Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

        Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/
===========================================================================
Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott
All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded.
===========================================================================
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I
The Southern Historical Association
Atlanta, GA. - 1895

         p. 256
         
         J. T. KIDD, planter and miller, Milford, Baker Co., Ga.,
       son of GEORGE W. and MARTHA (CROCKER) KIDD, was born in
       Stewart county, Ga., in 1851. His grandfather, RICHARD KIDD,
       when a young man, settled in Stewart county - among the
       earliest settlers - and was a planter of note and a prominet
       citizen. He represented the county in the general assembly,
       reared a large family of children, of whom only one survives
       - PENINAH BELLE, living in Alabama - was an influential mem-
       ber of the Methodist church, and died at a very old age in
       1867. Mr. KIDD'S father was born in Newton county, Ga., and
       when quite young, went with the family to Stewart county, in
       which he grew up and was educated. During the war he served
       awhile in the militia. He served a number of years as sheriff
       of the county, his vocation being that of a planter, and mill-
       ing. In 1866 he moved to Albany, Dougherty Co., Ga., where he
       kept a hotel until 1869, when he moved to Baker county, and
       settled on a plantation near Milford. Seven years afterward
       he moved to Brooks county, Ga., where he lived till he died,
       his wife surviving him but a short time. He was a consistent
       member of the Methodist church. They were the parents of three
       children: MISSOURI, wife of C. W. DUNKIN, of Brooks county;
       J. T., the subject of this sketch, and CORA. Mr. KIDD was
       raised mainly in Baker county, on the farm, and at milling;
       but was schooled mostly in Lumpkin, Stewart county, and at
       Albany. In 1872 he entered into business for himself at the
       old home place, where he remained about five years; he then,
       in the spring of 1877, settled where he now lives, and en-
       gaged in planting and operating a saw and grist-mill. Ener-
       getic and enterprising, he is a hearty and liberal supporter
       of all movements calculated to promote the interests of the
       county morally and materially. He served as county commis-
       sioner a number of years. He married Miss CORDELIA F., 
       daughter of W. J. JEFFRIES, a farmer and stock raiser of
       Baker county. To them three children have been born: WILLIE
       J.; CENTENNIAL, and GEORGE HAND. Mr. KIDD is a stanch demo-
       crat, and himself and family are members of the methodist
       church.
       
===============================================================================