Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends Volume 2, Part 2 - Paperback

by Lucien Knight (Author)

Covers noted localities from Candler County through Worth County.

Back Jacket

This last part of Knight's history of Georgia covers historic county seats, chief towns, and noted localities from the listed counties. It ends with an analytical index containing every important name connected with Georgia's history

Candler
Carroll
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Crawford
Coweta
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Lowndes
Lumpkin
McDuffie
McIntosh
Macon
Madison
Marion
Meriwether
Miller
Milton
Mitchell
Monroe
Morgan
Montgomery
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth

A four-year endeavor, this comprehensive record of Georgia was originally published in 1913 and 1914. Lucian Lamar Knight conscientiously preserved the state's history through meticulous research of courthouse records, news clippings, libraries, and even cemetery headstones. His interviews with all of Georgia's most prominent patriotic organizations also harvested a wealth of rare information. Each original volume is divided into two parts, offering four easy-to-reference books. The series boasts an elaborate index, helpful to any genealogy student interested in researching Georgian ancestors.

Author Biography

Lucian Lamar Knight's love of his native Georgia was a constant in his seemingly itinerant professional life. His roots were there, having been born in Atlanta in 1868, and he was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1888. Perhaps his father, George Walton Knight, who was a Confederate general, lawyer, and cotton merchant, nursed his love for the South. Whatever the reason, Knight's affection for the history and people of his native state was never far from his heart. An accomplished attorney, newspaperman, and minister, Knight hopscotched professionally from one vocation to another. He left the legal profession to join the Atlanta Constitution . That began a series of moves landing him in Washington, D.C., Europe, Los Angeles, and finally back to Georgia. In a seemingly perfect fit of interest and skill, he became archivist of Georgia state records in 1913. In the preface of Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends, Knight recounts his research adventures in uncovering the wealth of information contained in the compilation. Four years of his leisure time were spent poring over court documents, old newspaper articles, and burial ground tombstones, all to accurately recount the history of his beloved home state. Originally published in 1913 and 1914, this work stands as an accurate historical reference of Georgia at that time. He died in 1933 at the age of sixty-five and is remembered in the American National Biography as a writer, poet, historian, speaker, and master of ceremonies.