Thursday, September 30, 2010

Greenwood Families ~ Early Settlers in Union and Fannin

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One county was formed from another in early settler days of establishing geographic county lines. It sometimes becomes hard for subsequent g...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Saluting Major James Leon Davenport

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When James Leon Davenport, the first child of John Prescott Davenport (better known as Press) and Ethel Lee Souther Davenport was born on De...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Henson Family Name in Early Union County History

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When the special census of 1834 was taken, only one Henson family appeared, that of Joseph Henson, Senior, with Joseph himself and his wife ...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Reece's Poem "Autumn Mood" Sets Tone for Fall

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Union County can be justifiably proud of her native son, Byron Herbert Reece, poet and novelist, born September 14, 1917 to Juan Wellborn Re...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Mulkey Gap: A Memorial to early settler William R. Mulkey

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Place names sometimes derive from the look of the place, like Blue Ridges for our beloved mountain area. Or a legend exists about a place, l...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Continuing the Saga of the Davis Siblings, Early Union Settlers

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At the outset I want to correct and clarify an error from last week’s column entitled “ Old Letters from Davis Kin Give Insights to Life in ...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Old Letters From Davis Kin Give Insights to Life in Early Union County

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Communication now is so much more advanced from the days of dated letters from 1861 and 1871. Here is the background of this story. David Da...