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Author Index
                         
Leroy Davis
John Hope (1868-1936)
John Hope was an important African American educator and race leader of the early twentieth century....
Matthew Davis
James Johnson (1811-1891)
James Johnson was appointed Georgia's first provisional governor following the conclusion of the Civil...
State's Rights Hotel
The State's Rights Hotel served as Georgia's Whig Party headquarters from about 1839 to 1847. During...
Thomas Ruger (1833-1907)
Thomas Ruger served as the military provisional governor of Georgia for six months in 1868. In that role...
Pablo J. Davis
Olaudah Equiano in Georgia
Author of one of the earliest and most influential slave narratives, Olaudah Equiano was a slave of Igbo...
Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1868-1940)
Georgia native Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded, edited, and published the, for decades...
Ren Davis
Civilian Conservation Corps
Among the numerous New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, the Civilian Conservation...
Robert Scott Davis
Jr.
Andersonville Prison
In February 1864, during the Civil War (1861-65), a Confederate prison was established in Macon County...
Archibald Campbell (1739-1791)
Late in 1778 Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell was dispatched by the British commander in chief in...
Battle of Kettle Creek
Kettle Creek flows into the Little River near the Tyrone community in Wilkes County. It likely takes...
Confederate Gold
The existence of caches of hidden or lost Confederate gold has been the source of numerous Georgia legends....
Ebenezer
Located in Effingham County about twenty-five miles northwest of Savannah on the banks of Ebenezer Creek,...
Elijah Clarke (1742-1799)
Among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia, Elijah Clarke (sometimes spelled "Clark")...
Jasper
Jasper, the seat of Pickens County, is located in north central Georgia, at the southern end of the ...
Pickens County
Pickens County, located at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains in north central Georgia, was formally...
Talking Rock
The town of Talking Rock, as well as a creek of the same name, is located in Pickens County in northwest...
Wrightsborough
The original charter of the colony of Georgia encouraged the settlement of Quakers, or members of the...
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