Antebellum Athens and Clarke County Georgia

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". viii, 196pp. Rubbing, creasing, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of green cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Published in 1974, Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia is a chronicle of sixty years of change in Clarke County and the city of Athens. In 1801, Clarke County, newly created from Jackson County, was virtually all Georgia farmland, and Athens was a portion of land set aside for the establishment of a state university. In those first years of the century, the university began with thirty or forty students. They received instruction from Josiah Meigs—president and faculty of the university—in a twenty-by-twenty-foot log cabin.

By 1846, the population of the county was over four thousand, and the area prospered. Cotton mills dotted the banks of the Oconee River, the Georgia Railroad connected Athens with Augusta, numerous schools and churches had been established, and newspapers, banks, and small businesses were all part of the Athens scene.

Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia is rich with detail. This historical narrative recalls not only the growth of industry, government, and education within Clarke County, but also contains many anecdotes of the early people who lived there. The chronology of dates and events and the comprehensive listing of public officials, professional men, planters, and businessmen found in the appendixes of Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia add to the value of this work of local history.(Publisher).