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Prior to European colonization, the area that is now Morganton was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Morganton in 1856. The town's name is a transfer from Morganton, North Carolina. Morganton served as the seat of Fannin County from 1854 until 1895, when the seat was transferred to Blue Ridge. Wiki...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jenkins County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on August 17, 1905 and named after the 44th Governor of Georgia, Charles Jones Jenkins. Adjacent Counties Emanuel County Burke County Bulloch County Screven County Communities Bennett's Landing Birdsville Butts Emmalane Four Points Hernd...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Houston County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on May 15, 1821 and was named after Georgia governor John Houstoun, with the spelling being a common 19th-century variation that later evolved to "Houston". The pronunciation, however, remains to this day "Howston." Adjacent Counties Dooly County Pulaski Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Screven County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on December 14, 1793, and was named for General James Screven, who died fighting in Georgia during the American Revolutionary War. Some wartime accounts used the alternate spelling of "Scriven" for the general, and the county's name was often spelled that way in its ea...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jasper County, Georgia. Official Website At the time of European-American settlement, it was inhabited by the Cherokee and Muscogee Creek peoples, who became known as among the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast. The county was created on December 10, 1807 and was originally named Randolph County (after the Virginian John Rando...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Talbot County, Georgia. Official Website Talbot County was created on December 14, 1827 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. It was named after the late Georgia governor Matthew Talbot. Adjacent Counties Marion County Taylor County Chattahoochee County Muscogee County Harris County Meriwether County Upson Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Georgia. Official Website At the time of European contact, the area of what would become Wayne County was settled by the Guale people. Being close to the coast and bordered by the Altamaha River, Wayne County's history includes occupation by Spanish missionaries at the time of the settlement of Saint Augustine as well ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wilcox County, Georgia. Wilcox County was formed on December 22, 1857. The county was named for General Mark Wilcox, a Georgia state legislator and one of the founders of the Georgia Supreme Court. Adjacent Counties Pulaski County Dodge County Telfair County Ben Hill County Dooly County Crisp County Turner County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pulaski County, Georgia. Official Website Pulaski County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 13, 1808 and was named for Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland who fought and died for United States independence in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Dodge County Bleckley County Wilcox...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Irwin County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on December 15, 1818. It was named for Governor Jared Irwin. Ocilla is home to the annual Georgia Sweet Potato Festival which is currently held on the last Saturday in October. In the last years of the American Civil War, Irwin County gained the nickname of the Republic ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Miller County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on February 26, 1856 and named after Andrew Jackson Miller (1806–56), president of the Medical College of Georgia. Adjacent Counties Decatur County Baker County Seminole County Early County Cities & Communities Boykin Colquitt (County Seat) L...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Georgia. Official Website On February 11, 1796, Jackson County was named in honor of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel, Congressman, Senator and Governor James Jackson. Adjacent Counties Gwinnett County Hall County Barrow County Banks County Clarke County Madison County Cities, Towns & Communi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McDuffie County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on October 18, 1870 and named after the South Carolina governor and senator George McDuffie. Adjacent Counties Columbia County Augusta-Richmond County Lincoln County Wilkes County Jefferson County Warren County Cities, Towns & Communities
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on August 18, 1905 and named for Jefferson Davis, the only Confederate president. Adjacent Counties Coffee County Bacon County Appling County Montgomery County Telfair County Toombs County Wheeler County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Terrell County, Georgia. Official Website Formed on February 16, 1856, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, Terrell County is named for Dr. William Terrell (1778–1855) of Sparta, Georgia, who served in the Georgia General Assembly and the United States House of Representatives. During the American Civil War, after Atlanta's c...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Madison County, Georgia. Official Website The county was created on December 5, 1811 and was named for James Madison , who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Adjacent Counties Franklin County Hart County Elbert County Oglethorpe County Banks County
Enslaved by Moses Liberty Jones Image is of Marlboro Jones , manservant of Randall Fleming Jones , who was the son of Moses L. Jones (1805 - 1851) Introduction: Short Overview The Jones family was one of the families in Liberty County (Georgia) U.S., who owned black people who were their slaves at their estates, plantations such as Green Forest, etc... One of family members who was Owner/...
McCaysville is a city in Fannin County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,149 at the 2020 census. It is the second largest city in Fannin County after Blue Ridge. Prior to European colonization, the area that is now McCaysville was inhabited by the Cherokee people and other Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. The town is also the center of an adoption scandal. Wikipedia
This cemetery is also known as Inglett Cemetery and is located in Fort Gordon (now named Fort Eisenhower), Richmond County, Georgia. Find a Grave USGW Archives Billion Graves
From the intersection of South Main Street and Veteran's Parkway in Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia, drive south on South Main St for about 1.5 miles. South Main Street will become Shaw Road and the cemetery will be a short distance on the right at Lone Holley Lane. Find a Grave
The cemetery is located on 560 Mount Vernon Road NW, Monroe, Walton County, Georgia. It is located on both sides of the road. One section on the north side of the church is called Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 are opposite the church on the eastern side of the road with Section 1 as the largest and northern most. Find a Grave
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Randolph County, Georgia. Official Website Randolph County was created on December 20, 1828, and named after the Virginia planter and politician John Randolph. This area is considered part of the Black Belt, upland areas across the Deep South that were developed in the 19th century as plantations after invention of the cotton gin made process...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lanier County, Georgia. Official Website Created in 1920, the county was named after the Georgia poet Sidney Lanier. Lanier County shares Moody Air Force Base with Lowndes County on its western boundary. Adjacent Counties Echols County Clinch County Atkinson County Lowndes County Berrien County Cities & Communitie...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Telfair County, Georgia. Archaeologists associated with Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History have excavated a 2,000-acre plot near McRae-Helena and approximately a mile from the Ocmulgee River, beginning in 2005. In 2009 they announced finding evidence of a Spanish settlement dating to the first half of the 16th century. The ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Seminole County, Georgia. Official Website The state constitutional amendment to create the county was proposed July 8, 1920, and ratified November 2. It is named for the Seminole Indian tribe, who once lived in the Chattahoochee River basin within the county, before European settlement forced their move to the Florida everglades. A...