Thursday, March 25, 2004

Andrew William Jackson

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At times we read accounts of early settlers in Union County and learn of their subsequent adventures. We wonder how they lived through some ...
Thursday, March 11, 2004

Union County’s Claim to Governor Joseph Emerson Brown

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Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) 27th Governor of Georgia Driving along Georgia Highway 60 near Woody Gap School, you see a Georgia Historic...
Thursday, March 4, 2004

John Nicholson, Revolutionary War Soldier (Part 2)

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In October, 2000, the Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, held a ceremony at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in memor...
Thursday, February 26, 2004

John Nicholson, Revolutionary War Soldier (Part 1)

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Last week we looked at the life and service of Revolutionary War soldier, Michael Tanner, who was buried in the Old Choestoe Cemetery. Anoth...
Thursday, February 19, 2004

Private Michael Tanner, Revolutionary War Soldier

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The marker for a Revolutionary War soldier, Private Michael Tanner, stands about in the middle of the Old Choestoe Cemetery. This simple mar...
Thursday, February 12, 2004

Happenings Along the Famous Logan Turnpike

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Charles Roscoe Collins, who himself traveled with his father as a lad, and made his first solo trip on the Logan Turnpike at age 17, points ...
Thursday, February 5, 2004

The Logan Turnpike

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If you want to travel the Logan Turnpike today, you will have to walk over portions of it or use a two-wheeled vehicle. The present-day Rich...