hear about someone who helped give so many of the children we love a second chance: Dr. Leila Denmark.
“Every child should have a chance. Do what you can to help.” Probably some of the greatest words ever spoken and that great woman is speaking about your baby.
Leila Alice Daughtery was born in the small town of Portal, Georgia to Mr. and Mrs. Elerbee Daughtery on February 1, 1898, two years before the great turn. As the third of twelve children life could never had been easy but still she behaved as children should and kept up in her school studies. In 1918 she attend Bessie Tift College in South Georgia, which at the time was a small Baptist college for woman and she graduated in 1922.
After two years of teaching science in schools in Acworth and Claxton, Georgia she decided that teaching just wasn't her thing and enrolled at Emory University to study medicine. After being rejected (Most likely because of her gender as was common in that era) she was accepted into the Medical College of the University of Georgia in Augusta. She was the only woman in a class of some 50 men.
After her graduation in 1928 from Medical School she married John Eustace Denmark who was also from Portal. After their marriage they moved to Atlanta where she began volunteering at Grady Hospital. Later in the summer of that year Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children (now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) opened it's door to it's first intern, Leila Denmark who admitted their first patient. During the 1930s she started her own clinic in her home as a pediatric doctor and continued this practice until May of 2001. During this time she researched the disease whooping cough or pertussis and created a vaccine that for over 75 years has saved thousands of children.
Leila and John we're married for 62 years with their only child, Mary. John Denmark died in the year 1990. Leila Denmark continued her practice until 2001 and in 2004 started to resided with her daughter. Over the many years she had developed many hobbies including traveling, sewing, gardening and even golf. On April 1st, 2012 Dr. Leila Denmark died at the age of 114 at the time being the 4th oldest person in the world.
Leila Denmark was an inspiring person and lived to save the lives of hundreds and even thousands of children. They were her little angels and always will be. She once said, “You keep on doing what you do best as long as you can. I enjoyed every minute of it. If I could live over again, I’d do exactly the same thing and marry the same man.” And that is something to quote.

Thanks for reading! Don't forget to comment and wish Dr. Denmark a Happy Birthday!

MJ

Dr. Leila Denmark: Family Website - http://drleiladenmark.com/

Dr. Leila Denmark: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Denmark

The Woman Who May Have Helped Start The Civil War

G'Day, Mates and Fellow Georgians!

Today we speak of a lady who had views and thoughts that were not right for the era she lived in, not for a woman at least. She could act, dance, sing and speak for what she believed to be right. You could say, Fanny Kemble was born ahead of her time.
Frances Anne Kemble was born in England in 1809 to a family of actors and performers. In 1832 she moved to America and was admired and adored throughout New England, impartially by a Mr. Pierce Butler. He became infatuated and after a long court ship she agreed to marry him.
Pierce Butler owned a plantation in south Georgia on the Sea Islands with not just ten, not just twenty, but a hundred slaves, making his rice and cotton plantation very wealthy and prosperous. Fanny enjoyed, as any other wife would, the healthy life style they had, until her husband agreed to take her to his fruitful plantation.
By this time in England, slavery has been abolished for about 30 years with Fanny growing up to believe slavery was wrong and that the slaves were people, not property... Unlike her husband.
For the four months that she stayed at the plantation Fanny was sad and in want of helping these people but every request she'd make on the slaves behalf Butler would just shun until he finally asked her to just stop asking.
Fanny wrote to her friend, Elizabeth:
           "My dear Elizabeth,
                   These discussions are terrible. They throw me into perfect agony of distress for the slaves, whose position is utterly hopeless."
Fanny kept a diary throughout her time on the island, writing down the cruelties that were done to the workers, the conditions in which they lived in and the minimal amount of things they were given.
Later, she and Butler divorced, with him gambling away his plantation and her moving back to New England where she published her diary causing a stir about life down in Georgia.
The Civil War had thousands of reasons for beginning, but maybe she had a hand in it too.

Thanks for Reading!

MJ

For More Info:

Fanny Kemble - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Kemble

Fanny Kemble's Diary - Georgia Stories

http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/videos/fanny_kembles_diary

Christmas At Chief Vann

Afternoon, Everyone!

As you know, last weeks post was on Chief Vann and a few weeks ago we went to the Chief Vann House at night when they had the whole house lite with candle light and it was so beauitful! To prove it to you here are some lovely pictures just for you!

Enjoy!

Your Girl Scout,

MJ

 

 

Chief Vann House Historical Site
82 Georgia 225
Chatsworth, GA
30705

Open Thrusday - Saturday 9am-5pm

$6.00 - Adults
$5.50 - Seniors (62+)
$4.00 -Youth (6-17)

 

 

A New Year and The Cheif Vann House

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Everyone!

I hope you had a pleasant 2014 and will have an excellent 2015!To start off the new year's blog posts I'm going to start with The Chief Vann house. Last month I visited the Vann house along with some other amazing historical sites but this time I'm not going to describe it to you as I have done before. This time I'm posting a video and I beg you to take the 15 minutes it runs for and watch it. It is a fantastic video and it explains everything wonderfully. I might be getting a little carried away with this but, hey, I like to write, I get pretty flowery with it sometimes. Please sit back and enjoy the tale of the Chief Vann House!

MJ

Chief Vann House Link:

http://gadnr.edvid.org/index.php/component/edv/?task=video.display%20&view=video%20&id=21&vname=0032165A

The answer to The national sports tournament started by Bobby Jones is:

Augusta

The Augusta Nationals were started in 1933.

Next's Weeks Question:

Gateway to Cumberland Island, where JFK Jr. got married!

PS: Stay tuned for some breath taking photos of the candle lite house!

Hello!

Hi, everyone! 

Apologies for not posting last week! Thanksgiving break got the better of me. I wanted to let everyone know that I plan to post next week with a new historical site that will be dressed for the Christmas season! Thank you so much for your support and I'll see you next week!

MJ

This weeks answer to the Fighting Quaker: Greene County. 

Greene County is named for Nathaniel Greene who was one of the many great fighters of the American Revolution. 

This weeks question: 

Home to a national sports tournament started by Bobby Jones!

Let us know in the comments below what city or county you think it is!

Also sense a new year is coming please let us know what improvements you would like to see or any historical sites you want to see posted on this wonderful blog!