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Note: Woodson Allen of Walton County for $200. The description of the tractof land is as follows. (Question marks indicate that the word washard to read.)
"... beginning at a black oak and running south forty five degresseast, twenty nine chains to a pine, thence south forty five degrees ?thirty nine chains & sixty five links to post oak, thence south fortyfive degrees, west twenty nine chains to a stake, thence north fortyfive degrees west to the beginning ... being part of a survey grantedto John F.? Waggoner."
On 11 Nov 1835, Henry Luke sold 79 acres in Clarke County, GA, toFrancis A. Bell for $65. The description of the tract of land is asfollows.
"known by the name of Rolly Hightowers old place ... beginning in awhite oak thence running up Ben ? to Jackson County line thence withsaid line to a pine thence with Stokely? Evans home to Allen's oldline thence to the beginning."
The following is found in "The History of Oconee County, Georgia"compiled by Margaret F. Sommer.
"LUKE FAMILY
In the Early Days
The Luke family was from England and were merchants in London in the1600's. Thomas Luke was sending merchandise to the colonies and Jamesand John Luke were in the Maryland-Virginia area receiving merchandisefor resale to the settlers. In 1641, in the County of Isle of Wight,Va., Mr. James Luke was appointed as the youngest Commission member.John Luke was recorded in the Eastern Shore of Va., where he and hiswife Susannah were complaining to the authorities about the Judges notbeing fair to all individuals, saying, "for such unjust Judges ashe... the land mourned." In the 1700's, we find the family inNorthhampton Co., Va., and then migrating to the borders of Georgia inthe late 1780's, waiting for the Georgia territory to get the areasafe from Indians so they could safely bring their families in toclear land and build shelter so they could make a living off the land.
Henry Luke b. in VA. about 1782, was found in the tax digest ofFranklin Co. in 1805. In the mid 1820's, he started buying and sellingland here in the Jackson-Clarke County area, now Barrow-OconeeCounties. The land was formerly a grant to Hugh McDonald and JonathanWebster, who were Surveyors and took choice land for payment of theirservices in the 1780's. A few years later when the taxes were due,they let the land go back and it was cut up into tracts and sold.Henry Luke bought some land from Silas Downs, Rolly Hightower and theEvans Tract, ending up with a plantation from Bear Creek to Barber andMcNutt Creeks. Henry and his family cleared lands for farming, raisedcotton and had a saw mill. He was also a local J.P. in 1832.
One son, John, moved into lower Jackson Co. He served in the CivilWar. He returned, but in 1870, his drunken son-in-law came to his homeand an argument ensued. John Luke was struck with a rock and killed.Martha, a daughter of Henry's, married Geo. A. Archer. Nancy marriedDuke Hamilton St., and Henry Blanton Luke married Martha Gann in 1849,daughter of Samuel.
In 1851, Henry Luke gave his son, Henry Blanton Luke, a Deed of Giftof his farm "for the love and affection shown him". We find Henryliving in the home of Henry Blanton in the census of 1870, being 89years of age. The Luke family is buried in the old Delay Cemeterybetween Bogart and Statham and I assume Henry was buried there as the�head and foot" stones line the back side of this cemetery.
The Lukes continued to have a sawmill and were sawyers (the job ofboard measuring and guiding) for others. In the late 1800's, some ofthe land was sold to new settlers in the western side of what now isBogart. A portion of the land the Bogart 1st Baptist Church has ispart of the original plantation.
George Washington Luke Sr. (son of Henry B.) married Nancy Kinney,daughter of John F. and Agness Kinney. She died giving birth totriplets. He then married Mary Centennial Baker (Mamie) and they hadtwo sons, John Henry and Geo. Washington, Jr. (Wash). George farmedcotton and ran the sawmill, but in 1911 he cut his thumb and 3 fingersand set up blood poisoning. Dr. Belting came by buggy almost every dayto clean the 7 bored holes on top of his hand. He never fullyrecovered, and died in 1912. After the boys married, they divided thefarm that their forefathers farmed and continued farming as the nextgenerations have. Wash married Cora Lee Dial and they had 3 sons,William, Aubrey and Bob, and one daughter, Laurene. Bob went into thearmy and married Janet Zuber, daughter of Grier and Sue Daniell Zuber.After 24 years of service, he came back to the farm and now haschicken houses and a farm operation. They have a daughter, Connie, whomarried Eddie Thomas and they have two girls, Jenny and Carol. Theirother daughter, Ginger, lives on the farm and works in Athens as agraphic mist. The old sawmill still hums on occasion and the air isstill sweet and well-water cold and pure. Ecc. 3:13 & 22 "And alsothat every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all hislabour, it is the gift of God." "Wherefore, I perceive that there isnothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; forthat is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall beafter him".
by Janet Luke"
Note: On 4 Mar 1826, Henry Luke bought 115 acres in Clarke County, GA, from
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Note: Buncome District in Clarke Co., GA. Henry is 68, a farmer with a realestate value of $1000, and was born in Virginia. Another daughter isliving with him, Martha, age 21. She has married George Archer, 19,and has one child, William, age 1.
Note: In 1850, Henry is living next door to Anna House, his daughter, in
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