Christian Index (Georgia Baptist, the Obituary of Elizabeth Amanda Chapman Delk appeared two times in the "Christian Index"
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX, April 2, 1914:
DELK.--On Thursday, December 11, l913, the death angel came to the home of A. J. Delk, in McIntosh county, Georgia, and required his wife, Elizabeth Amanda. The call came unexpectedly, but found her ready. She was reading the Bible when the summons came. She was about 67 years of age. She united with Jones Creek Baptist Church, in Liberty county, in early life. She remained a consistent member of that church until her death. She leaves six daughters and two sons, with a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Their loss is her eternal gain, for to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. A. Mobley, of Ludowici, Ga., at Jones Creek Baptist Church.The text was 2 Timothy, 4--7. -- E. J. BlantonTHE CHRISTIAN INDEX, September 3, 1914:
DELK.--Mrs. Elizabeth A. Delk, wife of A. J. Delk, born June 15, 1847, died December 11, 1913. She was stricken very suddenly while reading the 8th and 9th chapters of John, alone with her husband, and lived only a few hours. She had selected her favorite Scripture text to be used at her funeral, 2nd Tim. 7th and 8th verses. She united with Jones' Creek Church early in life, and was still a member at her death. She leaves six daughters and two sons to mourn her death, viz: Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Blanton, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. D. P. Salllett, Mrs. Atkins, Miss Mattie, and Messers David and Alex. Respectfully submitted, Jos. H. Parker, Chm.Note: Mrs. Austin was Madola Delk Austin, Mrs. Blanton was Mamie Delk Blanton, Mrs. Chapman was Matilda Delk Chapman, Mrs. D. P. Sallett was Elvira Delk Sallett, Mrs. Atkins was Florence Delk Atkins.
Thomas Weyman Houston died at Kennesaw Mountain while serving as a Private in Capt O. C. Hopkins' Troop of the 5th Georgia Cavalry (Co K, McIntosh Light Dragoons). Thomas Weyman was a brave man and had little of the material things of life, but he was rich in the things that mattered most. Esther, raised the six children on her meager homestead East of Doctors Creek in Long County, and she did it without one penny of welfare or even a widows pension. Her small log cabin was torched by Kilpatrick's men and she and her children spent that horrid winter of 1864 in a pine bark hut. The yankees took everything of value she had. She was fortunate enough to have scattered the wild cattle and hogs she had in the free range woods of McIntosh County and away from Kilpatrick's army.
Thomas Weyman Houston enlisted 14 Aug 1861, in Company F, 25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry for the term of one year, by Lt. Col. Rockwell. This unit served for the most part of the year on picket duty on the Georgia Coast, around the Savannah Georgia Area. He was released by civil authority in 3 Jun 1862. On 3 Mar 1863, he enlisted in Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry for 3 years or the duration of the war. He was in every action that the unit was engaged in. He was hospitalized in the Atlanta Area, and died 25 July 1864. He is believed to buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Kennesaw. [FAM REC Tommy D. Houston]
Thomas Weyman Houston, (1826-1864) Confederate Soldier, Farmer, was born in McIntosh County Georgia in 1826, the third child of Thomas A. and Asia Bayard Houston. Records of the Surveyor General of the State of Georgia indicate that he was given a grant of 84 acres on Doctor�s Creek in that portion of McIntosh County that is now Long County. Thomas Weyman Houston was not a slaveholder, but was described as a poor dirt farmer who tended the land and raised livestock in the free range flatwoods. On Feb 15,1849, he married Esther A. Baggs, daughter of William D. Baggs and Charity Hope Baggs . This union produced eight children: Mary Catherine Houston 1850-1890 m James Jeremiah Horne; Elizabeth Charity Houston 1852-1923 m (1) Columbus Chapman (2) his brother Ferdinand B. Chapman; Margaret Ann Houston 1854-1859; Esther Rebecca Houston 1855-1944 m Fred Norby; William Baggs Houston 1857-1869; Thomas Edgar Houston 1859-1905 m Nora Augusta Middleton d/o Richard Benjamin Middleton; Joseph James Houston 1861-1904; George Henry Houston 1864-1928 m Mattie Gordon.
Thomas Weyman was a religious person, having belonged to the Methodist Church near his home that later became Middleton Memorial Church. He was a Master Mason, and a charter member of Altamaha Lodge No. 227, Free and Accepted Masons in Johnston Station, Ga. (Now Ludowici, Ga.) Thomas Weyman was a fairly well educated person, having attended McIntosh Academy.
/Robert HOUSTON
/John Carrol HOUSTON b: ABT. 1755 d: 5 FEB 1838
/Thomas A. HOUSTON b: 1796
| \Jane HARVEY b: ABT. 1758
Thomas Weyman HOUSTON b: 22 FEB 1826 d: 29 JUL 1864
\Asia BAYARD b: 1800
never married, killed in a railroad accident while employed on the ACL Railroad and Back Swamp Ga.
Atlanta Constitution, April 12, 1923
Mrs. Wright Chapman Dies
Glennville, GA, April 11, 1923
Mrs. Wright Chapman, aged 58, died at her home near Ludowici Tuesday night. She is survied by her husband, four sons, one daughter, four sisters, and two brothers. The funeral and internment will be at Jones Creek Cemetery at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
Atlanta Constitution, April 12, 1923
Mrs. Wright Chapman Dies
Glennville, GA, April 11, 1923
Mrs. Wright Chapman, aged 58, died at her home near Ludowici Tuesday night. She is survied by her husband, four sons, one daughter, four sisters, and two brothers. The funeral and internment will be at Jones Creek Cemetery at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.