"Rev. Pickens Taylor Reynolds, son of Bartimeus Reynolds, was born August 20, 1815 in Hall County, Georgia; joined the Baptist church in early life; died July 2, 1899 in Hall County. He preached a living hope; just before he died, crossed his hands on his breast, closed his eyes and went off without a struggle. He was one of our strongest defenders of the churches of the Blessed Christ; one of Ben Hill's favorites, and preached in Atlanta. A happy man in death." J. H. Brooks, Christian Index.
Pickens Reynolds married Ester Jane Liles October 29, 1841 in Hall County, Georgia. Together they raised Flora, Scena, Arlesa, Elijah, William, Eliza, and George Reynolds.
Pickens Taylor Reynolds is buried at the Reynolds-Barton Family Cemetery--located behind what once was a farm on the Joe Chandler Road off the old Lula Highway (Hall County, Georgia).
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Pickens T. Reynolds' name appears in the 1838 militia rolls of troops (Hall and Forsyth Cos.), and is indicative of service in the Cherokee Removal of that year; thereby assuring many of these men of pension and bounty claims for their involvement in the Indian Wars, 1834-1838. He was approximately 23 years old, serving as a private in Capt. Ezekiel Buffington's Company.
On 29 Oct. 1841, Miss Jane Lyle (Lile) became the bride of Pickens Reynolds, children to this couple were: 1) Flora E., (b. 26 Nov 1843, d. 26 Jan 1923); 2) Sena A., (b. 1844); 3) Arlesa Caroline, (b 11 Oct 1847, d. 22 Feb 1901); 4) Elijah E., (b. 22 July 1851, d. 16 Mar 1930); 5) William Bartemious, (b. June 1853, d. 1936); 6) Eliza A. M. (b. 28 July 1856, d. 23 July 1882); 7) George Washington (b. 22 Nov 1861, d. 27 Jan 1938)--the writer's grandfather. In the 1860 census, I found the family with an additional member in the household, "E. Liles, female, age 70," obviously the mother of Jane.
The Reverend Pickens T. Reynolds was the pastor of the Timber Ridge Baptist Church of Lula, Ga., as was his father before him, in the 1860's. From his yard, he witnessed the eerie red glow and the terrible blackened smoke of the sky that represented the burning of Atlanta in Sherman's path of destruction and devastation, understandably believing they were the fires of Armageddon.
"A List of Baptist Ministers" (1800s - Early 1900s) enumerates P. T. Reynolds in the Chattahoochee Association 1864-1866 and 1868-1873. His name appears in various tax records and as an officiate in some of the marriage records of Hall Co.
The eldest of Pickens' four sons was named Elijah, but he was called "Lige" for short.
One day, while Pickens and his sons labored together in the fields, a thunderstorm suddenly came up with the usual amount of accompanying lightning. Lige sought shelter beneath a large oak tree in the midst of the field as lightning bolts were striking all around. One mighty bolt struck the very tree which Lige had sought shelter beneath! As the main lightning bolt traveled down the trunk of the mighty oak on its way into the ground, a stray spike of the lightning bolt leapt from the bark and struck Lige on the top of his head! Of course, Lige was knocked unconscious by the jolt. Pickens and Lige's three brothers rushed to his aid and observed a thin wisp of smoke rising from his hat, and his smoking shoes lying nearby. They examined Lige to see if he were still alive. When Lige finally awakened, it was several days before he could start to communicate with anyone, and his recovery was very slow - in fact, my father and my aunts stated, "Lige was never quite right after that, because he was always kind of 'slow' (mentally) for the remainder of his life." For that reason, Lige was thereafter excused from most of the hard labor in the fields, and permitted to stay near the house doing other chores for his mother and sisters.
Pickens would buy a barrel of whiskey each year and store it in a locked storage shed. After breakfast every morning, except on Sundays, he would open the shed and give each son one small quantity of straight whiskey from the barrel prior to their departure to the fields for the day's work. Pickens based this practice on the Apostle Paul's advice to young Timothy. However, "Preacher" Pickens always strictly cautioned each son to never go into the shed or touch that barrel of whiskey - under penalty of his wrath! As fate would have it, one day when they returned from the fields, they found the shed unlocked. Lige was inside, and Pickens yanked him out of his stupor and introduced him to some swift "reality" with applications of the "board of justice." The rest of the family attempted to take up for Lige, saying he didn't really understand the whiskey barrel prohibition. However, Lige must have comprehended more than his other siblings gave him credit for because he never again went near that whiskey barrel! Lige grew into manhood, married and raised a fine Christian family.
My aunts related to me how a relative named Grady Reynolds, possibly a nephew of Bartimous, and one of his friends got drunk one night and decided to rob a grocery store. The crime didn't go as planned, and the proprietor was murdered in the process! Grady and his partner fled, but were quickly captured. Both prisoners admitted their guilt and were sentenced to be immediately executed by hanging. Grady's final statement revealed that they hadn't intended to harm anyone; and although he was not the one who actually killed the man, he knew he deserved the same punishment as his partner. Grady and his friend were hanged that same night and buried side by side in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery [sic].
Pickens preceded Jane in death on 2 July 1899 and he is buried in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery; whereas, Jane who died 30 Dec 1919, is buried in the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. She refused to be buried in the same cemetery as a murderer! My aunts told me Jane became totally blind some years before her death. When she could no longer see, she went to bed and stayed there for the remainder of her life. Not attempt to persuade her to resume and active life was successful.
This sedentary life-style evidently caused her circulation to slow to the point that she became acutely cold natured; and even during the hottest portion of the Georgia summers, she could be found shivering beneath several blankets. (Submitted by G. R. Reynolds)
(source: The Heritage of Hall County Georgia, 1818-2001. Hall County Library, 127 Main St., NW, Gainesville, GA 30501)
Pickens Reynolds married Ester Jane Liles October 29, 1841 in Hall County, Georgia. Together they raised Flora, Scena, Arlesa, Elijah, William, Eliza, and George Reynolds.
Pickens Taylor Reynolds is buried at the Reynolds-Barton Family Cemetery--located behind what once was a farm on the Joe Chandler Road off the old Lula Highway (Hall County, Georgia).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pickens T. Reynolds' name appears in the 1838 militia rolls of troops (Hall and Forsyth Cos.), and is indicative of service in the Cherokee Removal of that year; thereby assuring many of these men of pension and bounty claims for their involvement in the Indian Wars, 1834-1838. He was approximately 23 years old, serving as a private in Capt. Ezekiel Buffington's Company.
On 29 Oct. 1841, Miss Jane Lyle (Lile) became the bride of Pickens Reynolds, children to this couple were: 1) Flora E., (b. 26 Nov 1843, d. 26 Jan 1923); 2) Sena A., (b. 1844); 3) Arlesa Caroline, (b 11 Oct 1847, d. 22 Feb 1901); 4) Elijah E., (b. 22 July 1851, d. 16 Mar 1930); 5) William Bartemious, (b. June 1853, d. 1936); 6) Eliza A. M. (b. 28 July 1856, d. 23 July 1882); 7) George Washington (b. 22 Nov 1861, d. 27 Jan 1938)--the writer's grandfather. In the 1860 census, I found the family with an additional member in the household, "E. Liles, female, age 70," obviously the mother of Jane.
The Reverend Pickens T. Reynolds was the pastor of the Timber Ridge Baptist Church of Lula, Ga., as was his father before him, in the 1860's. From his yard, he witnessed the eerie red glow and the terrible blackened smoke of the sky that represented the burning of Atlanta in Sherman's path of destruction and devastation, understandably believing they were the fires of Armageddon.
"A List of Baptist Ministers" (1800s - Early 1900s) enumerates P. T. Reynolds in the Chattahoochee Association 1864-1866 and 1868-1873. His name appears in various tax records and as an officiate in some of the marriage records of Hall Co.
The eldest of Pickens' four sons was named Elijah, but he was called "Lige" for short.
One day, while Pickens and his sons labored together in the fields, a thunderstorm suddenly came up with the usual amount of accompanying lightning. Lige sought shelter beneath a large oak tree in the midst of the field as lightning bolts were striking all around. One mighty bolt struck the very tree which Lige had sought shelter beneath! As the main lightning bolt traveled down the trunk of the mighty oak on its way into the ground, a stray spike of the lightning bolt leapt from the bark and struck Lige on the top of his head! Of course, Lige was knocked unconscious by the jolt. Pickens and Lige's three brothers rushed to his aid and observed a thin wisp of smoke rising from his hat, and his smoking shoes lying nearby. They examined Lige to see if he were still alive. When Lige finally awakened, it was several days before he could start to communicate with anyone, and his recovery was very slow - in fact, my father and my aunts stated, "Lige was never quite right after that, because he was always kind of 'slow' (mentally) for the remainder of his life." For that reason, Lige was thereafter excused from most of the hard labor in the fields, and permitted to stay near the house doing other chores for his mother and sisters.
Pickens would buy a barrel of whiskey each year and store it in a locked storage shed. After breakfast every morning, except on Sundays, he would open the shed and give each son one small quantity of straight whiskey from the barrel prior to their departure to the fields for the day's work. Pickens based this practice on the Apostle Paul's advice to young Timothy. However, "Preacher" Pickens always strictly cautioned each son to never go into the shed or touch that barrel of whiskey - under penalty of his wrath! As fate would have it, one day when they returned from the fields, they found the shed unlocked. Lige was inside, and Pickens yanked him out of his stupor and introduced him to some swift "reality" with applications of the "board of justice." The rest of the family attempted to take up for Lige, saying he didn't really understand the whiskey barrel prohibition. However, Lige must have comprehended more than his other siblings gave him credit for because he never again went near that whiskey barrel! Lige grew into manhood, married and raised a fine Christian family.
My aunts related to me how a relative named Grady Reynolds, possibly a nephew of Bartimous, and one of his friends got drunk one night and decided to rob a grocery store. The crime didn't go as planned, and the proprietor was murdered in the process! Grady and his partner fled, but were quickly captured. Both prisoners admitted their guilt and were sentenced to be immediately executed by hanging. Grady's final statement revealed that they hadn't intended to harm anyone; and although he was not the one who actually killed the man, he knew he deserved the same punishment as his partner. Grady and his friend were hanged that same night and buried side by side in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery [sic].
Pickens preceded Jane in death on 2 July 1899 and he is buried in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery; whereas, Jane who died 30 Dec 1919, is buried in the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. She refused to be buried in the same cemetery as a murderer! My aunts told me Jane became totally blind some years before her death. When she could no longer see, she went to bed and stayed there for the remainder of her life. Not attempt to persuade her to resume and active life was successful.
This sedentary life-style evidently caused her circulation to slow to the point that she became acutely cold natured; and even during the hottest portion of the Georgia summers, she could be found shivering beneath several blankets. (Submitted by G. R. Reynolds)
(source: The Heritage of Hall County Georgia, 1818-2001. Hall County Library, 127 Main St., NW, Gainesville, GA 30501)
"Rev. Pickens Taylor Reynolds, son of Bartimeus Reynolds, was born August 20, 1815 in Hall County, Georgia; joined the Baptist church in early life; died July 2, 1899 in Hall County. He preached a living hope; just before he died, crossed his hands on his breast, closed his eyes and went off without a struggle. He was one of our strongest defenders of the churches of the Blessed Christ; one of Ben Hill's favorites, and preached in Atlanta. A happy man in death." J. H. Brooks, Christian Index.
Pickens Reynolds married Ester Jane Liles October 29, 1841 in Hall County, Georgia. Together they raised Flora, Scena, Arlesa, Elijah, William, Eliza, and George Reynolds.
Pickens Taylor Reynolds is buried at the Reynolds-Barton Family Cemetery--located behind what once was a farm on the Joe Chandler Road off the old Lula Highway (Hall County, Georgia).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pickens T. Reynolds' name appears in the 1838 militia rolls of troops (Hall and Forsyth Cos.), and is indicative of service in the Cherokee Removal of that year; thereby assuring many of these men of pension and bounty claims for their involvement in the Indian Wars, 1834-1838. He was approximately 23 years old, serving as a private in Capt. Ezekiel Buffington's Company.
On 29 Oct. 1841, Miss Jane Lyle (Lile) became the bride of Pickens Reynolds, children to this couple were: 1) Flora E., (b. 26 Nov 1843, d. 26 Jan 1923); 2) Sena A., (b. 1844); 3) Arlesa Caroline, (b 11 Oct 1847, d. 22 Feb 1901); 4) Elijah E., (b. 22 July 1851, d. 16 Mar 1930); 5) William Bartemious, (b. June 1853, d. 1936); 6) Eliza A. M. (b. 28 July 1856, d. 23 July 1882); 7) George Washington (b. 22 Nov 1861, d. 27 Jan 1938)--the writer's grandfather. In the 1860 census, I found the family with an additional member in the household, "E. Liles, female, age 70," obviously the mother of Jane.
The Reverend Pickens T. Reynolds was the pastor of the Timber Ridge Baptist Church of Lula, Ga., as was his father before him, in the 1860's. From his yard, he witnessed the eerie red glow and the terrible blackened smoke of the sky that represented the burning of Atlanta in Sherman's path of destruction and devastation, understandably believing they were the fires of Armageddon.
"A List of Baptist Ministers" (1800s - Early 1900s) enumerates P. T. Reynolds in the Chattahoochee Association 1864-1866 and 1868-1873. His name appears in various tax records and as an officiate in some of the marriage records of Hall Co.
The eldest of Pickens' four sons was named Elijah, but he was called "Lige" for short.
One day, while Pickens and his sons labored together in the fields, a thunderstorm suddenly came up with the usual amount of accompanying lightning. Lige sought shelter beneath a large oak tree in the midst of the field as lightning bolts were striking all around. One mighty bolt struck the very tree which Lige had sought shelter beneath! As the main lightning bolt traveled down the trunk of the mighty oak on its way into the ground, a stray spike of the lightning bolt leapt from the bark and struck Lige on the top of his head! Of course, Lige was knocked unconscious by the jolt. Pickens and Lige's three brothers rushed to his aid and observed a thin wisp of smoke rising from his hat, and his smoking shoes lying nearby. They examined Lige to see if he were still alive. When Lige finally awakened, it was several days before he could start to communicate with anyone, and his recovery was very slow - in fact, my father and my aunts stated, "Lige was never quite right after that, because he was always kind of 'slow' (mentally) for the remainder of his life." For that reason, Lige was thereafter excused from most of the hard labor in the fields, and permitted to stay near the house doing other chores for his mother and sisters.
Pickens would buy a barrel of whiskey each year and store it in a locked storage shed. After breakfast every morning, except on Sundays, he would open the shed and give each son one small quantity of straight whiskey from the barrel prior to their departure to the fields for the day's work. Pickens based this practice on the Apostle Paul's advice to young Timothy. However, "Preacher" Pickens always strictly cautioned each son to never go into the shed or touch that barrel of whiskey - under penalty of his wrath! As fate would have it, one day when they returned from the fields, they found the shed unlocked. Lige was inside, and Pickens yanked him out of his stupor and introduced him to some swift "reality" with applications of the "board of justice." The rest of the family attempted to take up for Lige, saying he didn't really understand the whiskey barrel prohibition. However, Lige must have comprehended more than his other siblings gave him credit for because he never again went near that whiskey barrel! Lige grew into manhood, married and raised a fine Christian family.
My aunts related to me how a relative named Grady Reynolds, possibly a nephew of Bartimous, and one of his friends got drunk one night and decided to rob a grocery store. The crime didn't go as planned, and the proprietor was murdered in the process! Grady and his partner fled, but were quickly captured. Both prisoners admitted their guilt and were sentenced to be immediately executed by hanging. Grady's final statement revealed that they hadn't intended to harm anyone; and although he was not the one who actually killed the man, he knew he deserved the same punishment as his partner. Grady and his friend were hanged that same night and buried side by side in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery [sic].
Pickens preceded Jane in death on 2 July 1899 and he is buried in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery; whereas, Jane who died 30 Dec 1919, is buried in the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. She refused to be buried in the same cemetery as a murderer! My aunts told me Jane became totally blind some years before her death. When she could no longer see, she went to bed and stayed there for the remainder of her life. Not attempt to persuade her to resume and active life was successful.
This sedentary life-style evidently caused her circulation to slow to the point that she became acutely cold natured; and even during the hottest portion of the Georgia summers, she could be found shivering beneath several blankets. (Submitted by G. R. Reynolds)
(source: The Heritage of Hall County Georgia, 1818-2001. Hall County Library, 127 Main St., NW, Gainesville, GA 30501)
Pickens Reynolds married Ester Jane Liles October 29, 1841 in Hall County, Georgia. Together they raised Flora, Scena, Arlesa, Elijah, William, Eliza, and George Reynolds.
Pickens Taylor Reynolds is buried at the Reynolds-Barton Family Cemetery--located behind what once was a farm on the Joe Chandler Road off the old Lula Highway (Hall County, Georgia).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pickens T. Reynolds' name appears in the 1838 militia rolls of troops (Hall and Forsyth Cos.), and is indicative of service in the Cherokee Removal of that year; thereby assuring many of these men of pension and bounty claims for their involvement in the Indian Wars, 1834-1838. He was approximately 23 years old, serving as a private in Capt. Ezekiel Buffington's Company.
On 29 Oct. 1841, Miss Jane Lyle (Lile) became the bride of Pickens Reynolds, children to this couple were: 1) Flora E., (b. 26 Nov 1843, d. 26 Jan 1923); 2) Sena A., (b. 1844); 3) Arlesa Caroline, (b 11 Oct 1847, d. 22 Feb 1901); 4) Elijah E., (b. 22 July 1851, d. 16 Mar 1930); 5) William Bartemious, (b. June 1853, d. 1936); 6) Eliza A. M. (b. 28 July 1856, d. 23 July 1882); 7) George Washington (b. 22 Nov 1861, d. 27 Jan 1938)--the writer's grandfather. In the 1860 census, I found the family with an additional member in the household, "E. Liles, female, age 70," obviously the mother of Jane.
The Reverend Pickens T. Reynolds was the pastor of the Timber Ridge Baptist Church of Lula, Ga., as was his father before him, in the 1860's. From his yard, he witnessed the eerie red glow and the terrible blackened smoke of the sky that represented the burning of Atlanta in Sherman's path of destruction and devastation, understandably believing they were the fires of Armageddon.
"A List of Baptist Ministers" (1800s - Early 1900s) enumerates P. T. Reynolds in the Chattahoochee Association 1864-1866 and 1868-1873. His name appears in various tax records and as an officiate in some of the marriage records of Hall Co.
The eldest of Pickens' four sons was named Elijah, but he was called "Lige" for short.
One day, while Pickens and his sons labored together in the fields, a thunderstorm suddenly came up with the usual amount of accompanying lightning. Lige sought shelter beneath a large oak tree in the midst of the field as lightning bolts were striking all around. One mighty bolt struck the very tree which Lige had sought shelter beneath! As the main lightning bolt traveled down the trunk of the mighty oak on its way into the ground, a stray spike of the lightning bolt leapt from the bark and struck Lige on the top of his head! Of course, Lige was knocked unconscious by the jolt. Pickens and Lige's three brothers rushed to his aid and observed a thin wisp of smoke rising from his hat, and his smoking shoes lying nearby. They examined Lige to see if he were still alive. When Lige finally awakened, it was several days before he could start to communicate with anyone, and his recovery was very slow - in fact, my father and my aunts stated, "Lige was never quite right after that, because he was always kind of 'slow' (mentally) for the remainder of his life." For that reason, Lige was thereafter excused from most of the hard labor in the fields, and permitted to stay near the house doing other chores for his mother and sisters.
Pickens would buy a barrel of whiskey each year and store it in a locked storage shed. After breakfast every morning, except on Sundays, he would open the shed and give each son one small quantity of straight whiskey from the barrel prior to their departure to the fields for the day's work. Pickens based this practice on the Apostle Paul's advice to young Timothy. However, "Preacher" Pickens always strictly cautioned each son to never go into the shed or touch that barrel of whiskey - under penalty of his wrath! As fate would have it, one day when they returned from the fields, they found the shed unlocked. Lige was inside, and Pickens yanked him out of his stupor and introduced him to some swift "reality" with applications of the "board of justice." The rest of the family attempted to take up for Lige, saying he didn't really understand the whiskey barrel prohibition. However, Lige must have comprehended more than his other siblings gave him credit for because he never again went near that whiskey barrel! Lige grew into manhood, married and raised a fine Christian family.
My aunts related to me how a relative named Grady Reynolds, possibly a nephew of Bartimous, and one of his friends got drunk one night and decided to rob a grocery store. The crime didn't go as planned, and the proprietor was murdered in the process! Grady and his partner fled, but were quickly captured. Both prisoners admitted their guilt and were sentenced to be immediately executed by hanging. Grady's final statement revealed that they hadn't intended to harm anyone; and although he was not the one who actually killed the man, he knew he deserved the same punishment as his partner. Grady and his friend were hanged that same night and buried side by side in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery [sic].
Pickens preceded Jane in death on 2 July 1899 and he is buried in the Reynolds-Barton Cemetery; whereas, Jane who died 30 Dec 1919, is buried in the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. She refused to be buried in the same cemetery as a murderer! My aunts told me Jane became totally blind some years before her death. When she could no longer see, she went to bed and stayed there for the remainder of her life. Not attempt to persuade her to resume and active life was successful.
This sedentary life-style evidently caused her circulation to slow to the point that she became acutely cold natured; and even during the hottest portion of the Georgia summers, she could be found shivering beneath several blankets. (Submitted by G. R. Reynolds)
(source: The Heritage of Hall County Georgia, 1818-2001. Hall County Library, 127 Main St., NW, Gainesville, GA 30501)
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