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In his works Gresham also had accounts and other data as to his
father Dolphus Duckett in Calif. In this it states that in Nov. of
1851, Dolphus Duckett and a number of relatives, including Elijah
Ferguson, his brother in law, John Duckett, his brother, also Daniel
Weaver, Slight England, Alfonso England, Eli Riley, Rev. William
Devors, William Shockley, his partner in the mining venture, Tom
Stringen, and others, embarked on the steamship Isabella at Savannah,
Ga., landing at Havana, Cuba three days after the rebellion in which
Narciso Lopez led his insurection and met his death.
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They stopped for repairs and water, but could not go ashore until the ship was searched for weapons and other implements of war. When they were allowed to go ashore they could have no arms, not even a pen knife. All the natives were armed with sword or machete, and would use these implements to tip the hat of anyone in reach, then draw the blade across the neck of each, telling them if they as much as moved they would cut their head off.
From Cuba they sailed to Panama and crossed the Isthmus there. An account of them going up the river in a boat is mentioned, this of
course was the Chagres River, and those who crossed the isthmus did
boat up this river until it was no longer navigable, then they walked
the remainder of the way. It seems they were accosted by natives in a
boat coming down the river, but when they brandished pistols, the
natives seeing they were out gunned veered off, and they continued
Gresham states that after all his expenses for his mining
adventure his father had two thousand dollars in gold and several
hundred in silver. He brought this gold dust back in what was known as a gold dust jacket, which was worn beneath the shirt. He returned to Ga, in August of 1854. The farm he bought on Yahoola Creek, near
Dahlonega, in Lumpkin Co., Ga. was sold in May 1868, and he bought a
farm at Hollingsworth, Banks Co., Ga. This plantation consisted of
nine hundred and sixty acres. Gresham Duckett now owns the old home
place, it is bounded on the west by the Hudson River, and the Mountain Creek flows through the center of the farm. Elijah and Seaborn, sons of Dolphus Duckett, own the balance of this property.
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