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Orig. pub. Washington 1871. Reprinted 1974, 1999, 2003. Print on Demand Edition 2014. 361 pp., new index Mrs. Agnes Paschal, one of the last surviving Revolutionary pensioners, died in 1869 in her ninety-fourth year. Written by her son, this memoir tells her story as she moved from her childhood home in North Carolina to the Cherokee frontier of middle Georgia near Lexington and then lived out the last days of her life in Auraria and Dahlonega during their gold-mining days. Although designed primarily as a tribute to a mother, it is a rare document of the times, and gives a fascinating picture of social, religious, political, and economic life over most of a century. This reprint adds a new index prepared especially for this edition.

Orig. pub. Atlanta 1933. Reprinted 1979, 1980. Print on Demand Edition 2014. 222 pp., new index + illus. This history of Turner County covers an extensive period before the creation of the county in 1905. Early chapters discuss Indian trails, villages, and battles as well as customs, religion, and occupations of the pioneers and old roads and towns. Records of land grants to Revolutionary War soldiers, land-owners and tax-payers in 1857, and marriage records (1906-1932) for applicable parts of the area are provided. Genealogical material and lists include county officials, lawyers and physicians, family records from early times to 1935, World War I veterans, members and ancestors of Turner County, U.D.C. and the Knox-Conway Chapter, D.A.R., and extensive cemetery lists. A comprehensive name index was prepared for this reprint edition.

Orig. pub. Asheville, NC 1950. Reprinted 1976, 1999, 2003. Print on Demand Edition 2008. xiv, 161 pp., index + illus. Mrs. Patton, a member of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, gathered material about Polk County over the years and wrote brief sketches for publication in various newspapers and magazines. These articles were published in book form as Sketches of Polk County History. Included are sketches entitled: Before White Men Crossed the Frontier; The Developing Frontier; A New County to be Called Polk; Polk County is again Created; War Clouds Gather over White Oak Mountain; Polk County Men in the Confederacy; The Railroad Reaches Polk County; Writers Discover Happy Valley; Three New Towns are Chartered; Polk County - Its Citizens; Sidney Lanier; Polk's Officials; Interesting Notes; Early Marriage Bonds of Polk County Citizens; The Treaty of White Oak Mountain; and A Giant of the Frontier.

Orig. pub. Asheville, NC 1947. Reprinted 1977, 1982, 2003, 2007. Print on Demand Edition 2014. xx, 290 pp., index + illus., map In an effort to preserve the memory of traditions, customs, and fireside tales, Mrs. Patton canvassed remote areas and sources seeking material for this book. Described are the influx of settlers, the life of the early pioneers, improvements, roads and transportation, the development of Western North Carolina as a summer resort, the creation of the county, the town of Hendersonville chartered, cultural history, the Flat Rock community, the Civil War and new growth, and Henderson County up to World War I. A lengthy chapter with biographical and genealogical information on over fifty early pioneer families and individuals is included.

Orig. pub. Birmingham 1900. Reprinted 1975, 1988. Print on Demand Edition 2013. 773 pp., illus., index Pickett's history, one of the most valuable works on the history of the Southern country, is an account of the territory of Alabama prior to its admission as a state with later chapters containing many biographical sketches of men prominent in the later developments of the commonwealth. The Annals by Owen, historical facts in outline fashion, continue that history from statehood in 1819 to 1900. Alabama was settled by the Spanish, French, and British during the colonial period. These early settlers immediately encountered native Indians and one of the strengths of this work is its treatment of the Indians of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana including the Mobilians, Chatots, Thomez, Tensas, Chocktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and others. Chapters deal with the French and Spanish in Alabama and Mississippi; the establishment of the Louisiana Territory; the Jesuit presence in Louisiana; conflicts… Read More