Dad & I took a trip up to Jefferson & Burke Counties yesterday to do a little digging and preservation. Here's some of the 'found' material. We've known a good bit of this for a while and had the picture below for 10+ years, but here it is . . .
Nicholas Diehl's first signature in Jefferson County records as court ordinary, July 1, 1850.Nicholas Diehl was the grandson of an immigrant to the US, Johann Nicolaus Diehl (also was a captain in the Revolutionary War and served in the Long Island Campaign), as such in all of my records, I've noted him as Nicholas Diehl, III as his father is also Nicholas Diehl. The Diehl family lived in and around the Philadelphia area and owned land on Tinicum Island, on which now sits the Philadelphia International Airport. He moved with his sister Margaretta to Savannah, GA.
By 1839 he was living in Jefferson County, GA's 82nd Militia District, said more succinctly, Louisville, GA and listed in the tax digest of 1839. The last official record that I've found for him was a land record that he signed in 1888. His will is unprobated, but dated 1889 (what that means is that there is a record of the will, but it was not administered or entered into the official record in the books in Jefferson County). As confusing as that might be, his will exists, but is in the drawers of documents in the Probate vault in Jefferson County, GA in Box #13 (1/2 De-Ey, Fa-1/2 Fl).
Aside from that he was also, as indicated by the signature above, the Court Ordinary (in today's terms Clerk of Courts) for Jefferson County and served in that capacity from 1850 until at least 1888. Unfortunately we have no pictures of him, but his writing and signatures are well preserved throughout the records of Jefferson County during that time.
"Marriage Licenses Granted since the Surrender to White Persons": Also in the hand of Nicholas Diehl. As I'm sure you can guess the records in this particular section started in 1864-5, with a few coming before the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Ironically, his son Robert A. Diehl, who would later be county coroner, is part of the fourth marriage on this list, marrying Sarah A. Thomas on Jan. 1, 1865.
"Marriage Licenses Granted since the Surrender to White Persons": Also in the hand of Nicholas Diehl. As I'm sure you can guess the records in this particular section started in 1864-5, with a few coming before the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Ironically, his son Robert A. Diehl, who would later be county coroner, is part of the fourth marriage on this list, marrying Sarah A. Thomas on Jan. 1, 1865.He also served as a photography as there is an add in the Louisville paper for him making Daguerreotypes in the upper floor of the courthouse. Also, though we do not have proof of it, it's likely that he took this picture which is of Jefferson County Civil War soldiers who were home from the war. One of them is Pvt. John Jesse Thompson whose son Seabron Augustus would marry Nicholas' granddaughter Lela Eleanor Diehl.
Civil War soldiers in Jefferson Co, Georgia during the war. The private standing on the right is John Jesse Thompson, my great-great-great grandfather. John Jesse had his left arm amputated from the shoulder down as a result of injuries in the Battle of Fredericksburg. In this picture, you can see that his left shoulder is essentially missing and that his left sleeve is apparently pinned where his elbow would have been.
Nicholas Diehl is my 4th-great grandfather and one of only two family lines (on both Mom's & Dad's sides) that I've found that originate north of Virginia/the Mason-Dixon line.
AFN
DCC
Vidalia, GA 29 December 2009
Civil War soldiers in Jefferson Co, Georgia during the war. The private standing on the right is John Jesse Thompson, my great-great-great grandfather. John Jesse had his left arm amputated from the shoulder down as a result of injuries in the Battle of Fredericksburg. In this picture, you can see that his left shoulder is essentially missing and that his left sleeve is apparently pinned where his elbow would have been.Nicholas Diehl is my 4th-great grandfather and one of only two family lines (on both Mom's & Dad's sides) that I've found that originate north of Virginia/the Mason-Dixon line.
AFN
DCC
Vidalia, GA 29 December 2009
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