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Orig. pub. Macon, GA 1949. Reprinted 1978, 2003. Print on Demand Edition 2016. xviii, 204 pp., illus., new index Telfair County was created in 1807; later, portions of the county were used in the creation of Dodge, Coffee, and Montgomery counties. Written as a series of historical vignettes, the book contains sketches of the pioneer settlers and information on the dangers they faced and the way they lived. The political, legal, religious, and educational aspects of the county are covered. Civil War rosters are included along with letters from the troops. There is a section on World War I including letters home from soldiers and nurses who were "over there." A complete name index was prepared for this edition.

Orig. pub. Atlanta 1924. Reprinted 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2009. 200 pp., map Using all the early land grants and other records of the state, McLendon, who was secretary of state in Georgia at the time he wrote this book, put together a valuable study of Georgia's land disposition history dealing specifically with the lands acquired from the Creek and Cherokee Indians and the Georgia western lands in largely what is now Alabama and Mississippi. He discusses the headright and land lottery counties. Particular emphasis, however, is on the Yazoo Land Fraud, a massive fraud perpetrated by several Georgia governors and the state legislature from 1795-1803 by selling large tracts of land to insiders at absurdly low prices. Major companies involved in this were the Georgia Land Company, the Georgia Mississippi Company, the Upper Mississippi Company, and the Tennessee Company. Earlier companies involved were the South Carolina Yazoo Company, the Virginia Yazoo Company, and the Tennessee Yazoo Company.… Read More

Orig. pub. Columbia 1946. Reprinted 1980, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007. Print on Demand Edition 2013. 257 pp., new index This history of Fairfield County, by native Fitz Hugh McMaster, is an informative and entertaining account which combines narrative by the author, sketches by other citizens of the county, and pages of valuable statistics about the county and its citizens. Genealogical material is readily available in this volume: in chapters on early settlers, land grant owners and locations, a census of farms with names of owners, teachers at the Mount Zion Institute, and lists of county officers including senators and representatives from 1776 to 1941. Other genealogical records are found in rosters of soldiers in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Seminole War, Mexican War, Civil War, and World War I; Heads of Families in the U.S. Census of 1790; and twenty pages of local census taken in 1829. An every-name index was prepared for this reprint edition.

Orig. pub. Atlanta 1932. Reprinted 1978, 1988. Print on Demand Edition 2018. iv, 269 pp. + illus., new index Charlton County, Georgia, was formed by Legislative act in 1854 from a portion of Camden County, the most southern coastal area of Georgia. This volume has extensive treatment of the problems of the early settlers as they were caught under the pressure of the struggles among the British, Spanish, and the Indians over the territory. It is one of the rare books with some attention paid to the Spanish missions along the Georgia coast. The author's lurid narrative style makes this history one of the more engaging of its kind. His knowledge of the Okefenokee area and its people was extensive. A chapter is devoted to towns which have disappeared including Trader's Hill, the first seat of government in Charlton County. McQueen's eye was for both the relevant and entertaining aspects of history. His treatment of incidents from Indian massacres to the spectacle of "fist and skull" fights in the… Read More

Orig. pub. New York 1857. Reprinted 1975. Print on Demand Edition 2011. viii, 9-330 pp. This is a collection of essays, largely historical, concerning Alabama and the old Southwest from the beginning of settlement to 1850. As the title indicates, Meek, a lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician, chose the more colorful incidents of Alabama history, but he vouches for the authenticity of the factual material presented. In general the events related pertain to Spanish and French exploration of the Southwest, British possession of the area, the Mexican War, and the Creek Indians. Included among the essays are ones describing the pilgrimage of DeSoto, the massacre at Fort Mims, the battle of Burnt Creek, General Sam Dale and the canoe fight, and biographies of William Weatherford (Red Eagle) and other Creek chieftains and warriors. These tales of adventures, battles, thrilling escapes, massacres, tragic love stories, heroes, and gallant deeds make this an interesting collection.

Orig. pub. n.p.n.d. (1948?). Reprinted 1980. Print on Demand Edition 2018. ix, 195 pp., new index This history of Pike County, although a relatively small volume, is rich in genealogical material, containing as it does lists of members of lodges and organizations, county officials, war records for the Mexican War, Civil War, and World Wars I and II. An every-name index prepared for this edition makes this information readily available. The general history of the county is discussed by decade from the 1820s to the 1860s, and also under topical headings: Georgia Indians and Their Relation to the Growth of Counties; Pike County in Her Babyhood; Pike from Reconstruction to Centennial; Town and Community Histories; Pike County's Religous, Educational, Professional, Literary, and Industrial Developments; and Miscellanies and Statistics. A "Supplement to Pike County History" brings the industrial developments, political records, and war records up to 1947.