Thursday, September 24, 2009

Why Reverend Claud Cole Boynton Remained in the Mountains

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Last week’s column gave a brief review of the history book produced by First Baptist Church, Blairsville, Georgia. I highly commend it to yo...
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, September 10, 2009

Ebenezer Witzel Family in Union County by 1834

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The Ebenezer Witzel family was in the 1834 census of Union County, Georgia, a special listing of citizens called for by Act of the Georgia L...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Mountain Way: 'Putting Up' Grape Juice and Jelly

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Last week we recalled the mountain ways of preserving foodstuffs for winter use, with a general look at the processes of drying, pickling, b...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Mountain Way -- 'Putting-Up' Foodstuffs for Winter Use

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With the economy in a downslide and the future uncertain, conditions may behoove us to go back to some old mountain ways of insuring our fam...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Eight Crow Family Households in Union Listed in 1834 Census

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Examining the 1834 Union County census for early settlers, I discovered eight families with the surname Crow. These were, as listed from the...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Another Turner Family in Union by 1850

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Bailis Earle Turner (1805-1899) Last week we traced an early settler in Union County, Jarrett Turner (1806-1857) and his wife Sarah Collin...