Samuel Conn
Birth 12 Jun 1809 in South Carolina, United States
Death 3 Nov 1873 in Conn's Creek, Cherokee, Georgia, United States
Wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Ingram (My 3rd great grandmother)
Birth 1 Oct 1813 in Franklin, Georgia, United States
Death 20 Apr 1898 in Conn's Creek, Cherokee, Georgia, United States
In 1826, at the age of 17, moved from the Carolinas to North GA. There he purchased 500 acres near Ballground from the local Cherokee Indians. He is said to have traded ponies to the Indians for the land bisected by a tributary of the Etowah River. This eventually became known as Conn's Creek, as did the surrounding community. Prior to his marriage, Samuel built a one room log house on a high knoll about two miles from the present location of Conn's Creek Baptist Church. Later, Samuel expanded the house to include 2 stories and 2 fireplaces. He farmed the land around Conn's Creek and also owned a grist mill in Pickens Co. He was also a deacon of Conn's Creek Baptist Church and was a member for 26 years. Samuel and Elizabeth had 13 children that lived into adulthood, including 6 sons that served in the Confederacy: Francis M. b.1832, George W. b.1836, Daniel J. b.1837, Thomas N. b. 1839, James M. b. 1840, Celia A. b. 1842, Harriet E. b. 1843, Allen C.D. b. 1845, Taylor E. b. 1847, Satura J. b. 1849, Alfred K., b. 1850, Alsey b.1853, Lucinda A. b.1853.
 This only part of Samuel Conn's story. I feel that the Conns of Georgia were important pioneers and contributors to our American history.
 
Submitted by Charlette Grove  Samuel Conn My 3rd great grandfather  lady_matador1@yahoo.com

Brown, Julius L., lawyer, business president, was born May 31, 1848, in Canton, Ga.; and is the son of the late Governor Joseph E. Brown. He was educated at the University of Georgia. Then in 1870-72 he was assistant United States attorney; and for twenty years was general counsel for the original lessee of the Western and Atlantic railroad. For a number of years he was president of the Georgia mining, manufacturing and investment company; and is now master in chancery in the United States circuit court. He is a thirty-two degree mason; past grand commander of the grand commandry of Georgia knights templar; and past vice-president of the grand high priesthood of Georgia.
[Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]

Jones Robert T., president of the Canton cotton mills, of Canton, Cherokee county, is one of the prominent and influential business men of this section of the state and one of the honored citizens of Canton, where his interests are large and varied. He was born and reared in Newton county, Ga., and has maintained his home in Canton since September, 1879, when he here established himself in the general merchandise business, in which he has since continued without interruption. Through his able management and sterling integrity of purpose, this enterprise has grown from modest proportions to one of distinctive scope and importance, and it has been pronounced the most extensive of the sort in the state. His annual business now aggregates about $250,000. In addition to the main establishment, in Canton, Mr. Jones operates three branch stores, in all of which general merchandise is carried in such variety and completeness as to anticipate all demands of the trade patronage. Within the summer of 1906 he will have completed a modern fertilizer factory, from which he will supply his large trade in this commodity, said trade now demanding about 2,000 tons of fertilizer each year. Mr. Jones has conducted his extensive business under his individual name, but in 1906 he secured a charter and has incorporated his business under the title of the Jones Mercantile Company, the same having a paid-up capital of $125,000. The interested principals in the concern include, in addition to himself, his son Paul W. and several of the trusted and valued men who have been in his employ for a number of years. It is the intention of Mr Jones to commit practically the entire management of the new business when organized to his son, Paul W., who has, it would seem, partaken in a large measure of his father's business tact and executive ability. The business of the company is certain to be cumulative in scope under the extended facilities, for its enterprise is based on the unblemished reputation, marked success and personal popularity of its founder. In the year 1892 was organized and incorporated the Bank of Canton, with a paid-up capital stock of $25,000. Mr. Jones was elected first president of the institution and has since continued to serve in this capacity. The bank now has a surplus fund of $40,000, after paying annual dividends of eight per cent. The original stock of the bank was issued at a par value of $100 a share and the same can not be bought to-day for $400 a share. This is to-day considered one of the best managed and most substantial of the smaller banking institutions of the state. In 1900, with the cooperation of representative citizens of this section of the state, Mr. Jones organized the Canton Cotton Mills, which concern was duly incorporated under the laws of Georgia, with a capital of $100,000, fully paid in. Mr. Jones was elected president and treasurer of the company, of which dual office he still remains the incumbent. This important industrial concern has paid an annual dividend of eight per cent.; has accumulated a surplus fund of $120,000; and its stock is valued above $200 a share. All these data indicate how splendidly the enterprise has prospered under the able administration of Mr. Jones. The mills occupy a substantial two-story brick building, 452 feet in length by 85 feet in width, the product of the plant is exclusively denim, and its capacity is for the output of 6,200 pounds of finished goods per day. The mills afford employment to 250 hands and the value of the enterprise in the immediate community is thus increased. The stock is held entirely by residents of Cherokee county, Mr. Jones having the controlling interest. He is also president and treasurer of the Georgia marble finishing works, of Canton, which has a capital of $50,000, fully paid in. This enterprise was established in a modest way, in 1891, by T. M. Brady, and in 1905 a stock company was formed, with capital stock as above indicated, Mr. Jones taking the majority of the stock. This concern is likewise prospering no less substantially than the others with which Mr. Jones has identified himself, and the company now has a surplus of more than $15,000. From the statements here entered it will be seen that the enterprises which have thus been founded and managed by Mr. Jones represent a capitalistic investment of practically half a million dollars, and all are in excellent financial condition, adding materially to the industrial and commercial prestige of the county and the state. For nearly thirty years Mr. Jones has been identified with the business and civic interests of Cherokee county and the town of Canton, and the best voucher of his sterling character is that afforded in the unbounded confidence and esteem in which he is held in the community. His friends are equal in number to his acquaintances, and all seem ready to aid and cooperate with him in any enterprise which he undertakes, realizing his administrative and initiative ability and appreciating his liberality and public spirit. Such are the men who have made Georgia what it is to-day, the veritable "Empire State of the South." In politics Mr. Jones is a Democrat, for sound money and protective tariff. He has been a Mason since 1883, and in 1873 joined the Missionary Baptist church, of which he has been a deacon since 1880. He has been superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school since 1899, and his efforts in this direction have been productive of fine results. On Oct. 15, 1878, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Susie S. Walker of Covington. Eleven children were born of this union, four of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Jones died April 17, 1899, and on April 17, 1901, Mr. Jones was married to Mrs. Lily Cross of Canton, and they have three children.

(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)