The Wheels of Time and a Day in the Life
Tim Day, a member of the Gartrell/McCravey line recently reached out to me about helping him track down some long-lost relatives. Back...
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Mar 192 min read
Young Potts (part 2)
In a previous post about Young Potts Cemetery, we learned of Young Potts, his emigration to the gold mines of the Dahlonega area, and his...
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Mar 62 min read
North Georgia History Book Available (Digital and Print)
CLICK HERE TO BUY TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH: A COMPENDIUM OF NORTH GEORGIA HISTORY After four years of research and countless hours and...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 247 min read
The Georgia Confederate Home Guard
The home guards remain one of the most confusing aspects of the history of the Civil War in Georgia. Family tales and reminiscences...
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Oct 27, 20233 min read
Jacob M. Scudder and the Legend of the Gold Tunnel
I am Jake Scudder, a Wilkes County man from Jackson, A Whig and Republican in political conviction, Resting beneath these columns of...
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Oct 4, 20233 min read
The Old Federal Road:
The Treaty of Tellico and the great road that traversed Augusta, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1805 the Federal Road was created,...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
Young Potts Cemetery
In 1829, a man named Young Potts moved to Dawson County from South Carolina. He hit the ground running and made a small fortune in his...
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Christopher
Dec 2, 20222 min read
John Dilbeck and the lost town of Johntown (Dawson County)
1886 Map with Johntown, Georgia John Dilbeck was born in 1787 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Around 1839 he moved to Dawson...
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Christopher
Nov 15, 20223 min read
My Trip To Tate Mountain
On November 9th, 2022, I was a part of a thirty-five-person group of hikers that traveled to the Tate Mountain Estates area of...
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Christopher
Oct 6, 20224 min read
Andrew's Chapel Cemetery
Cherokee County officially came into existence in 1831. Previously, the land was known as the Cherokee Territory. Two years before,...
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