Worley Chapel Community near Coal City

Worley Chapel (a.k.a. or near Coal City)

Dade Co., GA

Residents mentioned, or inferred as residents: 

William G. Harris - LRKH-F2J - 1905

S.A. Bryant - 1905

        (?Standifer A. Bryant? - ref. LVCW-MST on Family Search)

W.A. 'Bud' Boatner -  - 1905 

       (sold land to S.A. Bryant & moved 

         to Hot Springs, Arkansas; might

         be same person as James A. 'Bud' 

         Boatner - KH4Q-JVS)

Nathan Gass - LHDZ-YJ4 - 1904 

        (father of Mrs. John Wilson 

          of St. Elmo)

[Note: From persons mentioned in relation to Worley Chapel, , Georgia, or in the Worley Chapel column, this place seems to be near, or a local name for, Coal City, Dade, Georgia, where the people are usually found in census.]

[Source]: Wilson and Gass (personal item) in 'Personal and Local,' /Dade County Sentinel/ (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, 19 August 1904, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers,  Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053748/1904-08-19/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_668x817_from_1008,6447_to_1963,7615/ (accessed 08 February 2020).

Miss Livermore - - sister of Mr. Crocker

       Another obit says she was aged 70, a school teacher living in Jackson Co., Ala.--had lived there 10 years. Lived w/Mary Smith.

Dade County sentinel. (Trenton, Ga.) 1901-1908, August 19, 1904, Image 3

Marriage 

Family Search ref. KH1D-BP2

Eliz. Livermore

'Mr. Crocker arrived this week from Illinois to attend the bedside of his sister, Miss Livermore, who lives on Sand Mountain west of Trenton. The illness of Miss Livermore terminated fatally Tuesday, and the remains, in charge of Mr. Crocker, will be taken to Illinois for interrment.'

Mr. Crocker attends bedside/death of sister, Miss Livermore, 

/Dade County sentinel/  (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, Friday, 17 February 1905, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo).

Mention of C. J. Gass and Hattie Wilson (nearly illegible) of Alton Park [neighborhood in Chattanooga] as son and daughter of Mrs. Nathan Gass.

Gass, social item in 'Worley Chapel, Ga.' (column), /Dade County Sentinel (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, 31 March 1905, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers,  Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053748/1905-03-31/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_652x817_from_3333,4114_to_4283,5304/ (accessed 8 Feb. 2020).

Boatner of Sand Mountain area

Mention of Bud Boatner et al., 

Worley Chapel (community column), /Dade County Sentinel/  (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, 24  February 1905, page 2 (digital image 2).

Obviously, this tidbit is tongue in cheek, but whatever is implied is up to each reader to guess. What is being implied? a harmless hunting party swiping some food, a secret getaway with 'hunting party' as a cover, an impromptu tailgate party, or some kind of revenge--for theft, perhaps? It is a puzzle. Interestingly, about three weeks later, Bud sold his land and left with his family for Hot Spring, Arkansas (see other note).

'Does anyone know anything of that hunting party? It was reported that Col. B. T. Brock, H. V. Taylor and Uncle John McMahan were on the mountain hunting a few days ago in the neighborhood of Mr. Bud Boatners, and since the party returned home to their DEARS, it has been reported that Mrs. Boatner has missed six chickens, a fat pig, a sheep and a lot of potatoes. An explanation from Uncle John Mack will be sufficient.'