Joseph Kellogg

Alternate Names

  • Joe Kellogg
  • Joseph Kellog
  • Joseph J. Kellogg

Land Ownership Summary

Land Lots: 3rd district, 1st section, portions of lots 1057, 1058, 1104, 1128, 1129, and 1176
Acreage: 200 acres1
Date of Purchase: Various. Lot 1057 purchased in 1889. 80 acres purchased in 1906. Not all 200 acres is accounted for in purchase deeds.2 3
What Happened to the Land: Sells two acres in October 1912. Executes two security deeds in October and November 1912 for $669.42 and $650, securing a total of 208 acres. Neither security deed bears an apparent cancellation or satisfaction notation in the abstracts reviewed so far.4 5 Sells 210 acres in 1914.6

Location Today

Modern Location: Immediately west of Cumming City Center. Cloverhill at Cumming City Center. Sawnee Corners subdivision. Portions of Newberry and Mountainside subdivisions. Cumming First United Methodist Church. Mountain View Church of Christ.7

Genealogy Snapshot

Born: Approximately 1834–1842 in Georgia.8

Died: July 30, 1927, in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia9

Parents:

  • Hannah Kellogg
  • Edmond Kellogg10

Siblings: Not yet identified

Spouse: Liziar Thompson, married September 7, 1871. May also go by Eliza or Liza.11

Children:

  • Hattie E Kellogg, born about 1894
  • Ella Kellogg, born about 1883
  • Charlie Kellogg, born about 1889
  • Verneater Kellogg, born about 1891
  • Mabel Kellogg, born about 1894
  • Estel Kellogg, born about 1894
  • Martha Kellogg, born about 1870
  • Montanna Kellogg, born about 1872
  • Dorcus Kellogg, born about 1874
  • John Kellogg, born about 1877
  • Joseph H. Kellogg, born about 187912 13 14

Migration: By the 1920 census, Joseph and Liza were renting a home at 307 Montgomery Street in Marietta, Cobb County, with several relatives.15

Burial: Marietta City Cemetery16

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Sources

  1. Forsyth County Tax Digest (1912), “Colored Digest,” Cumming Militia District. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, GA.
  2. Forsyth County Deed Book T, Page 68. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  3. Forsyth County Deed Book Y, Page 550. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  4. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, Page 575. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  5. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, Page 582. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  6. Forsyth County Deed Book 3, Page 215. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  7. Forsyth County GIS Viewer. Accessed September 2026.
  8. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1900 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com
  9. Georgia Department of Public Health. Death Certificate for Joseph Kellogg, July 30 1927. Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  10. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1870 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com
  11. County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. Georgia Archives; Morrow, Georgia. Accessed via Ancestry.com. (Joseph Kellogg and Liziar Thompson)
  12. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1880 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com
  13. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1900 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com
  14. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com
  15. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1920 (Marietta Ward 5, Cobb County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com
  16. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/276931409/joseph-kellogg : accessed September 26, 2026)