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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: W. Harold Medlock..he farmed until the Civil War,then
served in Co A, 6th LA Cavalry, C.S.A. His service record states he was a
prisoner of war. He enlisted under the initials W.J.T. Medlock, but afterthe
war, he dropped the "T" and used only the initials J.W. He was a Methodist
minister and a member of the Methodist Conference. He and his wife havemany
prominent descendents in LA and TN

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William married Susan Frances Upton on 30 Jan 1871. Susan was born on 9 Mar 1851 in Georgia, USA; died on 16 Apr 1929 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: History of Gwinnett County, GA and informationsent by
W. Harold Medlock...Little is known of his education today, except it was
adequate for the era in which he lived and his vocation. He was aMethodist, as
was his family. Faced with disastrous crops on the farm and the additional
needs of his growing fmaily, James was lured by tales of instant wealthto be
had in the California Gold Rush. Groups of men from every state crossedplains
and mountains, and many went by boat through the water routes then of the
Isthmus of Panama. He was but twenty two when he placed his wife and sonsunder
the watchful care of her parents until his return, and headed for theGold Rush
with a money belt fastened to his waist. But tragedy annihilated thisfamily,
with the exception of the eldest son, within two years. Cholera wasrampant,
and took the life of James while on board ship enroute to the Pacificcoast. He
was buried at sea. Son George died in Jan 1851; daughter Georgia, born 4months
after her father's death, bied in Jul 1852; wife Margaret died 10Aug 1852on
the farm at Minden, LA. Causes of their deaths are uncertain. George,Georgia
and Margaret were buried in Minton, LA. Information also on chart sentto me
by Mary Frances Gertz, 2961 Tudor, Memphis, TN 78127.

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James married Margaret Aletha Caroline Wren on 12 Nov 1846 in Putnam, Georgia, USA. Margaret (daughter of George Washington Wren and Sarah Bridges) was born on 28 May 1829; died on 10 Aug 1852 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!CONFLICT: her name may have been Caroline Alethia Wrenn

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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Gwinnett County Families 1818-1968, edited byAlice S.
McCabe. Article on pgs 341-343 by W. Harold Medlock & James W. Medlock,Jr.
As a farmer he acquired many acres of land and several slaves. Before1850, he
moved to Marthasville (now Atlanta, Fulton County) where the present Grace
Methodist Church is located.
His home faced what was then Pittman Street and is now Monroe Drive atPonce
De Leon Avenue. His property reached beyond the present Sears Roebuck tothe
east, Henry Grady High School to the north, Fort Street on the west, North
Avenue on the south, and to Johnson Road in the northeast. He owned astore in
Atlanta, that was run by son-in-law..Joel Yarborough..located at FivePoints.
It was built of rocks picked up around that site by his slaves.
During the Civil War John refugged with his wife, daughters and
daughter-in-law, Vilenah Antoinette Mason Medlock, to Sandersville in
Washington Co. where his brother, Lewis Henry Medlock, was a newspaper
publisher. In Sandersville, he signed the oath of amnesty, which waasnecessary
before he could take possession of his property or vote.
From History of Gwinnett County Georgia..article by A. M. Johnson..Johnwas the
only son of Isham who remained in Gwinnett as late as 1847. It was thenhe
moved to Atlanta.

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John married Sarah Jemison Ware on 7 Nov 1822 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA. Sarah was born on 24 Nov 1807 in Georgia, USA; died on 16 Dec 1883 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George married Sarah Bridges. Sarah was born about 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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