Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends - Paperback

by Lucien Knight (Author)

A comprehensive review of the state's landmarks, memorials, and legends as researched in 1913.

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Items covered in this first volume include Light Horse Harry Lee's bivouac, the true story of Jefferson Davis's arrest at Irwinville, the Old Creek Indian Agency, and historical outlines, original settlers, and distinguished residents of the following counties:

Appling
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Campbell
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin

A four-year endeavor, this comprehensive record of Georgia was originally published in 1913 and 1914. Lucian Lamar Knight conscientiously preserved the state's history through meticulous research of courthouse records, news clippings, libraries, and even cemetery headstones. His interviews with all of Georgia's most prominent patriotic organizations also harvested a wealth of rare information. Each original volume is divided into two parts, offering four easy-to-reference books. The series boasts an elaborate index, helpful to any genealogy student interested in researching Georgian ancestors.

James Edward Oglethorpe established Georgia as a colony for English debtors. Confederate president Jeff Davis was arrested in a thicket of wood near Irwinville by the Fourth Regiment of Michigan cavalry. Georgia is also the birthplace of the cotton gin and the Cherokee alphabet and home to the oldest U.S. state college.

This volume outlines significant landmarks and monuments and the people and events behind them. Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends is the comprehensive guide to the colorful tales, heroes, and legends that arose from the state's unique heritage.

Part 2 of this two-part volume contains reminiscences of historic figures, local Indian legends, Revolutionary and Civil War stories, and a guide to cemeteries and churchyards.

Lucian Lamar Knight was educated at Princeton and was compiler of the state records of Georgia. He also wrote parts 1 and 2 of Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends: Volume 2.