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Dougherty County, Georgia

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Dobbins, Farkas, Farmer, Harby and 7 others
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Profiles

  •
    Anise M. Farkas (1902 - 1995)
  • George Washington Farkas, Sr. (1898 - 1972)
  • Philip A. Farkas (1924 - 2004)
    U.S. Army, Tech 3, WWII Service In European Campaign, Final Assignment was as a Counter Intelligence Instructor with Detachment A, Mobile Intelligence Training Unit
  • Allene Farkas (1891 - 1951)
    "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," , FamilySearch ( : 24 December 2014), Allene S Farkas, 01 Aug 1951; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry ( : 2001); citing Dougherty, Georgia, certificat...
  • Sigo Farkas (1888 - 1971)
    Private, 5th Company 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion 157th DBK World War I "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch ( : 27 June 2024), Sigo Farkas, ; Burial, Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States...

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The county was created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1853, from a part of Baker County. It was named after Charles Dougherty, a respected judge and lawyer from Athens, Georgia. In 1854 and 1856 small areas were added from Worth County.

Albany was a center of the Civil Rights Movement, particularly during the early 1960s and is part of the Black Belt of the South.

Adjacent Counties

Cities & Communities

  • Acree
  • Albany (County Seat)
  • Dosaga
  • Doublegate
  • Ducker
  • Four Points
  • Gillionville
  • Hotalihuyana
  • Ocmulgee
  • Pecan City
  • Pretoria
  • Putney
  • Radium Springs
  • Turner City
  • Walker
  • Williamsburg

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Georgia

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Slaveholders and Slave surname matches (1860 & 1870 Census)

Genealogy Trails

USGW Archives

US Gen Web

Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society

RAOGK

Genealogy Buff

Georgia Pioneers

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