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Jonathan, I didn’t think there was anything else I could add to these Poseys but yesterday I was at the library and looking in the book Georgia Indian Depredation Claims I found the following document: Phillip Brown, Telfair County, Oct 12 1812 files affidavit stating that he had a horse stolen, value $40.00.
Andrew Posey and William Hendley claims that what Phillip Brown says in his affidavit is true. (I think all this helps to substantiate your theory that William is the son of Nehemiah JM
I then looked in Fussell M Chalker’s book Pioneers Along The Ocmulgee . There were several entries on the Poseys and William Hendley
On page 51 of the book in Chapter IX: Pioneer Pathways:“ Striking the Telfair County line near the site Old Daniels Church, the thoroughfare led on toward the Copeland settlement. Along this lower part of its course the river Road formed a narrow lane winding among giant oak trees with moss draped branches forming a canopy over the passageway. Along the picturesque avenue meandering through t he Copeland
Settlement stood the houses of William Cawthon, Josiah D. Cawthon, Phillip Brown, Drury Reaves, David Sutton, Jesse Mixon, Moses Roundtree, William Roundtree, William Henley, Nehemiah Posey, William Posey, Jesse Butler, Murdock McDuffie, Abb L. Hatten, James Graham, Caswell Ball, and Jehu Everett.”(There is no date in this chapter of the book. JM)
On page 63-64 of the book in Chapter X: Christianity Brought To The Ocmulgee, “Hopewell Baptist Church was created in 1829 to serve the people residing in the upper part of Telfair County._________________Due to the loss of early records, it is impossible to determine all of the earliest members but according to local authority, other pioneers were William Henley and wife Millie, Abner Burnham, and William Ryals, a Revolutionary Soldier. A likely member was Phillip Brown, a very early settler and father of Frederick Brown, an original delegate from Hopewell to the Ebenezer Association.”
On page 93 of the book in Chapter XIV, Echos Along The Ocmulgee, “ On a July night, a party of hostiles, accompanied by a Creek known as “Winter Jack” was prowling along the white side of the Big Bend in Telfair County. Stealthily, the marauders made their way to the home of Phillip Brown, located on the west side of the River Road a mile above the present-day Hopewell Church. Creeping up to the frontier home, the redskins broke into a cow-pen. Here, giving way to a common Indian trait, the intruders slipped out a choice horse and sought to make their escape. But Phillip Brown was aroused and went out to investigate. Discovering his loss, the pioneer rushed for help at the homes of Andrew Posey and William Henley.
The neighbors quickly responded and the small party sped in pursuit of the Indians.
(They did not catch them. This timeline was just before the 1812 claim date. The west side of the river was still Indian territory at that time. JM)
I will try to check on the Green County reference when I get a chance.
Joy
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