Author : Warren P. Ward
Publisher : Reprint Company Publishers
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 24,75 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN :
By: Warren P. Ward, Pub. 1930, Reprint 2018, 388 pages, Index, 0-89308-650-9. Coffee County was created in 1854 from Clinch, Ware, Telfair, & Irwin counties. This book covers the early Indians who lived in the area, the natural environment of the county, the economic and social side of Coffee's history, the Civil War, educational development, churches, newspapers, pioneer families, and railroads. Marriage records from Coffee County in the 1870's are listed.
Author : Warren P. Ward
Publisher : Southern Historical Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,61 MB
Release : 2018-05-26
Category :
ISBN : 9780893089764
By: Warren P. Ward, Pub. 1930, Reprint 2018, 388 pages, Index, 0-89308-650-9. Coffee County was created in 1854 from Clinch, Ware, Telfair, & Irwin counties. This book covers the early Indians who lived in the area, the natural environment of the county, the economic and social side of Coffee's history, the Civil War, educational development, churches, newspapers, pioneer families, and railroads. Marriage records from Coffee County in the 1870's are listed.
Author : Frank Lawrence Owsley
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807133422
First published in 1949, Frank Lawrence Owsley’s Plain Folk of the Old South refuted the popular myth that the antebellum South contained only three classes—planters, poor whites, and slaves. Owsley draws on a wide range of source materials—firsthand accounts such as diaries and the published observations of travelers and journalists; church records; and county records, including wills, deeds, tax lists, and grand-jury reports—to accurately reconstruct the prewar South’s large and significant “yeoman farmer” middle class. He follows the history of this group, beginning with their migration from the Atlantic states into the frontier South, charts their property holdings and economic standing, and tells of the rich texture of their lives: the singing schools and corn shuckings, their courtship rituals and revival meetings, barn raisings and logrollings, and contests of marksmanship and horsemanship such as “snuffing the candle,” “driving the nail,” and the “gander pull.” A new introduction by John B. Boles explains why this book remains the starting point today for the study of society in the Old South.
Author : Mark V. Wetherington
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 2002-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781572331686
This examination of cultural change challenges the conventional view of the Georgia Pine Belt as an unchanging economic backwater. Its postbellum economy evolves from self-sufficiency to being largely dependent upon cotton. Before the Civil War, the Piney Woods easily supported a population of mostly yeomen farmers and livestock herders. After the war, a variety of external forces, spearheaded by Reconstruction-era New South boosters, invaded the region, permanently altering the social, political, and economic landscape in an attempt to create a South with a diversified economy. The first stage in the transformation -- railroad construction and a revival of steamboating -- led to the second stage: sawmilling and turpentining. The harvest of forest products during the 1870s and 1880s created new economic opportunities but left the area dependent upon a single industry that brought deforestation and the decline of the open-range system within a generation.
Author : Jessie Herbert Paulk
Publisher :
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 16,58 MB
Release : 1991
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Wilber W. Caldwell
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780865547483
Their songs insist that the arrival of the railroad and the appearance of the tiny depot often created such hope that it inspired the construction of the architectural extravaganzas that were the courthouses of the era. In these buildings the distorted myth of the Old South collided head-on with the equally deformed myth of the New South."
Author : Leann Elizabeth Griffiths
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1467111031
A river does not run through Douglas. There are no major airports nearby. The closest interstate is over an hour away in any direction. In every practical sense, it is in the middle of nowhere; nonetheless, people have been traveling to Douglas to make a living since its founding. The town is the product of rural industrialization. Businessmen from the Carolinas saw opportunity in the piney woods of Douglas, and they brought art, architecture, and business with them. In the historic district, there are the architectural wonders of William J.J. Chase, Abreu and Robeson, and Haralson Bleckley on Gaskin Avenue. The Ashley-Slater House is farther up the road and is said to be haunted and its story full of romance and scandal. While small in size and remote in location, Douglas strives to grow along with the rest of the country. Almost as early as the town was founded, South Georgia State College, one of the original members of the University System of Georgia, brought education and innovation to the community. That tradition continues with a 2011 mission change to allow SGSC to grant limited four-year degrees.
Author : Lanette Hill Brightwell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2004-08-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 143573680X
This book has the ancestry of the Henry County Alabama pioneer family of- THE KIRKLAND and then proceeds to list as much information as possible on the descendants. Beginning with the history of the KIRKLAND surname begins in the home country as Protector of the Church [Kirk}. Immigrating to the United States; South Carolina, South Alabama-Henry Co.; South Georgia to Donaldsonville and Bainbridge area. The last three generations settle in Leon Co. & Madison Co. Florida. This book is full of historical data, census records, wills, family stories, state and county records, churches, cemeteries, etc. Excellent for those who have the name KIRKLAND.
Author : William J. Northen
Publisher :
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Georgia
ISBN :
Author : Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2006-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455604814
Georgia has a rich history, filled with legends and heroes. Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends is an in-depth, entertaining study of the who, where, and why in Georgia history, from the Indian princess Haiwasse to former first lady Ellen Wilson. Covering every detail--like reminiscences of historic figures, local Indian legends, Revolutionary War stories, cemeteries, and churchyards--it is must-have reading for American history students and enthusiasts. Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends is the comprehensive collection of the colorful tales, heroes, and legends that arose from the state's unique heritage. This thorough guide explores the history, places, and people of Georgia. Part 1 of this two-part volume is the handbook of key figures in Georgia's history and the monuments honoring them.
