Marion Co Newspapers/Obituaries

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MARION COUNTY

Washington Memorial Library has the Argus in its many manifestations from late September 1875 to Decmber 1923. The chronology and name changes are as follows


Buena Vista Argus 
September 24, 1875 to March 26, 1881 

Marion County Argus 
April 2, 1881 to January 23, 1884 

Marion County Sentinel 
February 6, 1884 to August 27, 1885 

Marion County Clipper 
September 3, 1885 to March 26, 1886 
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 3, 1885)- ceased 1886
Published: Buena Vista, Ga. : Thomas B. Lumpkin,
(microfilmed - UGA)



Marion County Patriot 
April 9, 1886 to December 1923 
Published: Buena Vista, Ga. : S.H. Christopher,;
Year: 1886-1968 - weekly
Frequency: Weekly 
Description: Began in 1886.; -v. 85, no. 33 (Aug. 15,
1968).; v. 

Succeeding Title: Ellaville citizen; (DLC)sn 89053214;
Marion County patriot and Ellaville citizen; (DLC)sn

Accession No: OCLC: 19755793 (for ordering interlibrary)
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Marion County patriot [and] Ellaville citizen.
Continued by:      Patriot-citizen (Buena Vista, Ga.)
Publisher:  Talbotton, Ga. : New Era Press,
Vol. 85, no. 34 (Aug. 22, 1968)-v. 96, no. 39 (Sept. 26,
1974)  weekley

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 Patriot-citizen (Buena Vista, Ga.)
Continues: Marion County patriot and Ellaville citizen
Weekly Vol. 94, no. 40 (Oct. 3, 1974)-
Publisher: Manchester, Ga. : Tri-County Newspaper, Inc.,
Talbotton, Ga. : New Era Press,
Vol. 85, no. 34 (Aug. 22, 1968)-v. 96, no. 39 (Sept. 26,
                      1974).

Microfilm - UGA Library
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Patriot Citizen which
covered Schley, Webster and Marion. 

ca 1998  Tri County
Journal was started and became the legal journal for Schley and Marion. It
has since become the Tri County Journal and Chattahoochee Chronicle.

Marion County Newspapers

The Marion County Patriot, April 1886 - Sept. 1894
The Marion County Patriot, Jan. 1900 - May 1904
The Marion County Patriot, Oct. 1906 - July 1909

Transcribed by Carla Mills
Marriages and deaths posted in Vital Records Section

Newspapers Available on Microfilm

Ellaville

Some Schley County Abstracts

Abstracts from Schley newspapers

Ellaville Citizen
Jan. 1967-Aug. 15, 1968

Ellaville Sun
Jul. 16, 1937-May 1965; Nov. 16, 1967-Mar. 29, 1968

Harris Hill has transcribed from the following microfilm:

The Ellaville Sun  Jul. 16, 1937 thru Dec. 31, 1937
The Ellaville Sun  Jan. thru Oct. 14, 1938 (ongoing, I'm working on this roll now)

Harris has the microfilm for: The Ellaville Sun 1939 thru Jul., 1948

Schley County Enterprise
Jan. 7, 1886-Dec. 13, 1888

Schley County News
Jul. 1889-Dec. 1895; Jan. 1897-Jun. 2, 1939

Schley County Enterprise
Jan. 7, 1886-Dec. 13, 1888

Schley County News
Jul. 1889-Dec. 1895; Jan. 1897-Jun. 2, 1939

Harris Hill has transcribed from the following microfilm:

The Schley County News  Oct. 1892 thru Dec. 1892
The Schley County News  all of 1893
The Schley County News  all of 1894
The Schley County News  all of 1895
The Schley County News  Jan. 1897 thru April 22, 1897
The Schley County News  May thru Dec. 1904 (These are incorrectly label "The Sylvester Local 1904 in the archives.  I mistakenly titled the first paper that way.)
The Schley County News  all of 1905
The Schley County News  all of 1906
The Schley County News  all of 1907
The Schley County News  all of 1908
The Schley County News  all of 1909
The Schley County News  Jan. thru April 1910

Harris has the microfilm for:

The Schley County News  May 1897 thru Dec 1900
The Schley County News  May 1910 thru Sept. 1913

Taylor County Newspapers

The Butler Herald
P.O. Box 550
Butler, GA 31006-0550
Weekly column by John Adams, Historian, entitled "Taylor County in The Olden Times". Exerpts of newspapers dating back to the around 1877.
Reynolds New Era (1930-1931), 1 reel Reynolds, GA
The Butler Herald (1875-1962) weekly
Marriages, Deaths, and etc, from The Butler Herald (1876-1896) Marilyn N. Windham 1990.
Marriages, Deaths and etc from The Butler Herald 1897-1910 Marilyn N. Windham 1998
Central Georgia Genealogical Society
Taylor County News and Herald (1963-1971) weekly
Taylor County News (1972-present) weekly Microfilm in Butler Library and U of Georgia, Athens
The Gospel Messenger (1878-1896) Published in Butler, GA by Elder John Richard Repess from 1879-Jan, 1896. The first issue was October 1878. It was started by Mr. J.A. CREWS of Wilson, N.C.
Mr. John Adams is reprinting the Obituaries from The Gospel Messager in the issues of the Taylor Tracer. He began in Jan 1997 with Vol 2 #12, September 1880 and continues at this time.

Columbus - Muscogee County

COLUMBUS ENQUIRER

Published book:
Wright, Buster W. Burials and deaths reported in the Columbus (Georgia) Enquirer, 1832-1872

COLUMBUS ENQUIRER (Columbus, Ga. : 1828) v. ; 68 cm. Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 29, 1828)- Ceased in 1861.
vol 1 1832-1834 vol 2 1835 - 1837 vol 3 1838-1840 vol.4 1841-1843 vol 5 1844-1846 by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne Continued by: Weekly Columbus enquirer (Columbus, Ga. : 1861) COLUMBUS DAILY ENQUIRER (Columbus, Ga. : 1874) U of GA v. Daily (except Mon.), Mar. 2, 1875- Vol. 16, no. 203 (Sept. 1, 1874)-v. 19, no. 259 (Nov. 3, 1877). Continues: Sun and Columbus daily enquirer Continued by: Columbus daily enquirer-sun (Columbus, Ga. : 1877) Daily (except Mon.) Began in Nov. 1877. -v. 28, no. 110 (May 8, 1886). DAILY WEEKLY ENQUIRER (chiefly adv.) Weekly Vol. 59, no. 31 (July 11, 1887)- Continued by: Weekly Columbus Enquirer-Sun

MACON - Bibb County

GEORGIA MESSENGER - 1823

The first newspaper in Bibb County (City of Macon) was the GEORGIA MESSENGER (estab. March 16, 1823, Ft. Hawkins 1824, Macon, 5th Street). after passing through the hands of many owners, it was bought and merged with the GEORGIA JOURNAL of Milledgeville and titled the JOURNAL and MESSENGER. Apparently it was a weekly paper and didn't become a daily until 1868. In 1869, it was united with the TELEGRAPH.

MACON TELEGRAPH - 1826

The Macon TELEGRAPH was founded in December, 1826. A small daily was also published from 1831 -1833 (1st in Macon). In 1844, a weekly paper, the REPUBLIC, was begun and continued until 1845 when it merged with the TELEGRAPH. After several more ownership changes, and merges with other papers, including the GEORGIA CITIZEN and the CONFEDERATE, interest in the MESSENGER was purchased, and merged also with the TELEGRAPH and was titled the TELEGRAPH and MESSENGER.

The MESSENGER title is no longer used, but the MACON TELEGRAPH continues today even after more ownership changes... (these notes were taken from Butler, John Campbell. HISTORICAL RECORD of MACON AND CENTRAL GEORGIA, c1879, J.W. Burke CO, Macon, GA. {2nd copyright 1958 by the MACON TOWN COMMITTEE of the NATIONAL SOCIETY of the COLONIAL DAMES of AMERICA in the state of GEORGIA}, PP. 329-333.

Willard Rocker's "Marriages and Obituaries From The Macon Messenger 1818-1865" is available at Washington Memorial Library, Macon

Macon,GA (Bibb County) Newspaper Clippings (Messenger) Tad Evans Vol. 1 1823-1830 Vol. 2 1831-1837 Vol. 3 1838-1842 Vol. 4 1843-1847 Vol. 5 1848-1851 Vol. 6 1852-1854 Vol. 7 1855-1858 Vol. 8 1859-1865 Vol. 9 1866-1869

Macon ,GA Telegraph 1826/1832 - Mary Warren
"The Macon [GA] Telegraph 1826-1832" Vol. I, #1-Vol. VII, #13, Nov.1, 1826-Dec. 26, 1832 Abstracts of Marriage, Divorce, Death, and Legal Notices, compiled by Michal Martin Farmer, Mary Bondurant Warren, Nicole Moran O'Kelley and William Brett Hill. On the inside of this book a notation reads: 'The Macon Telegraph founded Nov. 1, 1826 and edited by Myron Bartlett, at Macon, Bibb Co., GA. Transcribed from microfilm of newspapers from Washington Mem. Library, Macon, GA." Look-ups: Donna Hall [email protected]

Macon ,GA Telegraph 1833/1839 - Mary Warren

"The Macon Telegraph, for a time called the Georgia Telegraph, began weekly publication on Nov. 1, 1826 in Macon, Bibb Co, GA. Subscription price for the Macon Telegraph was $3 per annum if paid in advance, or $4 at the end of the year, and its publisher was Myron Bartlett. The newspaper office was on Cherry St., near the public square in Macon, GA. Between Oct. 17, 1831 and Dec. 21, 1832, Bartlett also published the Daily Macon Telegraph.
Mr. Bartlett reported in the Oct. 22, 1831 issue that there were twenty newspapers published in Georgia. One in Athens, three in Augusta, one in Bainbridge, two in Columbus, four in Macon, one in MacDonough, three in Milledgeville, one in Mount Zion (Hancock Co.), two in Savannah, one in Warrenton, and one in Washington. Published in Macon in late 1831 were: The Macon Telegraph (weekly, and Daily), the Georgia Messenger, the Macon Advertiser & Agricultural and Mercantile Intelligencer, and the Georgia Christian Repertory (a Methodist paper)."

TALBOTTON - TALBOT COUNTY

Earlier newspapers, i.e. The Talbotton Standard (1858), The Georgia Weekly (1865), West Georgia Gazette (1866), The Talbotton Standard (revived)(1868) but none published very long and no microfilm copies are apparently available.

TALBOTTON NEW ERA

U of GA v. Weekly Began in 1882. -v. 13, no. 9 (Dec. 24, 1895).

CRAWFORD COUNTY HERALD

Issue in the Washington Library in Macon, there are some issues of the Crawford County Hearald dated in the 1890's.

Thanks to Joyce Murray and Jane Hampton for helping me with this list of newspapers available.

Tips on Using Newspapers in Your Research

Newspaper-Macon Telegraph indexed on computer from 1899 in Washington Memorial Libary - Macon. The newspaper is also indexed in the genealogy room in books for dates prior to that.

Around 75 years ago, Georgia passed a law that courthouses should keep copies of their county newspapers. Many courthouses, libraries, and special collections have preserved this material.

GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT

In the early 1950's the University of Georgia Libraries began a special project to convert Georgia newspapers to microfilm. From 1987 through 1991 the National Endowment for the Humanities funded a large portion of retrospective microfilming, as well as cataloging all Georgia newspaper holdings in the OCLC union catalog.

These microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project can be available through interlibrary loan. Contact your local public library or the University of Georgia for details.

Researching at U of GA

From: "Carole Johnson" [email protected]

Keep in mind that the Journalism School was only able to microfilm what was was found; some papers apparently were not archived and/or others just didn't survive.
Some that I've researched personally are: Polk County (Cedartown weekly); Cherokee County Tribune; Tifton, Douglas County, Grady County (Whigham), Meriwether County. I also was researching Haralson County and I believe checked a Bowdon paper. There were some earlier papers in Atlanta prior to the Atlanta Journal and Consitituion (of which there are drawer after drawer full).

There is a parking deck on Jackson street (the street past the Arches if you are heading east). When you come out of the parking deck, walk across Jackson onto campus (there will be steps). After you reach the top of the steps, turn left and continue down the sidewalk to the Main Library. After entering the Library walk toward the back of the building to the stairs. Go down to the next floor, turn left and immediately turn left again. You won't be able to miss the many file cabinets. Everything is self-serve. Don't expect much help.
There is a wooden file system like the ole' Dewey decimal one every library used to have for you to check the existence and location of your microfilm. It is indexed by city and county. I had been researching here for awhile before I even knew there is also a genealogy library upstairs.
The hours for it vary and it isn't open as many hours as the main library. The newpaper and census microfilm; however, is available any time the main library is open including late at night and on Sundays. I have had great success at this library and enjoy the students. They have been without exception kind and helpful. There is a light lunch place in the building near the entrance. Another big perk: an ATM! Hope this helps someone.
Carole

Extant Georgia Newspapers

A statewide reference covering 1763-1829 : Marriages and Deaths from Extant Georgia Newspapers 2 vols. by Mary W. Warren.

"Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers" by Huxford -covers late 1700's to late 1800's.
Galen Chambers

WASHINGTON - June 11, 2001 - More than 20,000 community newspapers, some long
out of print, have recorded American life since the 17th century and two unique
organizations have set the common goal of providing Internet access to this
documentation of American heritage. The National Newspaper Association (NNA)
and Cold North Wind Corporation signed a letter of intent today to create
America's Chronicles SM, an online search engine that accesses the digital
archives of America's community newspapers, beginning with the archives of the
3600 NNA member newspapers. The project could eventually result in 500,000,000
pages of original, historical content dating back to the 1600s and will be
available online at http://www.americaschronicles.com . The site will be
launched at the NNA's 116th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Milwaukee,
September 12-15, with access to the first of many digital archives

The Southern Christian Advocate

The originals of "The Southern Christian Advocate"are located at Wofford College, Sandor Teszler Library.

http://www.wofford.edu/sandorteszlerlibrary/howtouse.htm

There is a searchable index.
Click on Archives. Click on Search the Advocate
This is a great resource for the eastern GA newspaper of early Methodist and other early pioneers of GA.

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Many thanks go to Mary Kathryn Kozy, Virginia Crilley, Harris Hill, Carla Miles & Angela Covington for their work on the site over the years.