Re: P. Bettis, Gunmaker in early Georgia
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In reply to:
P. Bettis, Gunmaker in early Georgia
Darrell Cook 11/20/07
Philip Bettis. gunsmith. 1860, Cummings, Forsyth County, Phillip Bettis, 25, black-smith, born in S.C.; Matilda Bettis, 25, born in N.C.; Gibbs Bettis, 2, born in. GA; Wil-liam Davis Bettis, 1,born in GA. 1870, Vickery Creek District, Cummings, Forsyth County.. Phillip Bettis, 34, m, w, gunsmith, value of real estate $250, value of personal estate $500, born in SC; Matilda Bettis, 37, f, w, keeping house, b. NC; all children born in Georgia: Gibbs Bettis, 13; William Bettis, 11; Toliver Bettis, 6; Eliza Bettis, 9; Lenora Bettis, 4; Victoria Bettis, 4. 1879, Vickerys Creek [State Dir]. Vickery Creek, also known as Big Creek, is a water course located in Forsyth and Fulton Counties, Georgia. The creek mouth empties into the Chattahoochee River and is located at the southern border of Roswell where State Route 9 crosses the river. Its source is located just north of the intersection of Georgia State Routes 9 and 20, in Forsyth County, about 1 mile directly south of downtown Cumming, Georgia. Much of the land east of the creek and west of Grimes Bridge Road in Roswell, forms the Vickery Creek unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area [Wikipedia]; 1880, Philip Bettis, 44 Gunsmith; Matilda, 49. 1881-82, Vickery Creek, Forsyth County [U.S. Census; Dir].