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| John C. Meadows paid taxes in 1845 in Coweta County in the 2nd District on 202 ½ acres in Lot 247. John C. Meadows paid taxes in 1860 in Coweta County, 1 poll, 6 children between 6 and 18 years, 2 slaves valued at $1,100, 405 acres in Lot 247, District 2, value $2,400, $367 in cash, $3000 in other property. Total value: $6,867. John C. Meadows owned one black male slave and one black female slave, both aged 32, in 1860.360 He lived about 1 ½ miles north of Grantville on the Grantville to Atlanta Highway.
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| | An account book kept by John Meadows was in the possession of Mrs. Mildred Webb Groover of East Point, Georgia, in 1975. The first date in the book was 1 February 1837 and it proves that he had diverse business interests which were kept carefully recorded. John apparently owned a store since there are accounts of goods charged to the account of persons known to be in the area where he lived as well as relatives.
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| | John kept a well equipped blacksmith’s shop as evidenced by the accounts of work done for various people. He loaned money to many people as shown by his careful accounts of interest accrued. One of the debtors was his brother, Vincent Meadows, who borrowed $32.16. There is a note in the account book that John C. Meadows paid Daniel Meadows $26.37 ½ for corn.
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| | Julia Ann Cook’s parents, John and Martha Cook, lived in Morgan County, Georgia, in 1820. They moved to Henry County, Georgia, about 1827, and to Coweta County, about two miles north of Grantville. John Cook was born 18 October 1797,361 died after 1862, Houston County, Texas. He was the son of John Drury Cook, born 26 March 1765,362 died 22 September 1843, and Mary Heard, born 18 May 1771,363 died 25 July 1838.364 They are buried at Cooksville, Heard County, Georgia.
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| 360 1860 Ga. Slave Schedule, p. 198, Coweta Co.
| | 361 John D. Cook Bible in possession of Mrs. Robert Sterling Cook, Cooksville, Heard Co., Ga., in 1960. No publication date. Copied by P. H. Cook, 1745 Meadowdale Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga., in 1950.
| | 362 Wesley Cook Bible, Atlanta, Cass Co., Texas, in possession of Ruby Hake, Jefferson, Texas in 1976.
| | 363 Wesley Cook Bible
| | 364 John D. Cook Bible: John Cook died Sept. 22 1843. Mary, wife of John Cook, died July 25 1838
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