September 22, 1828 Elizabeth Echols The first will recorded in Fayette County, Georgia was that of Elizabeth Echols. Her will was executed September 22, 1828 and probated November 3, 1828. In the will she mentions her mother, Elizabeth Smith to whom she leaves her entire estate. Her estate includes land in Fayette and Troup Counties, and eleven slaves (Sally and her eight...
September 11, 1902 Death of Dr. Isaac Gray Woolsey Dr. Isaac Gray Woolsey for whom the town of Woolsey Georgia is named for died of heart failure on September 11, 1902. His funeral was held on September 16th at the Baptist Church there and was said to have been the largest ever attended in the history of Fayette County, with an attendance...
September 28, 1913 D.X. Gordy Dorris Xerxes Gordy was born in Aberdeen (Fayette County) Georgia on September 28, 1913. His father was William Thomas Bellah Gordy, a well-known potter of Aberdeen who had previously worked a kiln in Alvaton (Meriwether County, Ga.) The elder Gordy’s pottery style had been influenced from pioneer potters that worked in Upson County, Georgia (“Jugtown”) and Edgefield,...
September 4, 1832 Benjamin Brown files for Revolutionary War Pension Benjamin Brown is buried in the Brown Cemetery in Peachtree City. The stone recently set shows born in 1758 and died in 1853. The other stone shows that he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Brown served as a private in the war during three separate tours. The first was for five...
September 15, 1881 Arthur Arnold Arthur Arnold was born on September 15, 1881, in a house just across Whitewater Bridge. His parents were former slaves, Henry Arnold and Nellie Dorsey. He had 10 brothers and sisters. As a child, he went to school at Flat Rock and Arnold Grove. The family farmed on land several years owned by the Blalock’s and the...
August 20, 1974 Time Capsule Plaque Unveiled A ceremony took place at the old Fayette County courthouse on August 20, 1974, that future generations should remember. A time capsule had been buried two years prior on the east side of the building and a freshly erected plaque was dedicated and unveiled on this date. The plaque reads “Placed by the Fayette County...
August 6, 1941 Stanley Neely Robert Stanley Neely was born in Newnan on August 6, 1941. Stanley was very instrumental in the formation of the Peachtree City Fire Department. Stanley and Sallie Satterthwaite headed the effort to start emergency medical service in the city and county. Together they developed an advisory board which worked to bring the first ambulances into the county....
August 4, 1817 Richmond Dorman Richmond Dorman was born August 4, 1817. He was a soldier in the 1836 Creek Indian Wars as a Private in the 55th Georgia Militia. In 1839, he married Emily Parker. They had a family of eleven children. Richmond operated a blacksmith shop at the corner of Church Street for many years. He did stop work when...
August 9, 1853 Phillip Fitzgerald purchases “Tara” Henry McElroy owned and operated a cotton plantation of over 1200 acres on present day Tara Road in Clayton County (then part of Fayette County). He competed a home that was partially built and later sold it to Phillip Fitzgerald, great-grandfather of Margret Mitchell, author of Gone with The Wind. Phillip Fitzgerald made additional changes,...
August 29, 1893 N.W. Kelley Noah Wilbourne Kelley was born August 29, 1893 at the family farm on Kelley Road near Brooks in the same room where his father was born. The son of Minnie Patterson Kelley and George Columbus Kelley, he was educated in the Brooks schools and at the A & M School in Barnesville, later Gordon College. He moved...