Hancock County, Georgia
Obituaries

Bailey
Died on Sunday, the 24th ult. Mrs. Margaret Bailey, wife of John Bailey, Esq. of this county in the 45th year of her age. In her were happily united, the careful constant loving wife, the tender mother and undissembled friend. She has left a disconsolate husband, and six children to mourn her irreparable loss. Her amiable qualities will be remembered by her relatives and friends while "memory holds her seat". [Farmer's Gazette, Sparta, Saturday, February, 23, 1805 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Brannen
Died in his old age - John P. Brannen gathered to his Fathers last Sunday
Full of years and experience, John P. Brannen was gathered to his fathers last Sunday at the residence of his son-in-law, Ralph H. Farnham, 203 East Fifteenth Street. His funeral was held at 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, the services being held by Revs. A. O. Evans and Jas. Thomas. The interment was at Oakland Cemetery. The deceased had been sick only three weeks, and his death was due more to old age than any other reason.
John P. Brannen was born in 1806 in Hancock County, Georgia, and was therefore in his 93d year. He removed to Little Rock in 1886 from Alabama. He was married in 1837 in Georgia to Miss Nancy Smith, and the two lived together happily until last December, when his helpmeet of nearly 62 years preceded him to the Great Beyond. It would appear to be one of the kind provisions of providence that those who had so long been associated together in this life should not long be separated in that which lies beyond. [Arkansas Democrat, (Little Rock, AR) Tuesday, September 19, 1899 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Champion
Died, on the 11th inst. Mr. Nicholas Champion, of this county. [Farmer's Gazette, Sparta, Friday, June 17, 1803 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Crawford
Deaths - At Sparta, Georgia on the 29th ult. of consumption, Mrs. Sarah Louisa Crawford, consort of Major Joel Crawford. She was a native of Halifax county, in this state, but for the last twenty years a resident of Sparta. In the death of this excellent woman, her bereaved family have sustained an irreparable loss. She met death with a firmness and composure which bespoke her confidence in those high virtues which it had been the business and the delight of her life to practice. [Raleigh Register, and North-Carolina Gazette, (Raleigh, NC) Friday, November 13, 1840 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Dickson
Captain John Dickson died at his residence near Sparta, Georgia, on Thursday, 24th December, in the 69th year of his age. He was perhaps the largest land holder in the State. Several years ago he paid tax on about 35,000 acres in different parts of the State. [The Charleston Mercury, (Charleston, SC) Monday, January 18, 1858 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Grammer
Died, on Thursday, Mrs. Elizabeth Grammer, aged 58
[Farmer's Gazette, Sparta, Friday, October 28, 1803 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Hill
On the 12th of November, in Hancock County, Georgia, John Hill, aged 93. Mr. Hill was a native of Maryland, and removed to Georgia 35 or 40 years ago, upon the place where he died. He has left a wife and five children. He fought at Brandywine, at Trenton, was present at the taking of the Hessians; he was at Augusta, Georgia, pursued the British to Savannah, was present at the siege of Charleston, where, being taken a prisoner, he incredulously escaped, and joined Colonel Washington at Cape Fear. [The North American and Daily Advertiser, (Philadelphia, PA) Wednesday, December 28, 1842 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Hitchcock
Major Ethan Allen Hitchcock died in Hancock County, Georgia, on the 8th inst. [Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Friday, August 10, 1870 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Rabun
Died at his residence in Hancock County, Georgia, on the 23rd ult. William Rabun, Governor of that state. [The Scioto Gazette and Fredonian Chronicle, (Chillicothe, OH) Friday, November 26, 1819 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Ramsey
Dr. Henry A. Ramsey, a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, having been detected in very numerous and extensive geries, and committed to jail in Sparta, Georgia, poisoned himself in his cell, by mixing seeds of the Jamestown weed in a cup of coffee. [Lowell Daily Citizen and News, (Lowell, MA) Friday, September 12, 1856 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Shea
Pat Shea, a citizen of Hancock County, was shot and killed last Thursday night by Prof. W. E. Reynolds of the Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural college, Milledgeville, Ga.  Shea was probably drunk and was on Reynolds’s front porch.  Reynolds took him for a burglar, and his son, who was with him when he opened his front door, warned him to look out, as the man was going to shoot.  The professor raised his gun and fired, and Shea was almost instantly killed. The affair is deeply regretted by all the people of Milledgeville, and by none more than Professor Reynolds himself.  The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of perfectly justifiable homicide.
From Hamilton News Press - Marion County AL - April 11, 1895 - Transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney
Transcribed by Veneta McKinney

Satterlee
Deaths - In Sparta, Georgia, 4th ult. John W. Satterlee, Esq. a native of Vermont and graduate of Middlebury College. [Vermont Watchman and State Journal, (Montpelier, VT) Friday, March 03, 1843 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Stevens
Judge Linton Stevens, brother of Alexander H. Stevens, died of congestion of the brain at Sparta, Georgia, on Sunday. [Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, (Bangor, ME) Thursday, July 18, 1872 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Stovall
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 6 - Gen. M. A. Stovall died today, after an illness of several months, at the age of 77 years. He was a native of Hancock County, Georgia, but has lived the greater part of his life in Augusta. He graduated at West Point, but never entered the regular army. He enlisted in the Confederate army with the rank of colonel. He was for the greater part of the war connected with the Army of Tennessee and for his bravery and skill was made major general. He moved to Augusta immediately after the war. He held positions of public and private trust in this community, and to the day of his death commanded the highest respect and esteem. [The State,(Columbia, S.C) Wednesday, August 7, 1895 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Turner
Died, on Tuesday last, Mrs. Abigal Turner [Farmer's Gazette, Sparta, Friday, October 28, 1803 - Submitted by Rita Morgan]

Mrs. Roy M. Baker
Sparta, Ga. - Mrs Roy M. Baker died Sunday in a Baldwin County hospital.
Graveside services will be held today at 230 p.m. in the Sparta Cemetery with the Rev Ted Abernathy officiating.
She was a lifelong resident of Hancock County and a member of Pierce Memorial Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, and one brother. H. D. Graves Sr.. Augusta. Patterson Funeral Home. Sparta, is in charge.
Date: 1974-03-26; Paper: Augusta Chronicle

Henry T. Roberson
Milledgeville. Ga. - Henry T. Roberson, 72, of 320 Staley Ave., Milledgeville, died Thursday at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Long Creek Baptist Church in Warren County with the Rev. J.B. Leaber officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A native of Hancock County, he had lived in Warren County most of his life. He was a retired employee of Central State Hospital and a member of the Long Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Daisy Dunn Roberson; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Smallwood, Warrenton, Ga.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Kay Wagner, Jonesboro, Ga., Mrs. Faye Bohannon, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Mary Vanne Wacaster, Colquitt. Ga.; five brothers, Grady Roberson, Johnny Roberson and Louis Roberson, Milledgeville. Jesse Roberson, Swainsboro, Ga., and Douglas Roberson. Long Island, N.Y.; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Edenfield, Swainsboro, and Mrs. Gilbert Smith, Warrenton.
Martin Funeral Home, Milledgeville, is in charge.
The Augusta Chronicle June 15 1974

P. J. Collins
P. J. Collins, aged 30 years, of Sycamore, Ill., died at a private sanitarium Monday morning at 5 o’clock. The remains were carried to Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfield’s undertaking establishment. The funeral will be announced later. The Atlanta Georgian and News – Atlanta, Georgia – Monday, May 2, 1910
[Transcribed as written by D. Donlon]

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