Abt. 1910
On September 20, 1908 in Fayette County 28 year old
Edward Davis Whitlock married 16-year-old Winnie
Cordelia Williams (Picture). They stayed with his parents,
Marcus Varner (Mac) and Rebecca Williams (no kin) Whitlock
for several months. They bought and moved to a 3-room
house in the Ebenezer Community. (Part of this house is
still standing, but has been remodeled and bears no
resemblance to the original house.) They made at least
2 crops there, and 3 children were born there. They
then bought a 4-room house and farm (probably 100 acres
or more) in the Oak Grove Community.
They lived in this house several years, then moved into
a smaller house on the place and built a new 6-room
house with a wraparound porch on Ebenezer Road where
they lived until January 1925. During this time, 6
children were born. They also bought, during this period,
the Spear Place (100+ acres on Clover Road), the Pollard
Place (100 acres on Hwy. 74) and the old Candler Place
(this did not connect with the home place.) To farm all
this land, there was always hired help along with family
members. Henry Marcellus Brown, father of Harvey Brown,
bought the Pollard Place; and a brother, Will Whitlock,
bought the original 100 acres and house. This house was
torn down when Peachtree City was being developed.
The above information furnished by,
Lucile Whitlock Brown.
Seeking better schools for their growing family, they
bought the old Potts Place (a 2 story house and 66 acres
of land for which they paid $100.00 per acre.) on Roscoe
Road in Coweta County and moved in January 1925. Five
children were born in this house.
Subsequently, 102 acres of land was purchased from a
brother, Fed Whitlock, (this place now owned by Paul
Whitlock), 121 acres known as the Will Jones Place (sold
to Harvey and Edna Whitlock Rooks-now owned by Duke
Blackburn), 78 acres probably from the Featherston Family
(bought by Paul Whitlock and then sold to Hal Jones for
the Christian Youth Camp.
This land is now private homes and apartments;) They
wanted to buy 7 acres belonging to T. Potts and 21 acres
belonging to John Overby along Roscoe Road, but were
unable to buy these lands. At one time, a total of
approximately 376 acres was owned. Also land was rented
for 50 cents to $1.00 an acre from the Featherston, Ware,
McCrary, and Taylor families. This land is now
Featherston Heights and Brookside Drive developments.
Cotton, corn, and truk farming were the main source of
income, and again hired help was needed along with
family members to farm every available acre, probably as
much as 200 acres. In the summer, after "laying by",
family members would work in the peach packng shed
owned by Jim Farmer. Winter months were devoted to" the
grooming of the land for the next year's crop, cutting
and hauling firewood, and the butchering of up to a
dozen hogs.
With the outbreak of World War II, it became impossible
to obtain enough help to farm on such a large scale;
and with his health affected by a stroke suffered in
1937, Ed Whitlock began to sell some of his properties.
After a second stroke, heart attack, and subsequent
death of Ed Whitlock in 1946, Winnie Whitlock and the
children who were still at home continued to farm on a
smaller scale; but in 1948 even that farming was
discontinued. Two sons, Dennis and Buford, live in the
family home; and the raising of cattle and some cutting
of hay are still continued in what has changed from a
rural area to a bustling crossroads.
The above information provided by,
Wendell Whitlock.
Edward and Winnie
Abt. 1943
