[U S Army EOD]

On my mothers side, the Bunch's my grandfather and the Lidsey's my grandmother are all from Wilkes county. My grandmother died about eight years ago at the age of 103 and her father fought in the Civil War but we don't know much about him. The Bunch side is where the Creek Indian blood came from in my family. We have pretty good records on my great, great grandfather Bunch and his family. I think he was in the 40th Georgia who were in a lot of the big battles. I have his mustering out/parol papers. All of them were from Wilkes County.

Lincoln County was devided from Wilkes County and named Lincoln in honor of Benjamin Lincoln. Benjamin Lincoln and Eligah Clarke were involved in a lot of the local fighting in this area during the Revolutionary War. He was also the one who received Cornwallis's sword and the Battle of Yorktown.

What is your ggg grandfather's name, I might be able to tell you a little bit about the remaining family.

My last name is York and that family came from Mountain City or Clayton, Georgia up in the mountains.

[AnAmericanMother]

GGG grandfather was Nimrod Washington Long, b. 1800. He lived in or near Washington, Wilkes County. His father was Evans Long and his mother was Lucy Apperson. His father was originally from Spotsylvania Cy VA, his grandfather was Reuben Long, a Revolutionary soldier. I think Evans is buried in Wilkes County. He married Catherine Davis, who supposedly was some sort of cousin of Jefferson Davis (but we have no proof of that!)

I know we have some Bunches on the family tree, but I think they married cousins, not in my direct line.

We drive through Clayton to go camping and kayaking! Pretty country up that way!