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From: "Harris Hill" <>
Subject: Re: [GASUMTER] Ebenezer CHurch Minutes 35-39
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 04:48:50 -0400
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Amazingly enough, I am aware of two Lovett/Lovitt B. Smith's about this
time, both apparently living in the area of Sumter Co. that beacme Schley.
The one in these minutes, as the story goes had some involvement in the
naming of the city of Americus. Here is an excerpt from an old newspaper
article about Sumter County History. This and other pieces of Sumter's
history can be read at http://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/history.htm


Harris Hill

A Short History of Sumter County

Formerly a Portion of Lee County

by

Joseph Absolom Cobb

"Americus Daily Press"

December 16,1902



Sumter County, Ga. was laid off from Lee county by an act of the
legislature in 1831, and the following named persons were chosen to lay off
the town: John W. Cowart, Green M. Wheeler, Wright Brady and Jackson Tiner.
They selected the lot of land No. 156, in the Twenty-seventh district, on
the waters of Muckalee creek and south of Little creek, now known as Town
creek. The surveyors pitched their tent near where the Central freight
depot now stands. After laying off the streets and court house square, the
commissioners met for the purpose of selecting a name for the county site.
Each had a name selected and agreed to put all the names in a hat and
blindfolded the writer of this article and let the name that I drew out be
the one the town should be named, when Lovett B. Smith, one of the
commissioners, told the balance of them that he had selected a name that he
thought would suit them all, and Americus was the name, which was selected
and agreed to by all.











----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitzi Bateman" <>
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: [GASUMTER] Ebenezer CHurch Minutes 35-39


>
> Harris wrote:
> >Does anyone know anything about S.W. Key or Bro. Jenks who are mentioned
as
> >moderators?
>
> I checked the 1840 Sumter County census index and couldn't find anyone
with
> the surname of Key or Jenks.
>
> Does anyone know anything about L.B. Smith and Axsy Smith?
>
> Mitzi
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