PUBLISHED RESOURCES FOR HANCOCK COUNTY BOOKS FOR SALE
"The Land Between", an out of print history of Hancock County has now
been reprinted and is available for sale. Proceeds to the Sparta Cemetery
Association (Click HERE
to download the order form and for more information)
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"Hancock County, Georgia Heroes:
Veterans from 1914 - 2014"
(Click HERE for additional information on this book)
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I Found the following two books on amazon.com, thought they might be of interest:
"Marriages of Hancock County, Georgia, 1806 to 1850; Reprinted with: Lane Lottery List of Hancock County, Ga, 1806"
"Hancock County, Georgia Land Deed Genealogy"
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Faye Poss has the following books for sale. Please contact her at : [email protected]
Also, please check out her other published resources at this link:
http://fayestoneposs.tripod.com/
Hancock County, GA, Early Newspaper Abstracts
"Farmer's Gazette" 1803-1804, 1806-1807.
Abstracts from this weekly newspaper (one of the
earliest in Georgia) based out of Sparta, include
sales of property, notices regarding
administration of estates, deaths and marriages,
letters remaining in the post office, sheriff's
sales, tax collector's sales, etc. Includes a
full-name index, a subject/place index, and a
slave (master) index.
6 x 9", 181 + x pages, hardbound - $24.00
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Hancock County, GA, Supplement to Early Newspaper
Abstracts "Farmer's Gazette" 1803 - 1806.
After the first volume was written, shown above,
79 additional issues of the "Farmer's Gazette"
were discovered at Harvard University. These
issues were then abstracted and filled in many
gaps for this time frame. No articles were
repeated. Ond index which includes full personal
names, subjects, places, and slave names.
6 x 9", 263 + xii pages, hardbound - $28.00.
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Hancock County, GA, Newspaper Abstracts, Hancock
Advertiser, 1826-1830
Abstracts from this weekly newspaper, based in
Mount Zion, included sales of property, notices
regarding administration of estates, deaths and
marriages, letters remaining in the post office,
sheriff's sales, tax collector's sales, etc. Full
personal name index, subject/place index, and a
slave (master) index.
8-1/2 x 11", 300 + ix pages, hardbound - $28.00.
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Ken Brantley has published and offers for sale,
the following books, some of which cover not only Hancock County, but Wilkes, Warren and Washington Counties
Brantley Association of
Ph 770-428-4402
email: [email protected]
Most of these were printed under the approval of the R.J. Taylor Jr. Foundation and all have been reviewed by Ken Thomas in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
The Books are identified as follows:
* "The Matilda Archer Story- Archer Genealogy". This is a true Civil War story published from the 1901 writings of Matilda Archer Taylor. I transcribed her
record exactly, added an analysis and 200 more pages of genealogy on the Archer family. This family was in the vicinity of
* "The Records of the Church at Williams Creek 1787-1840", published in 1995, is a transcription and reconstruction of the minutes of this early Baptist Church to
Wilkes and Warren counties in Georgia. In addition to the published minutes which contain significant genealogy, I also gave a sketch of several families mentioned in the record. The book is 200 pages.
Price $27.50
* "The Records of the Church on the Ohoopee 1792-1870", published in 2005 is the transcription and reconstruction of the
minutes of this early
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* "Hancock County, Georgia Inferior Court Minutes – 1809-1833" was published in 2000. It is a transcription of the exact court entries and contains records
dealing with county administrations, such as road and bridge construction and appointments of County officials. While few estate records are addressed, the record paints, often, a good picture as to the geographic
arrangements of the different citizens and family ties are often evident. All names are in bold print.
The book is 250 pages. (R.J. Taylor Jr Foundation approval) Normal Price $27.50
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