Thursday, March 31, 2005

What We Learn From Early Post Offices

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Even though we live in an age of electronic communication and e-mail is the mode of today’s exchange of letters, there still is a fascinatio...
Thursday, March 24, 2005

March 4th Was Once the Presidential Inauguration Date

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Was there a place called Polk in Union County? And if so, where was it located? An e-mail from David Friedly noted that an 1839 map of Union...

Where in Union County Was Polk, Georgia

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Was there a place called Polk in Union County? And if so, where was it located? An e-mail from David Friedly noted that an 1839 map of Uni...
Thursday, March 17, 2005

Susannah Nix, Daughter of John Henry Stonecypher, Jr.

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Family legend holds that when Susannah Stonecypher married William Nix on September 9, 1809 at Carnesville, Georgia (Franklin County), her f...
Thursday, March 10, 2005

Thoughts at the Grave of John Henry Stonecypher, Jr. (1756-1850)

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John Henry Stonecypher, Jr. was the Revolutionary War ancestor of many descendants in Union County, Georgia and beyond. Although he never li...
Monday, March 7, 2005

April is National Poetry Month: Byron Herbert Reece, Mountain Poet

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I have not covered nearly all the early post offices of Union County’s rich history. I will return to those not touched upon at a later dat...
Thursday, March 3, 2005

Arthur Woody, Forest Ranger Extraordinary

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Ranger Arthur Woody From sketch by artist Mary Beth Stager Woody was an appropriate last name for this pioneer in Georgia forestry, for he l...