Showing posts with label Colwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colwell. Show all posts
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Country Music Artist Don Byers Tapped for Atlanta Counrty Music Hall of Fame

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“Autumn leaves were falling Down in Adams Park We sat and watched the river ‘Til it was almost dark And there were children playing They nev...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Thomas Jefferson Hooper and Some of His Descendants (Great Grandson of Absalom Hooper, Sr, Revolutionary War Soldier – Part 4, Hooper Family)

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Just about now I am seeing that to trace all the descendants of Absalom Hooper, Sr. (c 1764-1845), Revolutionary War soldier, and write even...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Militia Districts in Union County

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The state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Within each county are further subdivisions called Militia Districts. Union County is div...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

A Visit to Blairsville Around 1934

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Believed to be the earliest extant picture of the 1899 Union County Courthouse, the edifice still stands on the square in Blairsville, Georg...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Reece Family in Union County, GA (part 3): Quiller Frank Reece, Second Child of William and Mary Daniel Reece

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Pvt. Quiller Frank Reece (1843-1932) Civil War - Confederacy 6th Georgia Cavalry, Company F. Quiller Frank Reece (4.20.1843 – 10.13.1932) wa...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

About "How Firm a Foundation" -- First Baptist Church History Book

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Recently off the press is the beautiful book recounting the history of First Baptist Church, Blairsville. Serving on the committee to resear...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Merchants operating stores in Union Co. in 1881

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In last week's column we revisited the store of Mr. John Andrew Wimpey and his wife, Nellie Jane Duckworth Wimpey. I neglected to write ...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

A Look at Owltown

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Travel Highway 129/19 south from the old courthouse square in Blairsville and you will come to the Owltown District of Union County lying ar...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Blairsville, Union’s county seat

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In 1926, W. L. Benson, evidently hired by the state of Georgia to do surveys and reports on counties and county seat towns, reported on Blai...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Haralson Legacy – Patrick and Maude

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The Haralson Civic Center stands as a memorial to two people who were solid citizens of Union County in past years and contributed much to t...
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Choestoe Baptist Church Homecoming Sunday, June 10

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The second Sunday in June has long been "Homecoming" Day at Choestoe Baptist Church. People who still live in the community and ar...
Thursday, February 8, 2007

Dr. William Thomas Meeks Sr. Town and country doctor

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Continuing the stories of outstanding doctors who practiced medicine in Union County in the past (Dr. Edge and Dr. Rogers), we turn our atte...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

James Butts – Proud owner of a Gillespie Rifle

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James Butts is pictured with his children, Logan and Morgan, holding a long rifle made by John Gillespie for Sydney Harshaw, James' grea...