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  Wilkes County, GA Jack Grant's Free Papers which allowed him to remain in Taliaferro County, Georgia as a free man after his slave master freed him in 1796. See Georgia Free Persons of Color, Michael A. Ports, Vol III, 1799-1865 p. 117 tori10asee2 tori10asee2   originally shared this on   21 Nov 2018 Georgia Free Persons of Color, Michael A. Ports, Vol III, 1799-1865 p. 117

Nellie Julia Jennings Freeman, 102, of Athens, died June 13, 2012. Relation: 1st cousin 1x removed of wife of 1st cousin of husband of mother-in-law of 1st cousin of wife of great grandfather Survivors include daughters, Dora Lumpkin, Mildred Billups; sons, Charles, David & Clifton Freeman; granddaughters raised in the home, Gail Freeman Bishop, Sarah Pass; sisters, Mozell Freeman, Annie Ruby Stroud, Geneva Forley, Lula Mae Madden; brothers, Jerry Jennings, Walter Raines; god-grandson, Gregory "Frog" Birks; 29 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren, 26 great-great-great grandchildren, 3 great-great-great-great grandchildren.  Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., June 16, 2012 at the Springfield Baptist Church, Athens. Internment will follow at East Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Gardenview Funeral Chapel, Athens, has charge of arrangements.

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Mrs. Jessie Hanson was born in Rayle, Georgia to the late, Oscar and Lucille Hanson. She was the eldest of all of her siblings. In 1943, she was united in marriage to Mr. Ervin Hosch. She leaves to cherish her memory; a devoted brother, Roy Hanson of Conyers, GA; one brother in law, Robert Moon; a host of nieces and nephews, cousins, church members and friends. She made her transition from Labor to Reward on April 29, 2020. Homegoing services are Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 12: 00 Noon from True Light Holiness Church, Rayle Ga. Watts Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Published in Athens Banner-Herald on May 8, 2020

This page gives links to the creations of information gathered to examine the process by which Virginian migrants to the frontiers of Georgia fashioned their particular identity as a planter elite in the post-revolutionary South. Study of this migrant community, is a point of access not only to the culture of the southern backcountry, but the difficult question of how elites mediated the upheavals of Virginian society during the latter half of the eighteenth-century. and  Some insight into the development of the lives of African Americans of this time and era. JamesTown Research Goosepond As my ‘armchair genealogy’ research continues, I find myself delving into the history of the  Jamestown Colony of 1607  and beyond which I hadn’t done since school days. Guess I should’ve known since I was aware that some of my ancestors had lived in Virginia like the Barnetts who migrated to Georgia early on. Yet it’s been quite surprising to discover links to the historical Jamestown s...

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USGenWeb Project AN OVERVIEW OF LOCAL HISTORY © BY Robert Willingham skeet@nu-z.net Robert M. Willingham, Jr. is a native of Washington, Georgia, a former educator and librarian. He has published numerous atricles on historical topics as well as several books on Southern history. Among them are "We Have This Heritage": the History of Wilkes County, GA Beginnings to 1860; "No Jubilee": the Story of Confederate Wilkes; "Confederate Imprints": a Bibliography; "Tigers": a Pictorial History of Washington Football; and others. He is currently completing a third work on Wilkes County history which documents the period from 1865 to 1945. This volume is planned for late 1998 publication. Since the earlier Wilkes County books are long out-of-print, reprinting of these works is also being considered. Mr. Willingham works with State Farm Insurance and continues a varity of research projects. He is an active member of Washington First United Methodist Church ...

Political Science Quarterly 1911 Link to PDF

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Everyone outside of Wilkes, Oglethorpe, etc. Weekly Tip: Finding Genealogy Websites 15 April 2011 by Gena Philibert Ortega You've checked Ancestry.com; you've looked at the free resources at the US Genweb; you've even searched the subscription websites available through the FamilySearch Center Portal. What's your next step? It can be difficult to find genealogical information on the Internet if you don't know where to look. While using a search engine like Google is a good first start, you may also want to consider website indexes and lists and genealogical specific search engines as you continue to search for your ancestors. Website indexes and lists provide links to genealogical websites for the area or record type you are researching. Some examples that you should be using include: Cyndi's List: A well-known favorite of genealogists.With currently 291, 330 links organized according to locality, record type and topic, you are bound to f...