Descendants of
David Fleming
thru his son John of
Pulaski County, Georgia

Third of eight parts

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Generation No. 3

J15. EZEKIEL⁵ CONEY (Ann D.⁴ Fleming, John³, David², John¹) was born in 1831, according to Memoirs of Georgia, v. 2, published by the Southern Historical Association, 1895, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 701, and died “... soon after his return from the war, of disease, contracted in the service.”  He married Sarah E. Riley about 1851.  She was born on September 27, 1833; died on April 28, 1885 at Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.

Ezekiel appears in the 1860 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, age 28, a farmer, with land valued at $1,500 and the total worth of his estate given as $14,500.  His wife, Sarah, age 23, is with him as is a Sarah Coney, age 60, and a James Coney, age 47 – not certain of the relation of the latter two to Ezekiel Coney.

After the death of Ezekiel Coney, Sarah (Riley) Coney married Cornelius Murphy Bozeman on February 27, 1866 in Pulaski County, Georgia.  This was also his second marriage, his first wife, Elizabeth C. Farmer, having died on January 11, 1864.  Elizabeth Farmer and Judge Bozeman were the parents of ten children, who were the stepchildren of Ezekiel Coney.  They were:

(i) John William “Billy” Bozeman, who drowned near Hawkinsville, Georgia, on March 8, 1873.  He married D. C. Bohannon on May 9, 1866, in Pulaski County;

(ii) Cornelius Murphy Bozeman, Jr., born January 7, 1843; died April 22, 1905.  He married Hattie Pauline Yarborough on April 17, 1866, and after her death, on May 22, 1872, Sarah L. Dillard.  He fathered ten children;

(iii) Sarah E. Bozeman, whose age is given as 5 in the 1850 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia;

(iv) Franklin H. Bozeman, whose age is given as 3 years of age in the 1850 census of Pulaski County.  On May 11, 1871, he married Celia Lester Lucas in the Hawkinsville Methodist Church;

(v) Elnora Bozeman, born on February 7, 1849; died on September 12, 1928.  She married Lawrence C. Ryan;

(vi) Mary Emma Bozeman, born on January 10, 1851; died on June 18, 1939.  Mollie married Needham Williamson Jelks in Hawkinsville on December 21, 1871, and after his death, Charles Rhodin, in 1881;

(vii) Charles C. Bozeman, who was born on February 16, 1853; and died on November 30, 1893; (viii) Samuel Bozeman, born December 21, 1855; died August 3, 1866;

(ix) Augustus H. Bozeman, born May 5, 1858; died on February 16, 1867; and

(x) Vicksburg Bozeman, born on August 3, 1862; died on June 16, 1866.

Cornelius Bozeman Murphy was born on April 3, 1819 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia; died on May 23, 1881 at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville.  Mr. Murphy would have been the only father some of Ezekiel Coney’s children would know.  Eva Coney, for example, was born only a year or so before her father’s death.  According to Memoirs of Georgia, John G. Bozeman, born about 1876, was the only child of the union of C. M. Bozeman and Sarah E. (Riley) Coney Bozeman.

Obituary of Cornelius Bozeman Murphy
Stepfather to the children of Ezekiel Coney

Marriages, Deaths, and Etc., from Hawkinsville Dispatch, 1870 - 1888, by Robert K. Nobles, published by the Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia, 1991, p. 173 (an excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, May 26, 1881):

n old and prominent citizen –– one of the “landmarks” of Hawkinsville has passed away.  Cornelius Murphy Bozeman expired at his residence in this place on Monday night last, May 23, 1881, at a quarter to nine o’clock, aged sixty-two years.

The deceased was born at Milledgeville, Ga., and at the age of ten years moved with his parents to Pulaski County, in which he has resided ever since.

Judge Bozeman was a citizen of prominence and influence –– possessed of strong will and determination, firm in his convictions of right and justice, true to his friends, and courageous under all circumstances.  In politics, he was active and unswerving.  Before the war, Judge Bozeman represented this county in the House of Representatives and in the State Senate, and held other offices of honor.

Having been a citizen of Pulaski since the earliest days of the county, and knowing Hawkinsville from infancy, he was never at a loss to furnish us for publication with a correct version of any incident or event in the history of the town and county.  Judge Bozeman was a man of usefulness, and the vacancy created by his death will be long unfilled.

He was a member of Mt. Hope Lodge F. & A. M. and of Anderson Lodge I. O. O. F., of Hawkinsville.  Was also a member of the American Legion of Honor and belonged to St. Omer Commandery of the Knight’s Templar of Macon.  A delegation of the Sir Knights of that city came down this (Wednesday) morning to join in the obsequies, which were performed at the grave in Orange Hill Cemetery at eleven o’clock, and this hour nearly all the stores are closed and business generally suspended.

Obituary of Sarah E. Riley

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, April 30, 1885, p. 3:

DEATH OF MRS. JUDGE C. M. BOZEMAN

Mrs. Bozeman, widow of the late Judge Cornelius M. Bozeman, died at Milledgeville on Tuesday, April 28, 1885.  The remains reached Hawkinsville last night and were buried at Orange Hill cemetery to-day (Wednesday) at eleven o’clock.  The funeral services were performed at the grave by Rev. E. J. Burch.

Issue:
Of Ezekiel Coney and Sarah E. Riley

J60––– i.––– Mollie E.⁶ Coney, born circa 1851.  She appears in the 1870 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, age 19, in the household of C. M. Bozeman.

J61––– ii.––– Charles Coney, born circa 1854, he appears in the 1870 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, age 16, in the household of C. M. Bozeman.

J62––– iii.––– James Franklin Coney, of whom below, born June 1, 1855 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died September 1, 1927 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.

J63––– iv.––– Cornelia Anna Coney, of whom below, born August 5, 1859; died May 7, 1893 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.

J64––– v.––– Eva Riley Coney, of whom below, born January 30, 1864 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died May 31, 1958 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.

J65––– vi.––– Emma Coney.

J16. JEREMIAH⁵ CONEY, JR. (Ann D.⁴ Fleming, John³, David², John¹) married Amanda Melvina Golightly on January 15, 1846 in Pulaski County, Georgia, according to The History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties, 1808-1956, v. 2, 1958, Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, The J. W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, p. 718.

She was born in Georgia according to the 1850 census of Dooly County, Georgia, which states that she was 18 years old at the time of the once-a-decade count, suggesting that she was born about 1832.  He does not appear in the 1850 census, suggesting that he may have died by then.

1850 Census of Dooly County, Georgia

• Coney, Amanda - 18
• Coney, William C. - 4
• Coney, Charles R. - 2
• Fleming, Ferdinand - 30 (Overseer)

Pulaski County, Georgia, Deed Book K

Pulaski County, Georgia, Deed Book K, p. 485, May 19, 1847 –– “John Fleming, Sr. to Jeremiah Coney, Jr., husband of Amanda E. Coney, formerly Amanda Golightly for whom John Fleming, Sr. was formerly guardian and has accounted for estate belonging to her.”

Issue:

J66––– i.––– William Crawford⁶ Coney, of whom below, born October 23, 1846 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 24, 1907 in Georges Creek, Somervell County, Texas.

J67––– ii.––– Charles R. Coney, of whom below, born circa 1848; died November 11, 1881 near Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia.

J68––– iii.––– James Coney.  He is not listed in the 1850 census of Dooly County, Georgia.  James either was born shortly after it was conducted or had died before the count.  Could he be the same as James W. Coney who married Louisa Drake Philips, daughter of John Alexander James Philips and Mary Elizabeth Drake in 1876?

J17. CHARLES⁵ CONEY (Ann D.⁴ Fleming, John³, David², John¹) married Susan Whitsett.  She was born in 1819; and died in 1903, according to her grave marker at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Cordele-Albany Road, in that part of Dooly County, Georgia that was annexed to form Crisp County, Georgia, in 1905.

Issue:

J69––– i.––– Sarah Elizabeth⁶ Coney, of whom below, born on November 14, 1847; died on December 30, 1920 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia.

J70––– ii.––– Samuel Whitsett Coney, of whom below, born July 30, 1849 in Lee County, Georgia; died January 19, 1916 in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia.

J21. JOHN G.⁵ FLEMING (Duncan Lemmon⁴, John³, David², John¹) was born on August 14, 1832, either in Dooly or Pulaski County, Georgia; and died in February of 1864.  After the death of his parents in 1849 (he served as administrator of his father’s estate), he is found living with Philip Lanier in 1850 census of Marion County, Georgia.  He married Sarah Lewis on May 2, 1858 in Marion County, Georgia, according to Marion County (Ga.) Marriage Book A, p. 274.  There is a John Fleming named in the Muster Roll of the 10th Regiment, Company G, Georgia Volunteer Infantry (of Pulaski County) C.S.A.  He last appears on the unit’s rolls in June 30, 1861.

Issue:
Unless otherwise noted, information below
on the children of
John G. Fleming and Sarah Lewis
is from family group sheets provided in 1966
by Corinne Fuller Williams, now deceased,
then of 104 Lynoak Street, Marshall, Texas

J71––– i.––– C. Lemon⁶ Fleming, born October 26, 1859; died October 4, 1935.  He married Lyda Amanda Carver on October 29, 1881.  Reportedly they had nine children.

J72––– ii.––– Elda Fleming was named for her paternal grandmother Elda (Lanier) Fleming and was born July 8, 1861; died March 9 or 14, 1911 (two sources differ).  She married Rosemond Doyal Nolen on November 3, 1881 in Almira, Cass County, Texas, son of Thomas A. Nolen and Susannah Ball.  Rosemond Doyal Nolen was born on July 23, 1859 in Cass County, Texas; died October 26, 1936 in Texarkana, Texas.  He appears to have remarried after the death of Elda Fleming.

Obituary of Rosemond Doyal Nolen

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, October 29, 1936:

R. D NOLEN, 77, DIED AT BRYANS MILL

R. D. Nolen, 77, of the Bryans Mill community, died Monday morning at the home of a son in Texarkana.  He had been in poor heath for some time.  Funeral services and burial at Bryans Mill Tuesday.

He was a native son of Cass county, living here his entire life, and was one of the county’s good citizens.

He is survived by his wife, five sons and two daughters, Mrs. Roy Bryan, Aubry and Truitt Nolen, Bryans Mill; Dr. Marcus Nolen, Texarkana,; Dr. Sloan Nolen, Wichita, Kans., Naples and Mrs. Cora Willis, Sherman; and three stepdaughters, Miss Eula Strength, Linden, Miss Wilda Strength, Bryans Mill and Mrs. Ralph Taylor, Bloomsburg, Texas.

Sources for information on Elda Fleming and Rosemond Doyal Nolen and their descendants include:

• The web page of Mrs. Jeanette (Wilson) Cuthriell of Spencer, Oklahoma at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jeanette/index.htm,

• Tom Nolen’s web site at http://members.macconnect.com/users/t/tnolen/TheNolens/index.html and GEDCOM at GenCircles (http://www.gencircles.com/users/tnolen/1),

• and obituaries from The Citizens Journal newspaper of Atlanta, Texas; and

• Judy Lujan’s GEDCOM at GenCircles.

Cousin Tom Nolen, whose great-grandparents were Elda Fleming and Rosemond Doyal Nolen, writes in an e-mail in August 2003:

n a 1930 book on Texas notables, the entry for my grandfather, Dr. Marcus Nolen – Elda’s son – indicates her date of death as March 9, 1911.  It also states that her father (no mention of his name) died in battle during the Civil War in the service of the Confederacy.  The book says Marcus was born in Bryan’s Mill, Cass County, TX.  His father, Rosemond was born in “Cass County” and “still resides in Bryan’s Mill.”  Since Rosemond’s father supposedly settled in Linden, Cass County in about 1856 and stayed there “until his death,” I suspect that Rosemond was born in Linden, but I am not sure ... The book says Elda and Rosemond were members of the Missionary Baptist Church ...

Children of Elda Fleming and Rosemond Doyal Fleming included:

i. Minard Nolen, born June 10, 1883.

ii. Ethel May Nolen, born June 10, 1885; died March 26, 1966 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas.  She married William Arthur Bryan, Jr., who was born on September 4, 1885; died on December 4, 1971 in Cass County, Texas.  According to History of Cass County People, Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas, 1982, Item #656, he was called “Roy.”  Both buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.  One of their children, Mary Bryan, was born on September 26, 1909; died on October 28, 1972; and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Marietta, Cass County, Texas.  Mary was the wife of Thurman Edwin Wommack, who was born on April 24, 1902; died on February 20, 1988; and was also buried at Oak Ridge in Cass County, Texas.

Obituary of
Ethel May Nolen

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, March 31, 1966:

MRS. ROY BRYAN’S SERVICES
HELD AT UNION CHAPEL

Funeral services for Mrs. Roy Bryan, 80, long time resident of Cass County and the descendant of one of its pioneer families from the Bryans Mill area, were conducted from the Union Chapel Church.

Officiating at the services were the Rev. Timothy Stahl, assisted by the Rev. H. S. Smith.  Burial was in the Union Chapel cemetery under the direction of the Hanner Funeral Home of Atlanta.

Pallbearers were grandsons.

Mrs. Bryan, who had been ill for a number of months, died in an Atlanta hospital.

She is survived by her husband, Roy Bryan of Marietta; seven daughters, Mrs. Grady Gibson of Commerce, Mrs. T. E. Wommack, Mrs. M. T. Thompson and Mrs. Lawrence McCoy, all of Marietta; Mrs. Paul Baker and Mrs. Jordan Baker, both of Douglassville and Mrs. W. W. Heard of Naples; two brothers, A. I. Nolen of Douglassville and Truitt Nolen of Wake Village; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Obituary of
William Arthur Bryan, Jr.

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, December 9, 1971:

W. A. BRYAN

Funeral services for W. A. Bryan, 86, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Union Chapel Methodist Church.  The Rev. W. S. McQueen officiated and burial was in the Union Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Bryan, a lifetime resident of Cass County, died Saturday after a long illness.   He was a retired farmer and cattleman and a member of the Union Chapel Methodist Church.

Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Paul Baker and Mrs. Jordan Baker, both of Douglassville; Mrs. Lawrence McCoy, Mrs. T. E. Wommack, and Mrs. M. T. Thompson, all of Marietta; Mrs. Grady Gibson, Commerce, and Mrs. C. W. Heard, Naples; two sisters, Mrs. Lucille Swint, Douglassville, and Mrs. Gladys Carlisle, San Antonio; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

The pallbearers were grandson.

iii. Aubie James Nolen, born on January 16, 1887; died on January 3, 1983 in Mount Pleasant, Texas; and was buried in Union Chapel Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.

Obituary of
Aubie James Nolen

“Obituaries with Cass County Connections, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986,” Compiled by Cass County Genealogical Society, p. 6:

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, February 3, 1983:

AUBIE J. NOLEN

Services for Aubie James Nolen, 96, of Douglassville, who died Sunday, Jan. 3, 1983 in a ... nursing home in Mt. Pleasant, were 2 p.m. Tuesday at Union Chapel Methodist Church with Mr. Jamie Duncan and the Rev. Carol Turner officiating.  Burial was in Union Chapel Cemetery.

He was a retired farmer, a member of Bryan’s Mill Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of the Douglassville area.

He is survived by two sons: Cameron Nolen of Douglassville and Oscar Nolen of Mt. Pleasant; three daughters: Mrs. Alice Mae Adams of Dallas, Mrs. Lonnie B. Laws of Las Cruces, N. M., and Mrs. Mevolyn Purtle (JTF –– Mrs. Ray Robert Purtle) of New Boston; and 15 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.

iv. Villas Jeremiah Nolen, born February 7, 1889.

v. Lawson Fuller Nolen, born February 28, 1891.  [Not named on Mrs. Cuthriell’s web site.]

vi. Doyal Omer Nolen, born in 1892.  [Not named on Tom Nolen’s web page.]

vii. Marcus Lloyd Nolen, born August 9, 1895; died in November of 1944.  Married Claudia Pearl Parker, born in 1899.  Issue:

(a) Lloyd Parker Nolen, born in March of 1923 in Texarkana and died in 1991; he is founder of the Commemorative Air Force and namesake of the Johnson Space Center’s Lloyd P. Nolen Lifetime Achievement in Aviation Award.

“He was raised in North Central Texas and began flying at an early age, earning his pilot’s license before graduating from high school.  Unable to enter the military aviation program due to a vision problem, he accumulated sufficient flying time and experience to become a civilian instructor of military aviation cadets in 1943.   His students advanced to fly the high performance fighter aircraft he yearned to fly.  This deep-seated desire soon became a primary focus of his life and led him to create a unique aviation legacy.

Nolen formed a very successful crop dusting company at the end of the war, providing resources and time to pursue his undiminished ambition to fly the most powerful World War II fighters.  He purchased a Curtiss P-40 in 1951; but the Warhawk did not satisfy his desire for speed and power.  In 1957, he and a group of partners purchased a North American P-51 Mustang, which was soon followed by a Grumman F8F Bearcat, in 1958.   These two aircraft became the nucleus for the formation of the Confederate Air Force (CAF), which he led from 1961 to 1991.

Through the guidance and leadership of Lloyd Nolen, more than one hundred rare warbirds were restored, many to flying condition.  Today, these beautiful aircraft can be seen and heard at air shows, museums, and displays across the country.

Lloyd dedicated his life to the preservation of World War II vintage warbirds.  He embraced the motto Keep ’Em Flying.  Lloyd passed away in 1991.”

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YOUNG RECEIVES
NOLEN LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Johnson Space Center
Space News Roundup
October 22, 1999

By Nicole Cloutier

Capt. John Young, astronaut and JSC’s associate director (technical), was awarded the 1999 Lloyd P. Nolen Lifetime Achievement in Aviation Award earlier this month.

Announced at a press conference at Ellington Field by the Wings Over Houston Airshow Festival Executive Committee, the award honors Young’s substantial contributions to the aviation community throughout his lifetime.  “They’re giving this award to me for lifetime achievements, but I’m still working on about 120 or 130 other things,” said Young. “We still have a long way to go.”

...

The award, first given in 1989, is named for Lloyd P. Nolen, a man immersed in aviation as a pilot, aircraft owner, mechanic, and businessman throughout his life.  Noting that thousands of World War II aircraft were being destroyed in the early 50’s without any efforts for preservation, Nolen recruited friends in the Rio Grande Valley to acquire the aircraft.  By 1957, they formed an organization dedicated to locating, acquiring and restoring as many allied and enemy aircraft as possible.  Today the American Airpower Heritage Foundation, located in Midland, Texas, has more than 140 aircraft in its inventory and is one of the finest aviation museums in the country.  Nolen was the first recipient of the award given in his name.

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The Confederate Air Force’s history can be traced all the way back to 1951, when a former World War II Army Air Corps Instructor named Lloyd Nolen purchased a surplus Curtiss-P Warhawk.  Six years later, four of Nolen’s friends caught on, and the group added another plane to their collection, the P-51 Mustang.

Today, The Commemorative Air Force has 10,000 volunteers and members.  A pilot we interviewed, Colonel “Blackie” Blackburn, spoke about the 2001 name change (from “Confederate” Air Force to “Commemorative” Air Force).  Blackburn told us that he felt the change was simply to be “politically correct,” although Blackie still feels that the group is a “confederacy,” which he defined as being “a group of people getting together for a common cause.”

That common cause is to acquire one example of every model of plane built during 1939 to 1945.  So far, they have 140 planes from that era; 100 of them in flying condition.  To continue their cause, The Commemorative Air Force gives tours and sells souvenirs to get the money it takes to restore and fly the planes.

The Air Force usually plans their tours a year ahead of time, hitting specific sections of the U.S. and Canada.  The B-29 and B-24 squadron have planned 31 stops for the year 2002.  The planes arrived at their 29th stop, Lincoln, Nebraska, on September 16, 2002 ...

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The origin of the Commemorative Air Force dates back to 1951, with the purchase of a surplus Curtiss P-40 Warhawk by Lloyd Nolen, a former World War II Army Air Corps flight instructor.  In 1957, Nolen and four friends purchased a P-51 Mustang, each sharing in the $2,500 cost of the aircraft.  With the purchase of the Mustang, known as Red Nose, the group was unofficially founded.

The organization was originally known as the “Confederate Air Force.”  Following a membership vote in 2001 and made effective on January 1, 2002, the organization is now known as the Commemorative Air Force.

In 1958, the group made their second purchase –– two Grumman F8F Bearcats for $805 each.  Along with the P-51, this gave the pilots the two most advanced piston-engine fighters to see service with the U.S. Army Air Forces and the U.S. Navy.

In 1960, the CAF began seriously to search for other World War II aircraft, but it became quickly apparent that few remained in flying condition.  The CAF Colonels were shocked to find that the aircraft which played such a major role in winning World War II were being rapidly and systematically destroyed.  No one, not even the Air Force or Navy were attempting to preserve even one of each type of these historic aircraft for display for future generations.

On September 6, 1961, the CAF was chartered as a nonprofit Texas corporation in order to restore and preserve World War II-era combat aircraft.  By the end of the year, there were nine aircraft in the CAF fleet.

In 1965, the first museum building consisting of 26,000 square feet was completed at old Rebel Field, Mercedes, Texas.  The CAF created a new Rebel Field at Harlingen, Texas, when they moved there in 1968, occupying three large buildings.  The CAF fleet continued to grow and included medium and heavy bombers such as the B-29, B-25, B-17 and B-24.

Today, the Commemorative Air Force is comprised of over 11,000 members, several hundred of whom serve as pilots and flight or maintenance crew members committed to preserving World War II American aviation heritage.  The CAF is responsible for operating a fleet of more than 140 airplanes known as the Ghost Squadron.  The year 1991 marked the beginning of a new era for the CAF with the opening of the new Midland, Texas, headquarters and museum facilities.

The CAF is an all-volunteer organization, made up of members from all walks of life.  Membership is open to all men and women, age 18 or older.  You need not be a veteran nor a pilot to join the CAF.  Privately funded and totally self-supporting, the nonprofit, tax-exempt group is dedicated to preserving the military aviation heritage of World War II.

(b) Rosemond Doyal Nolen II;

From Nolen Knives, http://www.nolenknives.com:

Nolen Knives
1110 Lakeshore Drive
Estes Park, Colorado 80517
(970) 586-5814
Fax (970) 586-8827

A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

by George Nolen
from http://www.nolenknives.com/history.htm

It may be said that Nolen Knives dates back to the 1940s when R.D. Nolen watched his father, Marcus Nolen, fashion a knife from an old file. R.D.’s first knives were made in 1943 of similar materials and they still exist ... and still cut.

In his spare time, R. D. continued his hobby into the 60s when his younger brother Jim Nolen became interested in the craft.  He learned from R.D. and in 1968 gave up his career in insurance and investment counseling to become a full-time knife maker.  Jim ultimately became president of the American Knife Makers Guild.

By the early 1970s the two brothers were considered to be among the nation’s elite cutlery craftsmen.  A few years after Jim’s death in 1980, R.D. invited another brother, George Nolen, to join him in his Colorado knife shop.  After a forty-year career in radio and television in Dallas-Fort Worth, and Los Angeles, George Nolen became a full-time partner in Nolen Knives.

Most recently, R.D.’s son, Steve Nolen, has become the third generation Nolen knife maker.

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Broadhead Magazine, Volume 1 Number 1, Fall 1999 (The Magazine of the National Bowhunter Education Foundation (NBEF)):

R. D. Nolen is widely regarded as the father of modern custom knife making in the U.S.   “R.D.,” as he prefers to be known, is a fascinating character.  In his early 80s, he still works every day in his workshop attached to his home, which sits on the edge of a small town high in the Colorado Rockies.

Originally from Texas, R.D. was brought up on the banks of the Rio Grande and started his working life flying aircraft.  Indeed, R.D., and his brother Lloyd, were two of the founders of the famous Confederate Airforce, the world’s largest collection of Second World War aircraft.

To hear R.D. tell in his own words how he started making knives is to have a glimpse into the charm and humor of the man.  “I started out my early working life as a crop-duster and when I wasn’t busy, I used to amuse myself making knives in my workshop.  In the early 1950s a fella asked me if I would make him a knife.   When it was finished, I put a big price on the knife –– I thought no one would ever pay me $50, but that’s what I charged him!  The fella was delighted.   He took one look at it, paid me my fifty bucks and then asked me to make another one for his buddy.”

“Well, I thought, if someone is prepared to pay me fifty dollars for a knife, I’m in the wrong business. So I stopped flying and became a knife maker. After a while, I began to get quite good at it, so I moved up here to Colorado and that’s what I’ve done ever since.  I still work every day to keep my hand in, though, the business is now run by my son Steve.  But when it comes to special presentation knives like this NBEF one, I like to have my own input.”

Any knife bearing the Nolen logo is guaranteed for its lifetime.  Each blade is individually tempered.  Nolen knives can be found in some of the most exclusive collections throughout the world.

A lifelong enthusiastic hunter and fisherman, R.D. has indulged his passions throughout the world.  He has been on several African safaris, successfully harvesting some superb trophies.  Now R.D. reluctantly admits that he is getting to an age when hunting no longer has quite the thrill.

He prefers to put his energies into fishing, enjoying annual trips to his native Texas where he insists the bass are true Texans –– Bigger, tougher, and better fighters than anywhere else!

(c) James Nolen, died in 1980; and

(d) George Howell Nolen married Carolyne Lou Tillman.  Issue: (a) Thomas George Nolen; (b) Timothy Doyal Nolen; (c) Matthew Brian Nolen.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, January 28, 2001:

DJs, ANNOUNCERS
RECALL TIMES AT
FORT WORTH’S KFJZ;

MANY RETURN FOR
RADIO STATION REUNION
PROMOTED ON EX-DISC
JOCKEY’S WEB SITE

By Martha Deller
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

FORT WORTH –– George Nolen was “Captain Swabby” on KFJZ-TV’s first children’s show in the late 1950s.

A decade later, Lee Randall was a “hippy-dippy” KFJZ radio disc jockey who locked himself in an animal cage for five days to raise money to buy two tigers for the Fort Worth Zoo.

Nolen, now a Colorado knifemaker, and Randall, a San Antonio consultant, joined their former colleagues Saturday night at a reunion at Joe T. Garcia’s restaurant that drew more than 230 people from California to Pennsylvania.

Organized by former KFJZ disc jockey Larry Shannon and former KFJZ general manager Stan Wilson, the reunion expanded to include past and present Fort Worth radio and TV personalities, thanks to a Web page that Shannon designed.

The media reunion and Wilson’s four-decade broadcasting career were recognized by Mayor Kenneth Barr in proclamations read during the gathering.

“For most of us, this was the heyday of our careers,” Randall said.   “A radio station had its own spirit and personality that made you a part of your community.  Now, we’re like old military veterans trading war stories.   Thanks to the Internet, we can all connect again.”

KFJZ, one of Fort Worth’s major radio stations for four decades, launched its own TV station in 1955.  By the 1970s, much of the radio audience had switched to FM, Shannon said.  The station changed owners several times.  A Hispanic station now has the KFJZ radio frequency.

Nolen was one of the KFJZ radio personalities who switched over to television.   But Ann Harper Youree was recruited from an Abilene TV station to be KFJZ’s first female announcer.

“It was an exciting time,” said Youree, who came from Nashville for the reunion.  “I did interviews, commercials, emceed movies and everything was live.”

That led to some interesting moments when the station cat wandered across the set during shows or commercials, said Macalee Murchison Hime, secretary to the station president from 1952-60.

The reunion even drew Tarrant County Judge Tom Vandergriff, who worked for the station in the 1940s when Elliott Roosevelt, son of former president Franklin Roosevelt, owned it.

“All the good announcers had gone off to war,” Vandergriff recalled.   “They were so desperate they hired a 16-year-old high school kid as an announcer.”

(e) Judy Lujan’s GEDCOM at GenCircles includes a fifth child: Mary Ann Nolen .

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viii. Sloan Hobson Nolen, born in 1897.

ix. (Infant) Nolen, born December 7, 1898.  [Not included on Mrs. Cuthriell’s web site.]

x. Zula Beryl Nolen, born June 13, 1902; died July 10, 1914.

xi. Verna Nolen, born March 1, 1905 or 1907; died September 3, 1905.

xii. Annie Lora Nolen, died February 1966.

J73––– iii.––– Georgia Ann P. Fleming, born December 17, 1861; died September 8, 1943 in Daingerfield, Texas; was buried in Corinth Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.  She married George Monroe Fuller on October 29, 1881, according to “The History of Cass County People,” published by the Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas, 1982, p. 102.  He was born on August 28, 1854 in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia; died on January 20, 1915 in Cass County, Texas; and was buried in Corinth Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.  “The History of Cass County People” says that he moved to Cass County, Texas in 1858 when he was four years old and “operated a country store and blacksmith shop in the Almira community of Cass County,” according to the book.

Obituary of
Georgia Ann P. Fleming

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, September 16, 1943:

MRS. GEORGIE ANN FULLER PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Georgie Ann Fuller, age 81, passed away Wednesday evening, September 8, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. McCain, in Daingerfield, after a lingering illness.  She is survived by 4 sons and 4 (sic –– three? –– JTF) daughters: S. L., J. A., O. Q. and O. W. Fuller, of near Linden, Mrs. Ouida Beasley, Texarkana, Texas, Mrs. Era McCain, Daingerfield, and Mrs. Velma Nibbett, of Hughes Springs, 22 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at Bethel Church, of which she was a charter member, Thursday afternoon at 4:00, by Rev. J. W. Reeder, of Hughes Springs, assisted by Rev. T. C. Strickland, of Linden.  Burial was in Corinth cemetery.

Mrs. Fuller was born in the Corinth community in Cass county December 17, 1861.   Most of her life was spent near this community where she was loved and respected by all who knew her.

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Children of Georgia Ann P. Fleming and George Monroe Fuller included:

i. Winnie Ola Fuller, was born September 29, 1882 in Linden, Texas; died there in September 1890.

ii. Hallie Harrison Fuller, born March 6, 1885; died December 10, 1933 in Linden, Cass County, Texas.  Hallie married Luther Cates in 1902;

iii. Sebie Lee Fuller, born July 28, 1887 in Cass County, Texas; died September 21, 1955 in Linden, Cass County, Texas; buried at Corinth Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.  On December 18, 1907, he married Lily (Lillie) Florence Penny, born September 18, 1892; died December 3, 1969 in Linden, Texas; buried at Corinth Cemetery, Cass County, Texas.  According to “Cass County People,” they had thirteen children; obituaries of three of his children and one daughter-in-law appear below: the obituaries for Sebie Lee Fuller and Lily Florence Penny:

Obituary of
Sebie Lee Fuller

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, October 6, 1955:

S. L. FULLER

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Bethel Baptist Church for S. L. Fuller, Sr., 68, who died in a Linden hospital Wednesday night after suffering a heart attack a few days earlier.  The Rev. Harmon Smith officiated.

Mr. Fuller was a retired farmer and a charter member of the Bethel Church.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, O. L. Fuller, S. L. Fuller and Paul Fuller of Linden, and A. D. Fuller¹ of Longview; five daughters, Mrs. D. H. Boon², Mrs. Leonard Fitts, both of Linden, Mrs. Harold Lake of San Benito, Texas, Mrs. Howard Daniel³ of Atlanta, Texas, and Mrs. Connie Cline, Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. Ouida Beasley of Texarkana; three brothers, O. W., O. J. and J. A. Fuller, all of Linden; and eight grandchildren.

Notes & Obituary of
Lily Florence Penny

According to History of Cass County People, Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas, 1982, Item #669:

(Her father, John Warren Penny) served as chairman of the board of deacons of Bethel Baptist Church of which he was a charter member.  He was a faithful adherent to the tenets of his church.  He was zealous in the performance of his religious obligations.  His daughter, Lillie Penny Fuller, was married a year before he learned she had attended a dance, with her brothers, at the age of 14 years.  He required her to make acknowledgments to the church or be stricken from the membership roll.  Being a devout Christian and an obedient daughter, she made acknowledgments to her church.

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, December 11, 1969:

MRS. LILY FULLER

LINDEN –– Funeral services for Mrs. Lily Florence Fuller, 77, were held here last Thursday at the First Baptist Church.

Officiating at the services for Mrs. Fuller, who died after a short illness last Wednesday in the Linden Hospital, were Charles Russell and Harmon Smith.  Burial was in Corinth Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Mrs. Fuller’s grandsons.

Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Erna Boon² of Linden, Mrs. Era Daniel³ of Atlanta, Mrs. Morrene Cline of Shreveport, La., Mrs. Joyce Lake of San Benito, and Mrs. Edith Fitts of Linden; five brothers, Sloan Penney, Rufus Penney, all of Linden, Claude Penny of Dallas, Clyde Penney of Shallowater, and Virgil Penney of Lubbock; four sons, O. L. and A. D. Fuller¹, both of Linden, Paul Fuller of Weatherford, and S. L. Fuller of Greenville; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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¹Obituary of
Alvie Dee Fuller

“Obituaries with Cass County Connections, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986,” Compiled by Cass County Genealogical Society, p. 193:

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Wednesday, September 7, 1988:

ALVIE D. FULLER
July 12, 1912 – Aug. 30, 1988

Services for Alvie D. Fuller, 76, of Longview, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at Welch Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jay McCasland officiating.  Burial was in Lanier Cemetery near Linden.

He was born in Cass County and was a retired employee of the Texas Department of Human Services.

Survivors include one son, Don A. Fuller of Longview; three sisters, Joyce Lake of San Benito, Era Lou Daniels of Atlanta, and Edith Fitts of Linden; and three brothers, Orville Fuller of Linden, Paul Fuller of Weatherford and S. L. Fuller, Jr. of Plano.

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²Obituary of
Erna Fuller

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Thursday, January 11, 1979:

ERNA FULLER BOON

LINDEN –– Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Erna Fuller Boon, 69, of Linden.

Mrs. Boon died Sunday in the Linden Municipal Hospital.

Services were held in the First Baptist Church of Linden with the Rev. Charles Russell and the Rev. John Cheney officiating.

Burial was in Linden Cemetery under the direction of Hanner-Caver Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband, D. H. Boon of Linden; a son, Dan Boon of Linden; a daughter, Mary Nell Carlisle of Linden; a foster-son, Cloyde Young of Dallas; four sisters, Lou Daniels of Atlanta; Maurine Cline of Shrevenport, La., Joyce Lake of San Benito, and Edith Fitts of Linden; four brothers, Orville Fuller of Linden, A. D. Fuller of Longview, Paul Fuller of Weatherford, and F. L. Fuller of Atlanta, Ga.; and two grandchildren.

³Obituary of
Era Lou Fuller

“Obituaries with Cass County Connections, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986,” Compiled by Cass County Genealogical Society, p. 193:

The Texarkana Gazette, Texarkana, Texas, Tuesday, May 4, 1993:

ERA DANIEL

ATLANTA, Texas –– Era Lou Daniel, 76, of Linden, Texas, died Sunday, May 2, 1993 in Linden.

Mrs. Daniel was born Dec. 16, 1916 in Cass County, Texas.  She was a retired school teacher at Huffines School and member of Huffines Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, H(orace). J(oseph). Daniel of Linden; one son, Douglas Daniel of Ellisville, Miss.; two brothers, Paul Fuller of Weatherford, Texas, and S. L. Fuller of Plano, Texas; two sisters, Joyce Lake and Edith Fitts of Linden; and three grandchildren.

Services will be 10 a.m. today at Huffines Baptist Church with the Revs. J. W. Crow and James Wall officiating.  Burial will be in Huffines Cemetery in Cass County under direction of Hanner Funeral Home.

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Obituary of
Wilna Fant
wife of Orville Lee Fuller

“Obituaries with Cass County Connections, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986,” Compiled by Cass County Genealogical Society, p. 44:

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Wednesday, June 17, 1987:

WILNA FULLER
June 9, 1910 – June 6, 1987

Services for Wilna Fuller, 76, of Linden were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, 1987, with the Rev. D. C. Mangum officiating.  Burial was at Linden Cemetery.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, a member of DAR, a member of the hospital auxiliary and a retired school teacher.

Survivors include her husband Orville Fuller of Linden; two daughters: Phyllis Harrell of Livingston and Carolyn Boring of Hurst; one son, Keith Fuller of Linden; three sisters: Mrs. Ida Max, Mrs. Wanda Baldwin and Mrs. Sarah Stone, all of Linden; and five grandsons.

iv. Josie Anford Fuller, a son, born March 18, 1890 in Linden, Cass County, Texas; died there on October 12, 1963, married Edna Smith in 1917;

v. [Tearcy?] Quida Fuller, born August 4, 1892 at Linden, Cass County, Texas; died on February 14, 1972, married George H. Beasley;

Obituary of
Tearcy Quida Fuller

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Wednesday, February 17, 1971:

MRS. OUIDA BEASLEY

Funeral rites for Mrs. Quida Beasley, 79, of Linden, mother of Mrs. Eva Nell Stanley, Atlanta, were held at 2 p.m., Sunday in the First Baptist Church in Linden.  The Rev. Charles Russell officiated, and burial was in the Cornett Cemetery in Marietta.

Mrs. Beasley, a life-time resident of Cass County, died in a Linden nursing home at 12:22 a.m. Saturday after a short illness.  Born Aug. 4, 1892, she was the widow of George H. Beasley and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Linden.

Other survivors include two sons, E. C. (Cloyse) Beasley and James C. Beasley, both of Fort Smith, Ark.; another daughter, Mrs. Laverne Power, DeKalb; a brother, Ollie Fuller, Linden; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

vi. Era Malinda Fuller, born September 27, 1897 in Linden, Texas; died: 1949) married first Dave Ash¹ in 1921 and second William McCain²;

¹- In January 2002, Jill McCain wrote (posted online):

Era Malinda Fuller married David Matthew Ashe (b. 2/1899 in Linden) in approx 1921.  David is the son of Donald Washington Ashe (b. 1854) and Mary Ann Parker (b. 1862), married 1892 in Kaufman County, Texas.  Other children are Donald, Jr., Malinda, and Elijah.

² -From Kimberly McCain-Correll’s <KimmieReeAnn@prodigy.net> web site http://www.geocities.com/mccainbybirth/:

William Thomas “Bill” McCain Jr., born Feb 1872, Daingerfield, Titus County, Texas, married first Sallie Pitts and second Era Fuller.

vii. (Unnamed infant) Fuller, born and died September 27, 1897;

viii. Odis Ward Fuller, born March 5, 1901 in Linden, Cass County, Texas; died July 8, 1960, married Lydia Leftwich in 1924;

ix. Ollie Q[uitman] Fuller, born on December 19, 1903; died on November 12, 1980 in Linden, Texas, married Mary Pearl Fletcher in 1935;

Obituary of
Ollie Q. Fuller

The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas, Sunday, November 16, 1980:

OLLIE Q. FULLER

Funeral services for Ollie Q. Fuller, 76, of Linden, were 2 p.m. Friday at the Hanner-Caver Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harmon Smith officiating.

Burial was in the Corinth Cemetery in Linden.

He died Wednesday in his home.

Survivors include his wife, Lola Fuller of Linden; one daughter, Jo Ann Wright of Wichita, Kansas; two sons, Ricky Fuller and Wayne Fuller, both of San Antonio; one stepson, Charlie Boone of Georgia; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

x. Velma [Obera] Fuller, born February 18, 1907; died March 27, 1951, married Luckel Niblett.

J23. FRANCIS M.⁵ FLEMING (Duncan Lemmon⁴, John³, David², John¹) was born November 22, 1835 in Dooly or Pulaski County, Georgia; and died on March 22, 1863 in Butler, Taylor County, Georgia.

n 1850, after the death of his parents the year prior, according to the census of Pulaski County, Georgia, he was 16 years of age and living with his uncle William Green Fleming.  From 1854 until 1855, Francis was in Marion County, Georgia, with his brother, John G. Fleming, who was by then 22 years old.  He appears in the 1860 census of Marion County, Georgia, age 24, born in Georgia, with wife, “Elisabeth,” age 17, also born in Georgia, and son, Soloman S. Fleming, age 2, born in Georgia.

Francis married F. A. E. Blue on December 11, 1856 in Marion County, Georgia (Marion County, Ga., Marriage Book A, p. 269, daughter of Simeon Blue.)  She is possibly the same as “Phebe A. E. Blue” who later married a Stewart.  Simeon Blue appears in the 1860 census of Marion County, Georgia, age 38, born in North Carolina.

On March 4, 1862, Francis enlisted in “The Marion Volunteers” –– Company H, 46th Georgia Regiment Infantry.  Second Lieutenant Francis M. Fleming died just a year later on March 22, 1863 in Butler, Taylor County, Georgia.

On September 7, 1863, Simeon Blue was named as guardian for “S. L. Fleming, orphan of F. M. Fleming, dec’d,” according to Marion County Records of Administration, Book A, p. 87.  Francis Fleming’s will estate was administered by Simeon Blue on July 6, 1863, according to Marion County Records of Administration, Book A, p. 134.

Issue:

J74––– i.––– Soloman L.⁶ Fleming, of whom below, born circa 1858 in Georgia.

J26. DAVID GREEN⁵ FLEMING (Duncan Lemmon⁴, John³, David², John¹) –– my great-great grandfather –– was born May 22, 1843 in what was Dooly now Pulaski County, Georgia, died on April 18, 1919 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville.

Green’s parents died within eleven days of each other when he was not quite six years of age.  After which, according to the 1850 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia, he lived with his grandfather, John Fleming, and John’s second wife, Malinda.  According to the 1860 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, when 17, D. G. was living with his uncle, James Fleming and his wife Mary Ann Elizabeth Leonard.

Service in The Pulaski Volunteers

Toward the end of his 17th year, he joined “The Pulaski Volunteers,” which –– just one day after his 18th birthday, on May 23, 1861 –– departed Hawkinsville for Richmond, reporting there for duty on May 28, 1861.  The Pulaski Volunteers would become Company G of the 8th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.  Green Fleming was at both battles at Manassas and at Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, rising along the way from company private to Ordnance Sergeant of the Regiment.  He missed his Company’s participation at Gettysburg, being hospitalized for a severe injury to his arm suffered at Suffolk –– gratefully so to this compiler, as the Regiment suffered losses of 50 percent there.

The record of his military service, according to Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, by Lillian Henderson, v. 1, p. 966:

“Private, May 16, 1861.  Appointed 3d Corporal Oct. 1861; 3rd Sergeant June 10, 1862.  Severely wounded at Suffolk, Va., Apr. 17, 1863.  Appointed Ordinance Sergeant Aug. 20, 1863.  Surrendered, Appomattox, Va., Apr. 9, 1865.”

From Units of the Confederate States Army, by Joseph H. Crute, Jr., 1987, Derwent Books, Midlothian, Virginia, p. 89:

“8th Infantry Regiment as organized by Colonel F. S. Bartow during the spring of 1861.  All of its companies had seen prior military service in the Georgia militia and were from Rome, Savannah, and Atlanta, and the counties of Greene, Echols, Pulaski, and Floyd.  Early in June the unit was ordered to Virginia and, assigned to F. S. Bartow’s Brigade, fought at First Manassas.  In April, 1862, it had but 251 men fit for duty and for the balance of the war served under General G. T. Anderson.  The 8th was involved in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days’ Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville.  It did not take part in the Battle of Chickamauga.   The unit participated in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign.

It reported 41 killed and 159 wounded at First Manassas, had 28 killed, 65 wounded, and 11 missing during the Seven Days’ Battles, and lost 8 killed and 54 wounded at Second Manassas.  It lost more than fifty percent of the 312 engaged at Gettysburg, and from April 14 to May 6, there were 92 disabled, and from August 1 to December 31, 1864, the regiment had 82 killed or wounded.  At the surrender it contained 14 officers and 139 men.  The field officers were Colonels F. S. Bartow, William M. Gardner, L. M. Lamar, and John R. Towers; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas L. Cooper and Edward J. Magruder; and Majors John F. Cooper and George O. Dawson.”

History of The Pulaski Volunteers
By David Green Fleming

After the War

For many years after the War, Green was active in the Confederate Veterans’ Association, of Pulaski County, serving as Secretary, including at such time in 1895 when the organization planned for the construction of a monument honoring those who served from Pulaski in the Civil War.

Excerpts of The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, July 14, 1892, p. 5:

CONFEDERATE VETERANS!

Reunion to be Held on Wednesday, August 3, 1892

At the call of Col. W. L. Grice, President, a special meeting of the Confederate Veterans’ Association, of Pulaski county, was held at the court house in Hawkinsville on Saturday, the 2nd day of July, 1892.

The President stated the object of the meeting to be to consider the matter of having a reunion of the Confederate Veterans of Pulaski and surrounding counties at an early date.

On motion of comrade R. W. Anderson, it was unanimously decided to have a grand reunion and barbecue on Wednesday, the 3rd day of August, 1892.

On motion, a general committee of fifteen, five from Hawkinsville and one from each of the other districts of the county, was appointed to have general control of all arrangements for the reunion and barbecue ...

On motion, all sons of Confederate soldiers, and all friends of veterans are cordially invited to participate with us in making the occasion a successful one.

On motion of comrade J. W. Lancaster, each member of this association tenders to the general committee any assistance that the committee requires.

On motion of comrade Rhodes, the general committee is requested unanimously to appoint comrade H. H. Kirkpatrick, chief cook, etc. of the barbecue ...

The Treasurer, comrade D. Rhodes, stated that a number had handed him their names and applications for enrollment, but he had mislaid the list. Therefore, any one who gave Mr. Rhodes his name, which does not appear above is requested to send it to the secretary.

Adjourned, subject to the call of the President.

W. L. GRICE, President
D. G. FLEMING, Secretary

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 1, 1895, p. 8:

THE VETERANS REUNION

It Was a Most Pleasant Event and Was
Enjoyed by a Large Crowd

he members of the Pulaski county Confederate Veterans Association held their annual reunion at O’Brien Park on Thursday, the 25th inst.  Our merchants closed their doors at 10 a.m., and joined the heroes of 61-65 in the basket dinner and barbecue.  There were between one thousand and fifteen hundred people present and all seemed to enjoyed the day immensely.

Hon. Robt. L. Berner, of Forsyth, was expected to be the orator of the day, but the day before he wired the committee that he had been suddenly called to another point and could not fill his engagement here.  Happily for the whilom (?) disappointed crowd, Dr. A. J. Battle, the well known president of Shorter College, Rome, Ga., was in the city, and when called upon, responded in a thirty minutes address that was at once full of enthusiasm, scholarly and entertaining.

A select choir occupied seats on the stage in the auditorium where the business meeting and speaking was held and interspersed the exercises with such songs as Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, Dixie, Who Will Care for Mother Now, and others that the gray haired heroes of a hundred battles had sung themselves as they sat around the camp fires that lit up the Virginia hills, and to which they had listened as they left for the war, when their wives and sweethearts would sing them.

Mr. J. O. Jelks, of the committee appointed for the purpose last year, read a memorial on the soldier life of the three comrades who, in the year past, had been transferred to the army of the great white hosts whose “tents are spread on fame’s eternal camping grounds.”

The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President, Capt. R. W. Anderson; Vice Presidents, James E. Taylor and L. C. Ryan; Secretary, D. G. Fleming; Treasurer, Daniel Rhodes.

Immediately after the Veterans adjourned, the Association of Sons of Veterans was called to order and transacted their annual business ... The Sons of Veterans constituted these officers a committee to confer with the Veterans in regard to erecting a monument to the memory of Pulaski county soldiers who fought, bled and died in the defense of their country ...

n August of 1896, Camp S. M. Manning was organized becoming No. 816, of the United Confederate Veterans.  R. W. Anderson was elected Commander, D. G. McCormick, Vice Commander, and D. G. Fleming, Adjutant.  The Camp was named for Col. Seaborn M. Manning, 49th Georgia Regiment, who was killed at the Battle of Cedar Run, Virginia.  Green was re-elected Adjutant of S. M. Manning Camp, No. 816, U. C. V., on February 17, 1913, according to a story in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, February 21, 1913, p. 4, and served until his death in 1919.

Business Life of David Green Fleming

In the time after returning from the War, Green engaged in the mercantile business in Hawkinsville, teaming with W. M. Oliver to form Oliver & Fleming and the Country Store, before dissolving that business to work with his brother-in-law, William Jenks Fountain, in his store.

The following advertisement appeared on page 3 of The Hawkinsville Dispatch newspaper, Hawkinsville, Georgia, from Saturday, January 7, 1871, at least through January 19, 1871:

DISSOLUTION.

The firm heretofore existing under the name Oliver & Fleming at “The Country Store,” has this day disposed of our entire stock of goods to Messrs. Willis and Hendley.

Either one of us will settle up the business of the late firm, and will especially take great delight in receiving the “mites” our friends are owing us.  Please come forward and settle as early as possible, that, when we meet our creditors, we may take a greater delight in taking their receipts for what we are owning them.

In retiring from The Country Store, we beg leave to tender our thanks to its many patrons for the favors they have shown us, and take great pleasure in recommending to them the new proprietors, both of whom are well known to many of our customers.

W. M. OLIVER
D. G. FLEMING

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, March 30, 1871, p. 3:

NEAT SIGN BOARD.

Green Fleming has just finished painting a sign for the Dispatch office, which for its neatness and beauty cannot be excelled this side of New York –– where, of course, everything is perfect.  Those who have seen the sign are liberal in their encomiums.  Green –– as his friends are well aware –– is no professional sign painter, yet his effort in this instance puts him forward in the front rank with first-class painters.  The letters are perfectly shaped, separated evenly, and beautifully shaded.  We do not like to claim the palm as regard signs, but after taking a good view, our friends will concede that we are entitled to it.  Stores are always more attractive which have neat signs, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea if every business establishment in town had one.

Marriage of David Green Fleming
and Sarah Elizabeth Fountain

On January 25, 1871 in Pulaski County, Georgia, David Green Fleming married first Sarah Elizabeth Fountain, daughter of Green W. Fountain and Sarah A. Campbell.  The issue of The Hawkinsville Dispatch, January 26, 1871, in which a story of their wedding might have appeared is not available on microfilm at The University of Georgia Library, Athens, Georgia.  Lizzie was born on June 17, 1849.

1871 –– 1876

His occupation in the 1870 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia, is given as merchant, with assets of $1,500.  On April 13, 1871, he was selected to serve on the Grand Jury of the Pulaski Superior Court.  On May 25, 1871, he was initiated into the I. O. G. T., Good Samaritan Lodge No. 2.

Account of Green Fleming’s Trip to Americus, Georgia

The following is an interesting account of his trip to Americus, which appeared on the front page of The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, July 6, 1871:

LETTER FROM GREEN FLEMING.
Americus, June 26, 1871.

Friend George (George P. Wood, Editor)

We are taught that “the way of the transgressor is hard,” and to some extent, I have realized the truth of the declaration; for, on the eve of leaving, I stole Henry Taylor’s (or somebody else’s) counter brush, which was a transgression of all existing laws.  However, I hope I am pardoned, as I took it through a mistake, and returned it by a friend.

David Green Fleming (left) and his grandson and namesake, David Fleming Rice, probably taken in 1908

We had a rather hard time on our journey, but landed safely at the end of it on the 20th.  The roads were in very bad condition nearly all the way from Hawkinsville to Ellaville, and in some places barely passable.

Montezuma was the hardest place to find I ever saw; but we at least reached it, and I was somewhat disappointed, thinking I would see a much livelier place, from all accounts, than Hawkinsville.  I found its inhabitants enjoying the same past-time that the Hawkinsvillians do –– that of marbles, drafts, &c.  The ferry is about a half mile from the town, but we have to travel about two and a half to reach it, over a road –– well, I can’t half tell how bad it is.  We reached the ferry about sunset or a little before, and yelled at the top of our voices for the boatman, who was no where to be found.  Imagine our condition away in the swamp, and that, too, near where people sometimes get shot at –– with a fair prospect of having to encamp for the night or retrace our steps to a portion of country we could not think much better; for we could not have reached high land until darkness enveloped us.  Help came at last.  An employee of the railroad being in reach of our voice, came to our rescue, and informed us that although he never tugged a boat in his life, if we would risk him, he would try it.  The affair was rather an unfavorable looking one, the bottom being out of the boat, but we concluded to try it, and panting, blowing and tugging for a good while, especially on the part of our friend, we landed safely on the west side.  I have always been a bitter enemy to gambling, but this affair made me a staunch friend to one branch of this business, at least as far as the name is concerned, for the name of our friend and deliverer is Keno.  He had to be persuaded to take any remuneration for his labor, which was indeed hard labor.  The next time I come out this way I don’t come by this route, you bet, unless better accommodations are provided for crossing streams.

We lodged in Oglethorpe that night, but there was so much noise and shooting around that we could not sleep.  When I go to the Legislature, I will have the town incorporated, for the sake of the good citizens.

Two miles East of Montezuma, is being built a beautiful little village.  Spalding is its name.  It seems to be situated in a very healthy locality, and inhabited and surrounded by good society.  There is a flourishing school in the place, called Spalding Seminary, and under the charge of Rev. W. C. Wilkes.

We were detained on the way by several rains and storms, but were pleasantly sheltered and entertained by the good citizens on the road.

Crops all along the route look badly, as would be supposed, after so much wet weather.  Corn is looking tolerably well from Montezuma to Hawkinsville, and for ten miles the other side of the former place it looks very well.  In that section they have had less rain.  Cotton also looks well there but beyond very poor.  On this side of Flint river, in Macon and Schley counties, up to Ellaville, all crops are very poor, and also very grassy.  Some fields are nearly a solid mat of grass.  Between Ellaville and this place crops of all kinds are tolerably good and as far as I could see were clear.

This is a beautiful little city, and seems to be growing rapidly.  Even these dull times it appears lively.  I have been in only a few minutes and have formed very few acquaintances but every one I meet seems to be clever.

We are enjoying ourselves as well as we could ask on our visit, and are in good health.

I should have written sooner, but could not come to Americus, until today, and don’t much like the management of the P. O. business in Ellaville.

Will write again soon.

Yours Truly,
D. G. F.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 12, 1871, p. 1:

HORSE AND BUGGY FOR SALE.

A good, sound and gentle Horse for sale.  Also a good Buggy.  Sold for no fault whatever, as I am in more need of their value in greenbacks.

Apply to
D. G. FLEMING
at W. J. Fountain’s Store
Old Stand of Grace & Fale

Death of Sarah Elizabeth (Fountain) Fleming

Five-and-a-half years after their marriage, Green’s wife Lizzie died on August 5, 1876.  She was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.  She was the mother of two children, one of whom preceded her in death when but five months of age.

Obituary of Sarah Elizabeth Fountain

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 10, 1876, p. 3:

DEATH OF AN EXCELLENT LADY.

Mrs. Lizzie Fleming, wife of Mr. D. G. Fleming, departed this life on Saturday last after a brief and painful illness.  The announcement was received with sorrow by the entire community.  Amiable and pure in heart, Mrs. Fleming was loved by a large circle of friends, and the vast funeral procession that followed her remains to the cemetery on Sunday afternoon, attested the high esteem and sympathies of the citizens.  The bereaved husband has the condolence of the community in his hour of sore affliction.

Marriage of
David Green Fleming
and Mildred Irene Jones

On December 10, 1876 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, D. G. Fleming married second Mildred Irene Jones, my great-great grandmother and daughter of Stephen McCall Jones and Jane Wilson Orr.  Her paternal grandparents were Reuben H. Jones, who died on December 12, 1858 at Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, and Mary (Polly) McCoy.  Her maternal grandparents were Andrew Orr (born September 15, 1788; died September 5, 1852) and Mary F. Robinson (born June 11, 1793; died at Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia on October 13, 1864.)

According to The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 14, 1876:

“ ... On the evening of the 10th at the residence of the bride’s mother, in Hawkinsville, by Rev. George R. McCall, Mr. D. G. Flemey (sic) to Miss Mildred J. Jones ...”

(Rev. McCall was her second cousin, once removed.)

Mildred Irene Jones was born December 25, 1853 in Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia; died on August 8, 1931 in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia; and is buried beside her husband at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.

Obituary of Mildred Irene Jones

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 13, 1931, p. 1:

MRS. D. G. FLEMING LAID TO REST SUNDAY

he remains of Mrs. D. G. Fleming, who died at the home of her son, J. T. Fleming of Albany, Ga., on Saturday, August 8th, were interred at the Orange Hill cemetery in this city Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Fleming who was in her 78th year was practically a life-long citizen of this county having moved here with her family from Calhoun, Ga., when in early childhood.  Before her marriage she was Miss Mildred Jones.

She was a faithful and beloved member of the First Baptist Church of this city and had the honor of being the oldest living member in point of service on the church records.  Funeral services, attended by a large score of friends here were conducted at the cemetery by Rev. W. H. Budd, pastor of the Methodist church officiating and with W. L. Joiner, undertaker, in charge.

Mrs. Fleming is survived by two sons, Mr. A. P. Fleming of Douglas, Ga., and Mr. J. T. Fleming of Albany, Ga., and by one daughter, Mrs. A. J. Rice.  She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. S. M. Phillips, of this city, Mrs. Maggie Kinchen, of Atlanta and Miss Sue Jones of Albany.  A number of grandchildren also survive.

Pall bearers at the funeral were H. A. Haskins, Pete Watson, D. R. Pearce, John DeLamar, J. H. Bragg and Freeman Bragg.

Civic Life of David Green Fleming: 1880––1891

The 1880 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, states Green’s age as 37, position as clerk, that his father was born in North Carolina and his mother in Georgia, with wife, Mildred, 26, daughter Mary L., 5, and son James T., 2.

On January 13, 1881, Green Fleming began his term as Pulaski County Treasurer. The office had been recently restored, as it had been abolished by the state Legislature in 1876. On January 9, 1883, W. A. Ferguson succeeded him in that office.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 23, 1880, p. 3:

THE NOMINATION NEXT SATURDAY.

The nomination of county officers for Pulaski county will be made by primary election on Saturday next.  The polls will be opened in each militia district in the county.  Under resolution of the Democratic Executive Committee only those who have heretofore affiliated and voted with the Democratic party will be allowed to vote, and every voter will be required to vote in his own militia district, provided the polls shall be opened.

Candidates who have not yet procured tickets for the nomination can do so by ordering them at this office.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 30, 1880, p. 3:

THE NOMINATION FOR COUNTY OFFICERS.

The primary election held on Saturday last for the purpose of nominating county officers passed off very quietly throughout the county.  The polls were opened at each precinct in the county, but as our space is limited this week, we will give only the consolidated vote as follows ...

For County Treasurer.

D. G. Fleming – 469
J. A. Bagby – 316 …

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 23, 1880, p. 3:

NOMINEES FOR COUNTY OFFICERS OF PULASKI.

The following are the nominees for county officers of Pulaski.  The election will take place on Wednesday, January 5, 1881.  There is no opposition to the ticket, at least we have heard of no opposition:

For Ordinary – P. T. McGriff.
For Clerk Superior Court – E. A. Burch.
For Sheriff – D. W. Taylor.
For Tax Receiver – B. G. Lee.
For Tax Collector – John W. Lancaster.
For County Treasurer – D. G. Fleming.
For County Surveyor – M. O’Brien.
For Coroner – James Coody.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 28, 1882, p. 1:

OUR TICKET.

The following are the Democratic nominees for county offices of Pulaski, and will be elected without opposition on Wednesday next, January 3, 1883 ...

County Treasurer - W. A. Ferguson

(Did Green Fleming lose the Democratic nomination earlier in 1882 or choose not to run for re-election?)

Green Fleming lost the Democratic primary for County Treasurer on October 6, 1888, but at by least January 1890 was serving as Tax Collector, either by appointment or election.

In The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 30, 1888, p. 3, mention is made of the resignation of E. A. Pollock as tax collector. The county commissioners had announced that they would appoint someone to fill the unexpired term at their regular meeting on the first Tuesday in September, though the article quotes a “prominent attorney of this city” as saying that the commissioners may not have the authority to do so, that the Ordinary was vested with such authority. I have not found a subsequent story indicating the appointment of Mr. Pollock’s successor by either the county commissioners or the Ordinary.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 11, 1888, p. 3:

The primary last Saturday to nominate Democratic candidates for county officers of Pulaski county developed a few surprises but everything passed off in the utmost good humor.  The following is the consolidated vote of the county ...

FOR TREASURER

W. A. Ferguson - 476
D. G. Fleming - 401

(Was this a re-match of an 1883 election?)

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 30, 1890, p. 8:

REGISTERED VOTERS OF PULASKI COUNTY FOR 1890

Mr. D. G. Fleming, our ... efficient Tax Collector, has furnished the Dispatch and News with the number of registered voters in the county for 1890 ...

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 28, 1890, p. 4:

FOR TAX COLLECTOR.

I am a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Collector of Pulaski county, and pledge my energies in the discharge of duties of the office, should I be honored with a second term – subject, of course, to Democratic nomination.

D. G. Fleming

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 4, 1890, p. 8:

THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

The primary election for county officers took place last Saturday. There was considerable interest but no excitement.  The results as follows ...

Collector

H. H. Sparrow - 603
D. G. Fleming – 301

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, June 18, 1891, p. 5:

COMPTROLLER GENERAL’S OFFICE

Atlanta, Ga.
June 15, 1891

D. G. Fleming, Esq., T. C., Pulaski County –– DEAR SIR: Your papers in final settlement have been received and examined, and, as usual, I find them made up in a neat, correct and satisfactory manner.

I regret that your term of office has expired as your efficiency made me desirous of your continuance as Tax Collector.

Please accept my best wishes for the future.

W. A. Wright,
Comptroller General.

LETTER from David Green Fleming, writing from Hawkinsville, Georgia, on July 26, 1891, to Mildred Irene Jones, who at the time of the letter was in Calhoun, Georgia:

Hawkinsville, Ga.
July 26th, 1891

My Dear Mildred:

Thinking you will have arrived at Calhoun about the time this reaches you, I write (you?) a short letter.  I know you will want to hear from home by that time.

I went down to P. O. this morning, hoping to hear whether you reached Atlanta all right and found the good relatives there all well, but if you wrote the letter had not arrived.  Am sure I will get something from you this p.m.

We are all getting along finely –– I think I have almost caught up with my lost sleep and feel (much?) better than when you left.

We had a fine dinner and all ate heartily, especially (Autrey?) and myself, though the others we not far behind us.  We had cabbage (from our garden), okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, ham &tc.  I gathered a fine mess of butter beans, which we also had for dinner, which (Autrey?) says I forgot to mention (the?) chicken and dumplings.

Tell Janie the old red hen in the buggy (?) hatched all five of her eggs and the chicks are doing well.  Also that the old red turkey has seven (7) little turkeys and eleven (11) (biddies?).  Just took them off and put them in (cool?) garden beneath pear trees.  They are also looking fine –– I asked (Jermaine?) and (Autrey?) ...

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 9, 1896, p. 5:

A GALA WEEK FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

The past week is one that will linger in the memories of our young folks.  Having been freed of their studies at school to enjoy the Christmas holidays, they left nothing undone that would add to their enjoyment.

On Monday night at the beautiful suburban home of Mr. D. G. Fleming, a masquerade party was given in honor of Miss Eva Lewis.  The inclement weather prevented several from attending, but those who went reported a splendid time.  At the proper hour, all were invited into the dining room to partake of refreshments, which were served in abundance ...

By the fall of 1896, he was putting his experience as Tax Collector to good use, and was employed by Sommer Brothers as their accountant.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 3, 1896, p. 8:

TOWN AND COUNTY.

HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
AS THEY TRANSPIRE WEEKLY.

––– The friends of Mr. D. G. Fleming will hereafter find him at the store of Messrs. Sommer Brothers, where he has accepted a position as accountant.   Mr. Fleming, besides being a first-class bookkeeper, is also a good all-round business man, and fills the bill anywhere you put him.  He will not only keep the books of this firm straight, but will take pleasure in waiting on all friends and customers who may call on him.

Less than a year later, a story in the local newspaper detailed a brush with death ...

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, July 8, 1897, p. 8:

TOWN AND COUNTY.

HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
AS THEY TRANSPIRE WEEKLY.

––– Late Sunday afternoon a black gum tree on Mr. D. G. Fleming’s place that stood only about twenty-five feet from his barn was struck by lightning and torn into flinders.  A post that stood near the tree was also converted into kindling wood by the same bolt.  Mr. and Mrs. Fleming were near the tree just before it was struck and had it not been for their timely departure might have been injured or killed.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 19, 1902, p. 5:

CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER.

Elsewhere in this issue appears the announcements of Messrs. John H. Mullis, Jr., John B. Lewis and Robert D. Brown for the office of County Treasurer of Pulaski county.  These are all good citizens and clever gentlemen, and either of them would make an efficient officer.  We are authorized to say that the announcement of Mr. D. G. Fleming will appear in our next issue ...

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 26, 1902, p. 8:

In this week’s Dispatch and News will be found the announcements for county treasurer of Mr. D. G. Fleming of this place and Mr. W. B. Carswell, Sr., of Cochran.  Mr. Fleming filled this office some years ago and made a good officer.  He is known as a careful and correct accountant, a qualification that is very necessary for one to have who fills this important office, and if the people see fit to elect him, we believe they will have no cause for regret ...

FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

To the People of Pulaski County:

I am a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to Democratic primary.  Having filled this important office some years ago, I am thoroughly familiar with its duties and responsibilities.  I pledge all my efforts, if elected, to again discharge these duties to the perfect satisfaction of the people.  It was a rule with me then to apply none of the public funds to my private use until the amount of my commissions was approved in final (annual) settlement with the proper officials.  I shall continue to adhere to this, the only safe rule.  Your support is solicited and will be duly appreciated.

D. G. Fleming

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 11, 1902, p. 5:

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

The Democratic primary held in Pulaski county on Thursday last resulted in favor of Estill for governor, Stevens for commissioner of agriculture, Merritt for state school commissioner, Eason for prison commissioner, Grice for representative, Lancaster for clerk, Rogers for sheriff, Bollinger for tax receiver, Haskins for tax collector, Lewis for treasurer, Macdonald for surveyor, Jones for coroner, and Finleyson and Dykes for county commissioners.

A good vote was polled in most all the precincts, though it was not as large as was expected, considering the fact that the county had been thoroughly canvassed by the various candidates.

The following is the tabulated statement showing the result of the vote ...

FOR COUNTY TREASURER

J. H. Mullis, Jr. – 499
D. G. Fleming – 105
J. B. Lewis – 665

On Wednesday, October 29, 1902, David Green Fleming placed the following advertisement in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia:

D. G. Fleming,
Accountant, Expert and General Bookkeeper.

Solicits small or large jobs at reasonable rates, in Hawkinsville or other accessible points; or will accept permanent position at moderate salary.  Refers to any business or professional man in Hawkinsville.

Obituary of David Green Fleming

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 23, 1919, p. 1:

ANOTHER VETERAN GOES TO REWARD.

MR. D. G. FLEMING,
PIONEER CITIZEN OF PULASKI
DIED LAST FRIDAY MORNING.

Mr. D. G. Fleming, familiarly known as Mr. Green Fleming, died at his residence on West Broad street last Friday at the ripe old age of 76 years.  Mr. Fleming had been feeble for some weeks, being confined to his room the larger part of the time.

There are few better known men in the county, and this would include what is now Bleckley County, for Mr. Fleming has been actively identified with the political and civic welfare of the old county for many years.  In fact, born in the county, his record among his own people has been highly honorable and praiseworthy.

Grave Marker of David Green Fleming Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia

He has filed a number of important county positions, and was adjudged one of the county’s best accountants, being most careful and correct in his bookkeeping methods.  For many years he was associated with Capt. Ruel Anderson when the latter was in the cotton warehouse business.

Perhaps few men among us has made for himself a better war record during the Civil War than did Mr. Fleming.  He went out with the first company leaving Pulaski under Capt. T.D.L. Ryan, and remained in the army until the last battle was fought.  He was in all of the great campaigns personally led by our great chieftain, Gen. Robt. E. Lee, and was in practically all the great battles led by that beloved General.  He was promoted to Ordnance Sergeant of his regiment.  He was one of the remaining three who went out with this early company, and the only one living in Puluaski (sic).  When Mr. Fleming volunteered he was turned down because of his small statute, but he insisted on being accepted and as a result of his pleading to go, was allowed.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 13, 1904, p. 5: Board of Education Endorses Closing of Cochran Dispensary Office of Board of Education of Pulaski County Hawkinsville, Ga. – April 12, 1904. Acting entirely as members of the above named board and having the interest of the public schools of the county in mind, we heartily commend the action of the town of Cochran in demanding the discontinuance of its dispensary.  In our opinion, there has been no one thing that tended more to impede the progress of educational interests in our county than the system of liquor traffic which has prevailed for more than two years past.  We think it unnecessary to mention the effect the system has exerted on the morals of our people, which might also be considered, technically at least, a part of our duty as officers. Signed, R. D. Abney, Chmn. H. C. Fuqua D. G. Fleming J. H. Mullis, Jr. W. S. Lancaster R. C. Sanders

He was always loyal to the Old Vets, and was possibly largely instrumental in organizing and naming the S. M. Manning Camp and held the position of adjutant of same from its organization until his death, and the surviving veterans, now so few, feel their loss is beyond repair.

Mr. F. H. Bozeman and Mr. W. S. Lancaster acted as honorary escort, and veteran, Judge H. A. Haskins, was one of his pall-bearers.  Others were L. N. Anderson, J. F. Fleming, W. A. Smith, S. M. Caldwell and J. B. Lewis.

Mr. Fleming early in life connected himself with the Baptist church, and for many years was the clerk of the local organization.  He was of the old school type and enjoyed most the old time congregational singing, and the doctrinal style of preaching.

His wife, two sons, Thomas J. Fleming (sic), of Atlanta, A. P. Fleming of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Dave Scarborough, of Macon and Mrs. Janie Rice of this city survive him.

His funeral occurred Saturday morning at his late home, his pastor, Dr. A. Chamlee, of the Baptist church, officiating.

Thus passes one of the county’s land-marks.  His record in private and public life was highly honorable.  In all of his officials acts not a whisper of scandal in any way reflecting on the highest of ideals.  He left a rich heritage to his posterity.  Pulaski county is the poorer for his going.

The floral offering was large attesting the love and esteem in which he was held.

Among the out-of-town relatives attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fleming and Mrs. Margaret Kinchen, of Atlanta; Mrs. Ruel Hightower, of Macon, and Mrs. J. L. Mims, of Cordele.  His daughter, Mrs. Dave Scarborough, of Macon, could not be present on account of the illness of her husband.

David Fleming’s Home Burns in 1928

His home for many years, on Broad Street in Hawkinsville, burned in the winter of 1928, at that time occupied by his daughter, Janie Elda (Fleming) Rice and her husband, Alexander John Rice.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, February 2, 1928, p. 1.

FIRE CO. ANSWERS 3 CALLS SATURDAY

Saturday morning was a busy one for the local fire company as in a comparatively short time during the morning they were called three times, an unusual occurrence for Hawkinsville.

Winter Snow at the Home of David Green Fleming, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia

The first call came about nine o’clock from the home of Mr. A. J. Rice on Broad street, but owning to the fact that no water plugs were convenient as the residence is some distance from the city, the fire company was unable to do more than help, along with the assistance of many friends, to remove the household goods from the burning building.  It might have been possible to use chemicals from the truck had it not been for the truck going into a ditch where it was tightly stuck making it impossible for it to render any assistance whatever.

This residence was known as the old Fleming home place and had been standing for many years.  The timber used in erecting this house was of pure heart pine and something like an hour and a half passed before the conflagration ceased to be a roaring inferno.

It is reported that the loss was partly covered by insurance.

About 11:30 the second alarm was turned in which happened to be grass and woods ignited from fallen embers from the Rice home.

Then at twelve-thirty a third call was answered in Devil Head.  This was a small house occupied by a negro family.  We are told that only the roof was burned away.

Issue:
Of David Green Fleming and Sarah Elizabeth Fountain

J75––– i.––– William Augustus⁶ Fleming, born March 16, 1872 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died August 29, 1872 in Pulaski County, Georgia.  Willie was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, March 21, 1872, p. 3:

IN SUSPENSE –– We are anxiously waiting for Green Fleming to name his boy baby.  He seems to be in a brown study over the matter –– whether to call it William Augustus or George Piney.  It’s a fine lad, and we congratulate Green.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 12, 1872:

Willie Augustus, age six months, and only child of Mr. D. G. and Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming, died on Thursday morning, 29th.

J76––– ii.––– Mary Louise Fleming, of whom below, born in 1875; died after December 27, 1951.

Issue:
Of David Green Fleming and Mildred Irene Jones

J77–––i.––– James Thomas⁵ Fleming, of whom below, born September 18, 1877 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died December 11, 1962 in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia.

J78–––ii.––– Anthony Pate Fleming, of whom below, born July 19, 1881 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on January 17, 1946.

J79–––iii.––– Janie Elda Fleming, of whom below, born June 27, 1884 in Hawkinsville, Georgia; died January 11, 1951 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

J29. MARINA ELIZABETH⁵ FLEMING (William Green⁴, John³, David², John¹) was born on December 18, 1843; died January 6, 1907 in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia; and was buried at the Fleming Cemetery, across from Bembry Place, just outside of Hawkinsville, Pulaski  County, Georgia.  She married John Wilson Lancaster on December 15, 1869 in Pulaski County, Georgia, son of William George Washington Lancaster and Pheriby Ann Wilson.  He was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, on August 1, 1843; died near there on October 10, 1914; and was buried in the Fleming Cemetery, across from Bembry Place.  He enlisted in Company G, 8th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. on May 23, 1861, losing his arm at Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia, on June 28, 1862.

From Lillian Henderson’s Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, v. 1, p. 967:

LANCASTER, J. W. –– Private May 16, 1861.  Wounded in arm, necessitating amputation at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. June 28, 1862.  On detached duty on account of disability Oct. 31, 1864.

Elected Sheriff, Tax Collector/Receiver
and Clerk of the Superior Court

On January 10, 1873, John Wilson Lancaster began a term as Sheriff of Pulaski County, Georgia.  On January 13, 1875, he started his term as Pulaski County Treasurer.  On January 27, 1877, he began his term as Pulaski County Tax Collector/Tax Receiver, elected again on January 15, 1879 and serving until January 13, 1881, when the two offices were separated.  He continued to serve as Tax Collector until January 1, 1883, at which time he assumed the office of Clerk of the Superior Court, which position he held for 31 years until his death.  He also was a salesman for copies of a 900-page biography of Robert E. Lee, under whose command he served in the War Between the States, The Early Life, Campaigns and Public Services of Robert E. Lee (– $3.75 cloth, and $5.00 leather bound.)  He was also Treasurer of S. M. Manning Camp, No. 816, United Confederate Veterans.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 16, 1873, p. 3:

COUNTY OFFICERS.

No person has taken the trouble to furnish us with the election returns of Pulaski county, and we have not been able to obtain them.  The vote was not large at any of the precincts, owing to the fact that there was no opposition to any of the candidates except for Tax Receiver and Collector.  The following are the candidates elected:

Ordinary, P. T. McGriff.
Clerk Court, E. A. Burch.
Sheriff, J. W. Lancaster, and John Burrows, Deputy.
Tax Receiver, W. R. Sapp.
Tax Collector, D. H. Hendley.
Treasurer, John M. Stokes.
County Surveyor, M. O’Brien.
Coroner, Robt. T. Bembry.

Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 4, 1877, p. 3:

THE ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS.

he Election is progressing quietly as we go to press. We have never known the people of Pulaski county to show as little eagerness for office as in the present election. There was no nomination, and there is no opposition except for tax receiver and coroner. In all the elections heretofore there was a perfect scramble for the offices ...

The offices of tax receiver and collector were consolidated by the Legislature. For this office, Messrs. John W. Lancaster and Duncan C. Daniel are candidates. The office of County Treasurer was also abolished by the Legislature.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 23, 1880, p. 3:

THE NOMINATION NEXT SATURDAY.

The nomination of county officers for Pulaski county will be made by primary election on Saturday next.  The polls will be opened in each militia district in the county.  Under resolution of the Democratic Executive Committee only those who have heretofore affiliated and voted with the Democratic party will be allowed to vote, and every voter will be required to vote in his own militia district, provided the polls shall be opened.

Candidates who have not yet procured tickets for the nomination can do so by ordering them at this office.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 30, 1880, p. 3:

THE NOMINATION FOR COUNTY OFFICERS.

The primary election held on Saturday last for the purpose of nominating county officers passed off very quietly throughout the county.  The polls were opened at each precinct in the county, but as our space is limited this week, we will give only the consolidated vote as follows ...

For Tax Collector.

J. W. Lancaster – (no opposition) – 690.

The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 23, 1880, p. 3:

NOMINEES FOR COUNTY OFFICERS OF PULASKI.

The following are the nominees for county officers of Pulaski.  The election will take place on Wednesday, January 5, 1881.  There is no opposition to the ticket, at least we have heard of no opposition:

For Ordinary – P. T. McGriff.
For Clerk Superior C