The Sundown Counties of Georgia
A history of violence used to protect tradition, and fighting against a centralized economy and power structure can be found in the...
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Robert Scott Davis Jr.
Feb 2818 min read
THE LOST HISTORY OF AN ALLRED FAMILY OF NORTH GEORGIA
My late grandfather John Richards Davis, in speaking about his ancestry, said that he knew little of the Allreds except that their...
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Feb 163 min read
The Tragedies of Steele's Bridge: Both of them.
Most people from Pickens and Dawson County are familiar with the metal span bridge over the Amicalola River. Spanning 80 feet over a...
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Feb 35 min read
The Night Riders of Pickens County. (Part 3) The Life and Death of Policeman Lee Cape
Policeman Lee Cape had always suspected his enemies would eventually get him. But he would tell his friends, “but when they do, I’ll be...
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Jan 315 min read
The Night Riders of Pickens County: Part 2 - The Enigmatic Andrew Jackson Glenn
During the heart of the Civil War, Pickens County was torn between sides. The flag that flew over the courthouse yard was a Union flag. ...
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Jan 306 min read
The Night Riders of Pickens County (Part 1)
During the Civil War and for several decades that followed, criminals and vigilantes from various places around the United States would...
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Jan 163 min read
John Wesley Cagle and a Hamlet Named Jockey
In 1890, a small hamlet in south-central Pickens County named Jockey arose near the Cagle Mills on Sharp Mountain Creek. A post office...
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Oct 17, 20233 min read
A Moonshine Still in North Georgia
A few years ago, I ran across a reference for a reported moonshine still in a North Georgia gated community. Initially, I had doubts...
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