Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Lott Family
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J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net
Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of
Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County,
GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and
then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved
in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came
to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and
decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from
home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited
with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations,
and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the
"Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933.
These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the
different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write
up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and
where they originated.
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his
wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton
Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to
age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and
copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter.
She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the
brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn
them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^t saved these family
histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been
found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^s and
part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source
CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of
a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in
these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you
can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as
your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy
information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be
forwarned is to be forarmed.
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Tifton Gazette
March 15, 1912
Vol. XXI No. 45
THE LOTT FAMILY
Arthur and James Lott came from South Carolina with 700 head of
cattle, accompanied by a colony which left Bulloch county enroute to
Alabama, via Columbus. Dan, the son of Arthur, was an invalid,
becoming indisposed and fatigued from their journey, and remained
somewhere in the neighborhood of Douglas, to recuperate. He and his
sons, Dan, Joe, and Mark, decided to locate and settle near Douglas.
Dan married Lucy Peterson; She died leaving Elisha, Joe, Dan, John,
Arthur, Hester, Marcissa, Mary (called "Pink"), Martha, Jesse and
Mark. He next married Fannie Gaskins. Their children were: Elias, Dave
and Seward.
Elisha, son of Dan, married Mary Moore. Their children were: Dan,
Jonnie, Elisha, Jewel, Polly, Lucy, Sarah, and Martha.
Dan, son of Elisha, married Matilda Vickers. They had thirteen
children. Becky married Tom Douglas; Lucy married Bartow Morris;
Mattie married John Roberts; Daisy married William Morris; Olive
married J. Adams; Minnie married S. Adams; Reason married Minnie
Pearson; Daniel married Roxy Morris; Eli married Fanny Belle McKinnon;
Clif and Henry never married.
John M., son of Elisha married Lucinda Stickland; one son, Dr.
Cleveland.
Elisha, son of Elisha, married Becky Vickers.
Jewel married Gertrude Smith.
Mary, or Polly, married Jim Lott, son of Mark. Their children were:
Jesse, John, Martha, who married Smith; Minnie, who married W.
Kirkland; Delilah, who married Jacob Vickers; Wayne and Jackson.
Lucy, daughter of Elisha, married Eli Vickers. Their son, Henry,
married Della McCranie; Jack married Rose McCranie; Elisha married
Luna Warren; he died. Micajah married Ida Daniel's, daughter of Tom.
Warren married Lenora Harper, she died; Dan, Herbert, and Eli.
Sarah, daughter of Elisha, married Speed Jake Paulk. Mattie or Martha,
daughter of Elisha, married R.V. Douglas, of Lakeland,Fla.
Joe, son of Dan the elder, married Beattie Vickers. Their children
were: Becky, Lucy, Narcissa, Pink, Martha, Mary, Arthur, Jesse, Dan,
Wiley, William, Babe and Elisha.
Becky, daughter of Joe, married Elijah Paulk. They have twelve
children: Mary, Narcissa, Betsy, Lila, Clif, Tom, John, Joe, Jesse,
Hannibal and Dan.
Lucy married Cushay Harper, son of Glenn. Their children were: Jack,
who went to Florida; Elbert, and Beatty, who married in Colquitt
county.
Pink, daughter of Joe, married Griffin Lindsey. Their children were:
Mary died, John single.
Martha, daughter of Joe, married Jesse Rodgers. No children.
Mary, daughter of Joe, married Lindsey.
Arthur, son of Joe, married Mary Harper, daughter of Jake Harper.
Jesse, son of Joe, married Tishie Vickers, she died; he then married
Miss Spivey.
Dan, son of Joe, went to Florida.
Wiley, son of Joe, married Miss Newborn, she died.
William, son of Joe, married Miss Lindsey.
Elisha B., married Nancy Youngblood; children John and Jesse D.
Babe, not married.
Martha, daughter of old Dan, married Mary Douglas.
Elias, son of Dan and Fanny Gaskins, married Tempy Douglas. Their
children were: Mary, married Joe Pafford; Fanny married Big Dan Paulk,
who died, she then married Ed Cross. Dan married Miss Dean, whose
mother was a Wilcox.
Dave, son of old Dan, married Elizabeth Bird.
Seward, son of old Dan Lott, married Ava Peterson. She died, leaving
Mattie, who married Judge Langford of Coffee County; Laura, who
married J.L. Paulk, of Ocilla; Lila, who married Tom Fillengen, and
Bessie who married Bailey. Seward next married Sallie Luke, daughter
of old Marcus Luke of Fitzgerald.
Dan, son of old Dan, married Nancy Wilcox. Their daughter , Babe,
married Elias Hinson of Jeff Davis county. They raised a large family.
Their son, Elias, was killed at a turpentine still in July, 1911.
Lucy, daughter of old Dan, married Bald-headed Tom Paulk. Arthur, son
of old Dan, married Eliza Carver.
Hester, daughter of old Dan, married Elias Moore. Their children were:
Aaron, Arthur, Elisha, and Francis.
Aaron married Fanny Daughtry. Their children were: Elisha, Henry,
Alex, William, Thoda, Fanny and Mattie.
Arthur, son of Hester, married Matilda Giddens. Their children were:
Mona , Aaron, Jim, Molly and Annie.
Elisha, son of Hester, married Miss Meeks of Appling county. Their
children were: Elias married Miss Meeks; Dan married Annie Kirkland.
Lucy married Charlie Meeks; Hetty married M. Pafford; Betsy married M.
Daughtry, he died; she then married Jesse Pafford; Sarah married
Marcus Pafford.
Frances, daughter of Hester , married Jim Overstreet.
Narcissa, daughter of old Dan, married William Weeks. One child,
Elizabeth, married Ben H. Pearson.
Mary, called Pink, daughter of old Dan, married Pearson. Mary Married
Joe Kirkland.
John, son of old Dan, married Mary Jane Wilcox. Their children were:
Wash, Elizabeth, Lucy, Minnie, and Narcissa.
Wash married Mary Ann Moore. Their children were: Mary, who married
Elisha Vickers, son of Wiley; Lucy, who married Louis Vickers; Jesse,
Warren and Elizabeth, who married Moore; he died, she then married J.
Gaskins. Children, Tom and Belle.
Minnie, daughter of John, married Frank Sweat; he was killed in an
automobile and she next married J. Moore.
Narcissa, daughter of John, married Dr. John Hall.
Lucy, daughter of John, married Simon Douglas.
Elizabeth, daughter of Elisha, married Wiley Vickers.
Arthur, son of old Dan, married Eliza Carver.
Mark, son of old Dan, married Holland Gaskins. She died. Children
were: Martha, who married Anderson; Dave and Lucy, single. Arthur went
to Texas. Mark next married Rhoda Davis; children, Dan who was killed
at a saw mill; Holland and Joe.
Old Joe Lott had one child, Dan, who married Miss Mobley. Their
children were: Warren married Miss Williams; Fanny married Sirmans;
Betty married Quincy, of Florida; John married Miss Bailey; Walter
married Georgia Bailey; Joe single. They all settled in Ware County.
Old Mark Lott married Mittie Ward. Their children were: Jim, who
married Polly Lott; Lottie who married Hargroves; Markey, who married
Ward; Zethy, who married Garrison; Zoe and Giles. They all settled in
Coffee county.
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Please take note that this information came from long ago and has not
been corrected for accuracy. Many of these sketches have names
transposed or just plain wrong information so use this as a starting
point, not the final end to your research. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL
DOCUMENT. It is a summary of the genealogical findings of one man, Gus
Adams, which were unsubstantiated and should be used as such.
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