Thursday, June 25, 2009

Fort Chastain and Indian Removal

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Last week's column traced the movements and family of Benjamin Chastain (1780-1845) who served in Georgia's state legislature from H...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Focus on Benjamin Chastain (1780-1845)

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This series of articles on various Chastain family members who settled in North Georgia in the nineteenth century and made a difference here...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Where Did Union County Chastains Originate?

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The federal census of 1834 for Union County reveals that John B., Edward and Abner Chastain had established households in the county early i...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Some Chastains Were in Union County by 1834

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Chastain is a surname heard often in the mountain region of North Georgia. It is a steadfast family name and people who bear it (spelled var...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Memorial Day and Thoughts on Freedom

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We have a valuable gift, one not wrapped and tied with ribbons. It is intrinsic to America and our constitutional way of life. The gift is c...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

Poet Reece Painted Word Pictures of Spring

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One of poet Byron Herbert Reece's strongest advocates while he lived, wrote and published his poems and novels was the late Ralph McGill...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

William Sullivan Family, Camp Meetings near Confidence Church

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To get crops "laid by" (that is, finish cultivation—plowing and hoeing) and attend the grand old "Camp Meetings" were hi...