July 3, 1820
Vermont Republican
MARRIED - In the church at Mount Zion, Geo. by the Rev. Nathan S. S. Beaman, Mr. Richard Warn, of Schenectady, N. Y. Rector of the Academy at Powelton, to MissJulia Pierpont, of Manchester, Vt. teacher of the female department of the same institution.

October 3, 1820
Georgia Journal
excerpts
Mr. CHARLES M'DONALD....He died on the 25th ult. at his residence  in Hancock county, aged 75 years. He was a native of Scotland, but at an early age came to America where he spent the last fifty-eight years of his life. His name stands recorded in the history of the revolution as one of those who suffered the most distressing hardships in the case of liberty. He was hones, affectionate and kind, He was a christain (sic)....

March 2, 1821
New-York Specator
Mount Zion, Geo. Feb. 16. Yesterday, the 1st inst. Jesse, a son of Mr. Emelus Jordan, living near this place, a child of about 4 years old, was killed by a negro boy of the same age. They were chopping with axes on a piece of timber, standing on opposite sides, and it is presumed that the unfortunate little boy, in the act of stooping, received the other's axe on the top of his head which split his skull open to the brain; he lived but five minutes.

September 18, 1821
Georgia Journal
MARRIED - At Spring Grove, Hancock, on the 13th ult. by the Rev. L. Pierce, Mr. JOHN REES, of Sparta, to Miss ANN B. BROOKING, daughter of Capt. Edward B. Brooking.
DIED - In Hancock county, on the 23d ult. Major CHARLES ABERCROMBIE, in the 77th year of his age. The deceased was a valuable officer of the revolutionary army, and has since been honored with various appointments from the hands of his fellow citizens. His eulogium is written in the hearts of those who knew him intimately.

November 22, 1821
Chronicle & Sentinel
$50 Reward
Stolen from a wagon encamped at the foot of the Sand Hills, on the night of the 6th instant, a large bright Sorrel Horse; no marks or white hairs on him recollected. He is about five years old, has a large bush tail, and long mane; is about five feet one inch high; shod all round. The above reward will be paid for the apprehension of the Thief with the Horse, or Ten Dollars for the horse alone. Apply at the Globe Tavern, or to Wm. A Cobb, Fort Creek, Hancock County, Geo.

May 17, 1822
Daily Georgia
MARRIED, In Powelton, Ga., on the 5th inst. Mr. JAMES H. BURNET to Miss SARAH S. TUCKER.

May 25, 1822
Portsman Journal of Literature and Politics
MARRIED - In Sparta, Georgia, Judge Taft, formerly Senator in Congress, to MissSarah Griffin.

February 6, 1823
Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser
Married, On the evening of the 2d instant, at Mount Pleasant, Hancock County, by the Rev. Jesse Mercer, the Rev. Gideon Hagood, of Barnwell district, S.C. to Mrs. Mary Brown, sister of the late Governor Rabun of this State.

February 6, 1823
Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser
~Excerpt
Honorable Court of Columbia county, for leave to sell a part of the real estate of William Stark, sen. dec....one other of 287 1-2 acres granted to James Calk, in Hancock county, formerly Washington.
Bowling W. Stark, Admr. October 5  

March 13, 1824
Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser
NOTICE. Agreeable to an order of Columbia county, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in May next, at the Court House door in Sparta, Hancock county, to the highest bidder, one tract of Land; situate, lying and being in the county of Hancock, containing 287½ acres, adjoining James Mitchel and others, it being a part of the real estate of William Stark, deceased, sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said dec. Terms made known on the day of sale. Bowling W. Stark, Adm'r. March 8

 March 18, 1824
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA)
Attempt to rob the Mail. - Extract of a letter from the Postmaster at Milledgeville, Georgia, to the Postmaster General, dated Feb. 18, 1824.   "An attack was made on the stage driver, four miles west of Powelton, about 2 o'clock, A.M. on Tuesday last by three persons, evidently with an intention to rob the mail. One of them fired at the driver from the side of  the road, and, at the same moment the other two attempted to stop the horses. The ball passed immediately before his breast, and made several holes through his clothes, but did him no injury. The discharge of the gun caused the horses to dash off with great rapidity over the obstructions which had been place in the road, and the two persons who attempted it were unable to stop them. I have offered a suitable reward, and will use every exertion to have them detected."

April 28, 1824
Augusta Chronicle
Sportsmen Attend. A MAIN of Cocks will be fought in the town of Sparta, Hancock county, on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of May next. April 10.

May 5, 1824
Augusta Chronicle
Came to Jail, On the first inst. an old negro woman named Sarah,  who says she belongs to Mr. Nathan Saunders, of Hancock county, of the state of Georgia. The owner is requested to call, prove property, pay charges, and take her away. Walter A. Appling, Jailer, Columbia county, Georgia. May 5.

May 15, 1824
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot
   Married In Sparta, (Geo.) Mr. Joseph W. Curtis, of Shrewsbury, (Mass) to MissMary Carew.

September 22, 1824
Georgian
DIED, In Sparta, on the 14th ult. of bilious fever, Mr. HYACINTH RAFNER, aged  27, a native of Italy.

August 30, 1825
Georgia Journal
A Proclamation. Georgia - By his Excellency George M. Troup, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof.
  Whereas, I have received official information, that on the 12th inst. a certain WILLIAM CURETON, of Hancock county, did commit an aggravated and premeditated murder upon the body of John Pullen of the county and state aforesaid - And whereas it has also been represented that he has fled from justice, I have therefore thought proper to issue this my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of Two Hundred Dollars to any person or persons, who may apprehend the said William Cureton, and him safely deliver to the sheriff or jailor of the county aforesaid, and I do moreover charge all officers civil and military, within this state, to be vigilant in assisting to apprehend the said William Cureton, that he may be brought to trial for the crime with which he is charged.
  Given under my hand and the great seal of this state, at the State House in Milledgeville, this eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the fiftieth.
G.M. Troup. By the Governor: Everard Hamilton, Secretary of State,
Note- Said Cureton is about 20 or 22 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, of ordinary stature, full eyes and face, dark complected, and has a down cast look.

September 7, 1825
Georgia Journal
~excerpt~ DIED - On the 29th of Aug. in Hancock county, FRANCES LA FAYETTE, daughter of Mr. J. S. Calhoun of this place, eighteen months old, wanting a few hours..

November 23, 1825
Middlesex Gazette
DIED. In Sparta, Geo., Mr. Benedict L. Brown, 23, formerly of N. Haven

August 10, 1826
Baltimore Patriot
Died. At Saratoga Springs, on the 2d inst. HUGH TAYLOR, esq. an old and respectable inhabitant of Sparta, Georgia.

August 16, 1826
Middlesex Gazette
Died. In Sparta, Ga. Sophos Staples, Esq. late of New-Haven, aged 35.

October 28, 1826
Augusta Chronicle and Advertiser
DIED, In Sparta, on the 24th of October with the Bilious Fever, Mr. Abraham Pratt, Merchant, aged about 35, a native of Saybrook, Conn. He had resided in Sparta about 11 months and was much esteemed by the citizens of that place.

November 14, 1826
Macon Telegraph
Married. In Hancock county, o the 2d instant, by the reverend D. Duffey, Major William P. Ford, merchant, of Augusta, to Miss Julian Harris, daughter of Samuel Harris, Esq.
    on the 24th ult. by the reverend J. Brinson, M. Brinson, Esq. of Jefferson county, to MissCelia Tarver, of Hancock county.

December 4, 1826
Connecticut Courant
DIED. At Sparta, Geo Abraham Pratt, Esq. late of Saybrook, and formerly Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County.

January 27, 1827
Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Advertiser
  The "Hancock Troop" again!  We learn by the last Milledgeville papers, that Governor Troup has sent one of his aids to confer with the Little Prince on the subject of his late orders to stop the proceedings of the Surveyors on the other side of the New Treaty line. The Recorder, in speaking upon this says, "should this Chief persist in resisting the survey, the Hancock Cavalry are held in readiness to protect the surveyors while they are engaged to protect the surveyors while they are engaged in completing their work; and the "Hancock Advertiser of the 23 inst. says, "the Hancock Troop of Cavalry were to assemble in Sparta yesterday, prepared for a march to the Creek Nation." So it seems that hostilities will in all probability ensue; for we presume that the Little Prince will be as pugnacious, in defense of his cause, as even Governor Troup himself.

January 31, 1827
Macon Telegraph
The Mount Zion Advertiser of the 23d instant, says, "the Hancock Troop were to have assembled in Sparta the day previous, prepared for a march to the Creek nation."

March 26, 1827
Macon Telegraph
DEATHS.  In Hancock county, Mr. Andrew Tarver, in the 62d year of his age.

June 23, 1827
Macon Telegraph
Married in Hancock Co., Mr. James Harris, of Warrenton, to Miss Sarah N. Andrews.

July 9, 1827
Southern Recorder
  ~excerpt~DIED, at his residence in Hancock county, on the 27th ult., at 2 o'clock in the morning, WALTER HAMILTON, Esq. in the 64th year of his age. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for many years. A few days before his death, he dreamed that he was in a very beautiful place (something like a city,) and as he walked along, the sound of delightful music saluted his ear-he looked to see where the music was, and he saw two Turtle-doves coming towards him, on on each side of the street; and when they approached near him, he beheld in them his two children, Alfred and Caroline, who died one, one last year, and the other the year before-they told him they were in Heaven, and that he would shortly follow them to that happy place, he heard the music again, and they flew off in the same direction from which they came. He has left a widow and several children to mourn his irreparable loss. But amid their afflictions, they have one of the greatest consolations; that is, they mourn not as those who have no hope.

September 4 1827
Macon Telegraph
DIED.   In Hancock county, on the 22d inst. General Epps Brown, for many years past a Senator in the State Legislature.

October 18, 1827
Southern Recorder
DIED, in Hancock county, in consequence of a fall from his horse, produced by the breaking of a stirrup leather, JOHN DANIEL, Esq., aged 49 years, 8 months and 27 days, leaving a widow and six children to lament his loss. He was a worthy citizen, generally beloved by those who knew him. He survived the accident about seventeen hours.

January 14, 1828
Macon Telegraph
MARRIED. In Hancock county, John W. Rabun, Esq. to Miss Harriet Amanda, daughter of Rev. Gideon Haigood.

April 12, 1828
Charleston Observer
Died. In Hancock co., Ga. on the 26th ult., Mr.Amos Brantley, in the 70th year of his age. He was a revolutionary soldier...

April 15, 1828
Connecticut Herald
MARRIED In Hancock County, Geo. on the 20th of March last, Mr. Eli Mansfield, formerly of this city, to Miss Nancy B. Hardwick, of the former place.

May 5, 1828
Macon Telegraph
Married. In Powelton, Hancock county, on the 24th ultimo, by the Rev Mr Glenn, James W. Fannin, esq. of Columbus to Minerva D. Fort, of that place.

May 19, 1828
Macon Telegraph
Died. In Sparta, Hancock county, Mrs. Jane Smith wife of Mr. Horace Smith.

January 24, 1829
Macon Telegraph
Married. At Powelton, on the 14th instant., by Thomas Hudson, Esq. Mr. Milton Clayton to Miss Caroline E. Hunter, eldest daughter of Rev. James Hunter, all of Jasper county.

January 28, 1829
Augusta Chronicle
Married,   In Hancock county, on Sunday evening the 11th instant, by the Rev. Joseph Roberts, the Rev. EDMUND SHACKELFORD, of Morgan county to Mrs. MARY HAYGOOD.

January 31, 1829
Macon Telegraph
Died. In Hancock county, on the 19th inst. Mr.James Lundy, in the 50th year of his age.

February 14, 1829
Macon Telegraph
Married. In Hancock county on the 5th inst. William Williams, Esq. of Macon, to Miss Dimas Broad, of Sparta.
  In Hancock county on the 5th inst. Mr. Robert A. Holt of Walton county, to Miss Emeline Randle.