Early Settlers -T-

Talbot, John lived on Soap Creek in Lincoln County, 1786; headright grant.

Tanner, John. Oglethorpe Co. Deed Book A, p. 93. Deed headed Wilkes County, Ga. 17 March 1793. John Tanner of Wilkes Co. to John Young and George Young, exeutors of George Young, Senior, deceased, a tract of land located on Long Creek adj. N by Ragland, Bradshaw and unknown, E. vacant, S. by Gillum and Finley, W. by Tanner, being 300 acres granted to John Tanner on 9 February 1792, in fee simple.

Tarrance, John LG dated 17 April 1780. Oglethorpe Co. Deed Book D, page 70, 72.

Tarondet, Daniel, 200 acres LG 15 March 1785, Oglethorpe Co., adj. James Easter's grant when surveyed. Oglethorpe CO. Deed Book E, paga 219.

Tate, Samuel, Colonel was born 1860, the oldest son of Stephen C. Tate, and a grandson of Colonel Sam Tate, who had, before the exodus of the Cherokee Indians from North Georgia, forseen the possibilities of the section and secured large tracts of the precious marble stocked land -- a heritage, he believed for his descendants. Col. Sam Tate became president of the Georgia Marble Co. of Pickens Co., Ga. He was educated at Dahlonega, Ga. He purchased a large number of lots from the original drawees about 1834, four years before the Indians left. Ref: The Constitution, Atlanta 12/13/1886

Thompson, Joseph, well known in Atlanta, established a wholesale liquor house in Griffin. The Constitution, Atlanta 10/31/1886

Tatom, Abelr lived on Soap Creek in Lincoln County in 1792; headright grant.

Tatom, Abner lived on Soap Creek in Lincoln County in 1786; headright grant.

Tillery, John. Oglethorpe Co. Deed Book E, page 24. 9 February 1805. Robert Hendon, executor of the estate of Thomas Murray, deceased, and Sarah Murray, executrix, to Benjamin Turner, all of Oglethorpe Co., for $330.00, 200 acres, being part of tract granted to John Tillery and sold by him to Thomas Murray, deceased, on Clouds Creek, adj. Blake and Barnett.

Timberlake, Henry< Lieutenant, an English officer who spent some time among the Cherokees in 1760s. Ref: Letters, Journals and Writings of Benjamin Hawkins, Vol I 1796-1801, edited by C. L. Grant

Todd, John lived on Soap Creek in 1787, Lincoln County; headright grant.

Troy, John lived on Soap Creek in 1786, Lincoln County; headright grant.

Tullis, Moses lived on Soap Creek in 1792, Lincoln County; headright grant.

Twilly, Thomas, son of A. H. Twilly, deceased, fifteen years ago invented a small stationary engine, the culinder five inches long, two and a half inches in diameter. His brother, William, made one the same size. The Constitution, Atlanta 2/15/1886

Tye, Drury, Sr. was born in Barboursville, Knox Co., Kentucky in 1838 He lived there until the outbreak of the war between the states when he joined the Confederate armies and fought throughout the four years. Among his comrades he was known as a man of unflinching courage and a soldier ready to risk life and limb at any time in any hazardous undertaking. At the close of the war he m. Miss Miriam Sparks of Barboursville and they removed to Atlanta. Miriam d. 1896 and Drury Tye remarried, who survived him. Tye conducted a meat market adjoining his residence on Whitehall St. in Atlanta. Drury d. 2/25/1905, interred Oakland Cemetery. His brother: Deputy Sheriff Joshua Tye. Nephew: Drury Tye, Sr. Atlanta Georgian, 2/25/1908. Ref: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.