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Page 2 of 45Generation 1 (con't)George probably is the son of George P.The sons of John Peter French, James and Jesse, areliving in Greenville in 1830. Also living in Greenville areJacob and Jonathan French. Jacob has not beenidentified, but Jonathan also appears to be a son of JohnPeter. Also living in Greenville at this time is the familyof Anna Amanda Avary who later married GeorgeWilliam French. Her uncle Thomas Avary and his wifeLucinda moved to Chambers County, Alabama about1835, the same county where George William and Annamarried and settled in 1846.A George French also is found in the 1830 AndersonCounty, South Carolina Census. The ages of George,his wife and the children fit later census data exactly.There is an "extra" male younger than five and he couldbe one of the extras later shown in the 1840 Georgiacensus. John and Polly Corr, parents of Nancy, alsolived in Anderson County at this time. The move fromGreenville southwest to Anderson would be a logicalroute going from South Carolina to the newly openedIndian territories in Georgia and Alabama. There alsoare two George Frenches in Laurens County, SouthCarolina in 1830, but their ages and children do not fitknown information.Based on the years and locations when and where hischildren were born, our George would appear to have leftSouth Carolina after 1833, lived in Georgia, and arrivedin Alabama by 1843. In 1841, his son John marriedLucinda Bachelor in Campbell County, Georgia and Johnowned land in Campbell during the 1840s. In 1840,there are no George Frenches in either South Carolinaor Alabama. The only George French in Georgia is inCampbell County (annexed by Fulton in 1932).However, the ages and sexes do not quite match hislater family. Instead of nine members in the family, thereSunday, 06 March 2011
Page 3 of 45Generation 1 (con't)later family. Instead of nine members in the family, thereare eleven, including two extra males under 5 and oneextra male 5-10. In a time when infant deaths wereprevalent, the uncounted young males may have diedbefore the family reached Alabama, or other familymembers may be staying with them. Inconsistent andirregular census taking also might account for thesediscrepancies. One male between 15 and 20 is missing,but this may be explained by the scenario below.Family legend has it that George William French workedon the first railroad to reach Atlanta, so he may be livingaway from home. "In December 1833, only three monthsafter completion of the Charlestown-Hamburg line, thestate of Georgia had chartered three railroads in a singleweek - and by the close of 1842 the 104-mile GeorgiaRailroad reached from Augusta to Madison and wasmoving toward White Hall, the future Atlanta. . . .[However, b]y 1845 Atlanta existed only as a remoterailroad station, which the Georgia Railroad fromAugusta had reached with its first locomotive drawn byoxen, an ignominious beginning for the future rail centerof the Southeast." [Davis, Burke. "The SouthernRailway," UNC Press, Chapel Hill, 1985. Pp. 103-105.]Since the location of Campbell County follows thegeneral direction of the westward movement, it is likelythat this is the family of our George (the Elder), and healso may have worked on the railroad. It is evenpossible that he had worked on the earlier 136-mileSouth Carolina line, built 1829-33, the first railroad inAmerica of more than one hundred miles in length.A George French (age 60, born in SC) appears in the1850 census of Randolph County, Alabama as a farmerwith real estate valued at $200. Elizabeth (52, SC),Willis (17, GA), Elizabeth (15, GA) and Ann (12, GA) areliving with him. The older Elizabeth would appear to bethe mother and her age fits that in the 1820 Greenville,Sunday, 06 March 2011
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