Cotton Shoppers

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Coweta Kinfolk: Evans family came here from Gwinnett

Henry and his wife, the former Rebecca JONES, married here in 1830. Henry and his siblings are thought to be the children of John and Elizabeth BURTON EVANS. John was born in 1758, probably in Virginia, and was a Revolutionary War Patriot. They are both buried in the family cemetery in east Gwinnett County.

Rebecca JONES EVANS was the daughter of James and Elvira (ROWLAND) JONES. She and Henry had twelve children: Jane, Amanda, Martha, Elmira, Missouri, Minerva, Marzelia, Nancy, James H., Orren Newton, William Russell, and John W.

An interesting fact that I came across as I studied the 1850 census was that Henry and Rebecca were next door neighbors to William Thomas OVERBY, known as "The Nathan Hale of the South" for his courage in facing death with courage during The War Between the States.

Sally and her sisters are descended from Henry's son, William Russell, who was born in 1850.

Source: Newnan Times-Herald

The 54th anniversary of the dynamite bombing of Hattie Cotton ...

by S-townMike

In just a couple of hours Nashville will observe, even if not consciously so, the infamous 54th anniversary of the dynamite bombing of Hattie Cotton Elementary School in East Nashville. Unindicted, but not unsuspected segregationists, who were never charged or brought to justice, bombed the public school on September 9, 1957 for the obviously heinous crime of enrolling one little black girl under a Supreme Court order to desegregate public education. A local Klansman surrendered to the FBI a few days later and he told Nashville police that he and New Jersey segregationist John Kasper had hidden dynamite in an abandoned house the night before the Hattie Cotton attack and that the explosives had gone missing. There was not enough evidence to hold any suspects, and the bombing had an effect opposite of what the terrorists intended:...

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Donate Holiday Decorations - Hattie Larlham Blog

by ktang

Help us make the Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities and Hattie Larlham group homes cozy and festive for the holidays. We are looking for donations of new or gently used:

- Artificial Christmas trees

- Strands of white lights

- Strands of red lights

- Silver, green, blue, and red ball ornaments

- White and silver snowflake ornaments

- Small ornaments for the middle of the wreaths (stars, snowflakes, angels, trains)

- Wreaths

- Red bows

- Silver garland

- Snowmen (Floor decorations)

- Menorah

- Dreidel

- “Happy Hanukkah” signs

- Faux snow (cotton sheets)

- Electric Trains

- Train ornaments

- Toy trains

- Removable hooks

Please send all donations to:

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