- Lg. print map of Avery land Harmony, Putnam Co (472 KB)
This is an old plat of land lots in Putnam County, GA, specifically the Glades district, Harmony area, in north Putnam County, GA. This maps lists the owners of the land in the early-mid 1800s. Each lot is 202 1/2 acres, and was originally part of the land lottery of 1807.
Large print map detail.
- Lena Catherine Heim, wife of William Calvin Avery (271 KB)
This is several photos--first, a photo of Lena Catherine Heim, the second wife of William Calvin Avery, circa 1953. This was my mother. There is another picture of her taken circa 1925, and a photograph of her parents--Rose Fischer and August Henry Heim, circa 1910
- Gravesite of Wm. C. Avery, Ruth Picou Syracuse, NY (440 KB)
This is the family plot located in Assumption cemetery where my father William Calvin Avery and his first wife Ruth Marie Picou are buried
- William Calvin Avery 1892-1975, circa 1925 (93 KB)
This photo is of William Calvin Avery, taken around 1925. William Calvin was my father, and the son of Sarah Lucy Robins, and the grandson of Sarah Ann Avery. He was born in Putnam County, GA in 1892. He served in World War 1 in the Marines in Cuba. In the 1920's he lived and worked in Pigeon Key and Key West, FL, installing the original telephone lines from Miami to Key West. He moved to Syracuse, NY in the 1930s, where he operated Avery News Delivery Service and W.A. Abel Sporting Goods until he retired in 1957
- Watson Photos--various (342 KB)
Various Watson photos including the old family farmhouse in Citrus County, FL
- William Calvin Avery, circa 1965 (83 KB)
William Calvin Avery, photo taken about 1965
- Calvin Watson & wife Mary Newmans (59 KB)
Calvin Watson is my wife's gr. grandfather. This is a photo of him and his wife Mary Newmans, taken in Florida about 1885
- Avery-Robins family cemetery, Putnam County, GA (340 KB)
This is a small cemetery on the land that once belonged to Sarah Ann Avery and her husband Thomas Stuart Robins. The land was originally part of 202 acres owned by Arthur Avera, in the Glades/Harmony area of North Putnam County,GA. I found this cemetery in 2001, and have restored it. It was extremely overgrown with brush and trees, and the tombstones were all damaged. There were only 2 tombstones that could be saved. Buried there are Sarah Ann Avery, Thomas Stuart Robins, Joseph Avery (their son), William A. Avery (my grandfather), and his son Lucius Robins Avery. The cemetery is located on Littles Rd., 1 mile north of the intersection of Littles Rd and Harmony Rd, north of Eatonton, GA., and sits on top of a hill about 2000 feet back from the road behind a farmhouse. There is also 2 more photos--one of the tombstone of Lucius Avery, Dad's brother, the other of William A. Avery, my grandfather and Dad's father.
- Sarah Lucy Robins, wife of William A. Avery c.1900 (98 KB)
These photos are of Sarah Lucy Robins, my grandmother and mother of William Calvin Avery. She was the sister of Dr. Leonidas "Lee" Robins, and Mary Francis Robins, and the daughter of Sarah Ann Avery and Thomas Stuart Robins.
The older photo was taken around 1900, the baby photo was taken about 1873.
- Sarah Lucy Robins gravesite & Harmony Cemetery (92 KB)
First is a photo of the gravesite and tombstone for my grandmother, Sarah Lucy Robins. She is buried at the historic Harmony Baptist Church cemetery, North of Eatonton, GA in the Harmony area. There are numerous graves of other Avery descendants in this cemetery, including names as Alford, Paschal, Ingram, & Marshall. The church and cemetery were featured in the movie "Coward of the County" starring Kenny Rogers
- Helen Vera Watson 1934-1999 (68 KB)
Photo of Helen Vera Watson (Snyder), 1934-1999, the mother of Sarah Snyder, my wife
- Anderson Orlando Watson, Newt Watson and others (400 KB)
A collection of several old Watson family photos including my wife's grandfather, Anderson Orlando Watson and her uncle Newt Watson
- Arthur's old homeplace, Putnam County, GA (304 KB)
Several photos of the old land and plantation belonging to Arthur Avera and his children, in Putnam County, GA
- Arthur Avera's family cemetery, circa 1810-1880 (446 KB)
I found this cemetery on Arthur Avera's land in Putnam County, GA. There is not a single tombstone on it, but I counted about 125 graves, some marked with a simple rock. It is located behind where his old house once stood, on Littles Rd, exactly 1 mile north of the intersection of Littles Road and Harmony Road, north of Eatonton, GA. The intersection is close to the Harmony Baptist Church. The cemetery is located behind an occupied farmhouse, about 1000 feet back off Littles Road, on the west side of the road.
- Sarah Ann Avery & Others, circa 1900 (219 KB)
Left to right--Mary Francis "Fannie" Robins, her husband James Walter Wright, Sarah Ann Avery, Dr. Leonidas "Lee" Robins, and three unidentified young ladies. This photograph was taken on the old Robins homeplace on land that once belonged to Arthur Avera, in the Glades/Harmony section of Putnam County, GA
- Rev. John Bradley Robins --Methodist Preacher (62 KB)
Reverand John Bradley Robins, well known Methodist preacher, circa 1890, son of Sarah Ann Avery and Thomas Stuart Robins of Putnam County, GA
- Robins family bible page 1 (1663 KB)
Page 1 of the Robins family bible which belonged to Sarah Ann Avery and Thomas Stuart Robins
- Tombstone of Dorothy Martin, wife of Robert Watson (459 KB)
This is a photo of the tombstone and prayer card for my children's grandmother, Dorothy Martin Watson, buried in Bushnell, FL
- Marriage License--Calvin K. Watson & Mary Newmans (125 KB)
Copy of the marriage license for Calvin K. Watson and Mary Newmans, 1879, Levy County, FL
- Arthur Avera's family cemetery more photos (290 KB)
A second photo of this cemetery on Arthur Avera's land in Putnam County, GA. Although no one knows for sure, as all the graves were unmarked, I believe that this was the "main" cemetery, so to speak, for all the Avery family members who died in Putnam County between 1810-1880. There has never been another Avery cemetery found, to date, on any other land owned by any Avery family memeber there. Also, there are probably graves belonging to his deceased slaves, and possibly to some Ingram family memebers. The Ingrams and Averys were long time friends, and there were several marriages between them.
- Robins family bible page 2 (1518 KB)
Page 2 of the Robins family bible, which belonged to Thomas Stuart Robins and Sarah Ann Avery
- Watson property photos-Laurens, GA & Henry Co, AL (219 KB)
Photos of the old farmland that belonged to Reddick Watson in Laurens County, GA and Clairborn Watson, Jr in Henry County, AL
- 1807 Avery Land in Glades, Harmony, Putnam Co, GA (171 KB)
This is an old plat of land lots in Putnam County, GA, specifically the Glades district, Harmony area, in north Putnam County, GA. This maps lists the owners of the land in the early-mid 1800s. Each lot is 202 1/2 acres, and was originally part of the land lottery of 1807.
- William Calvin Avery & his first wife Ruth Picou (109 KB)
My father, William Calvin Avery and his first wife, Ruth Marie Picou, married in 1920 in Savannah, GA. Photo is circa 1930.
- Robins family bible, page 3 (2164 KB)
Page 3 of the Robins family bible, which belonged to Thomas Stuart Robins and Sarah Ann Avery
- Old photo circa 1920 downtown Eatonton, GA (57 KB)
Postcard photo of the downtown Eatonton, GA stree circa 1920
- Thomas Jefferson Watson & Alberta Brooks (152 KB)
Thomas Jefferson Watson and Alberta Brooks were my children's great grandparents. This is an old photo taken in Citrus County, FL. Thomas Jefferson and Anderson Orlando Watson were brothers, children of Calvin K. Watson
- Marriage License--William C. Avery & Ruth Picou (115 KB)
This is the marriage license of my father William Calvin Avery and his first wife, Ruth Marie Picou, 1920, Savannah, GA
- Robins family bible, page 4 (1730 KB)
Page 4 of the Robin's family bible, which belonged to Sarah Ann Avery and Thomas Stuart Robins
- Jefferson St, Dublin, Laurens County, GA c. 1907 (46 KB)
This is an old postcard photo of Jefferson St., Looking North, in Dublin, Laurens County, GA c. 1907
- Thomas Stuart Robins, spouse of Sarah Ann Avery (155 KB)
This photo was taken circa 1870. Thomas Stuart Robins fought in the Civil War, and was married to Sarah Ann Avery. He is buried in the Avery-Robins cemetery, where a new civil war veteran's tombstone sits on his grave.
- Marriage License--Henry F. Avery & Mary Brown (100 KB)
This is the marriage license of my gg grandfather Henry F. Avery to Mary Brown, 1850, Walton County, GA
- Civil War Tombstone for Thomas Stuart Robins (169 KB)
Photo of the tombstone that the VA furnished to commemorate Thomas Stuart Robins' service in the Civil War. Thomas is buried at the Avery Robins Cemetery in the Harmony area of North Putnam County, on land formerly owned by Arthur Avera.
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- The will of Henry Avera, Sr & Jr of Bibb Cty, AL (14 KB)
This is a transcription of the will of Henry Avera, Sr, my 3x great grandfather, recorded in Bibb County, AL in 1836, and of his son Henry Jr recorded in 1873. Henry Sr. named a son John in his will. Henry Jr never married, and left his estate to his siblings, if living, and if deceased, to their children. In it, he names the heirs of John Avery of Putnam County, GA, and names them. One of the heirs named was my gr. grandfather Henry Franklin Avery of Putnam County.
This quite elaborate will gives substantial proof of many of the grandchildren of Henry Avera, Sr of Bibb County, AL.
- THE LAND AND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT (49 KB)
A history of the recorded land deeds of this Avery family in Georgia in the 1800's. Arthur Avery, his brother Samuel, and his sons and grandsons amased a large amount of land holdings in and around the Harmony area of Putnam County. This is a timetable of what happened to that land over the years, based on superior court of Putnam County,GA land records. Contributed by Jim Marshall, President of the Putnam County Historical Society, Putnam County,GA
- The will of Thomas Avera, Sr, my 4x gr.grandfather (7 KB)
The will of Thomas Avera, Sr, who died in 1761, before Arthur was born. Arthur is mentioned in this will as the unborn child. Probated in 1762 in Johnston County, NC. Thomas had 11 children total, one of them being my 3x great grandfather Henry Avera, Sr, who died in 1836 in Bibb County, AL
- Will of John Avera, my gr gr grandfather (20 KB)
This is the transcribed will of John Avera, Arthur's nephew and the son of Henry Avera of Bibb County, AL, signed in 1857, and probated in Putnam County Court in 1859
- Notes and information on Clairborn Watson, Sr. (39 KB)
This is a brief history of my wife's ggg grandfather Clairborn Watson, who was born in Johnston County, NC abt. 1790, grew up in Laurens County, GA, lived in Twiggs County and Houston County, GA and then moved to Henry County, AL around 1834. He died there after the 1880 census was taken at the ripe old age of 90-something!
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