Towns County, Georgia

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In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Georgia Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Georgia, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index.

At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web pages.

My name is Tim Seawolf-Self. I'm responsible for Towns County. If you would like to contribute your information to this page, please let me know.

Assistant:  Linda Garrett, Archivist

Georgia State Coordinator: Linda Blum Barton
Assistant State Coordinator: [vacant]
Northeast Regional Assistant:  Liz Nash

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 by hosting a county or volunteer to help in the project,
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Towns County, Georgia History

Towns County, the 117th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1856 from parts of Union and Rabun counties. It was named for George Washington Bonaparte Towns, who was governor of Georgia from 1847 to 1851. Towns County is in the scenic mountains of Northern Georgia.

Chatuge Lake is located in the northern part of the county and reaches into North Carolina. It is a storage facility for the Tennessee Valley Authority and is also a public preserve. Hiawassee, the county seat, and the lake area have long been popular tourist areas. In the 1800s through the 1930s, wealthy families from the lowlands would "summer in the mountains" to escape the heat and disease more prevalent in the more populated areas.

Senator Zell Bryan Miller, a former governor of Georgia, was raised in Young Harris, Towns County. In the early 1960s he and his wife were publishers and editors of the Towns County Herald, a weekly newspaper based in the county seat of Hiawassee. Young Harris is also home to
Young Harris College.

SPECIAL NOTE:

I would like to find someone from Towns County who is
interested in the Native American history of Georgia and who lives in Towns
County.  Our organization is working with others to bring the beginning of the
Trail of Tears history into Georgia where it belongs.  Georgia was the last
location of the Cherokee Nation of Georgia prior to the 1838 removal - although
portions of the nation extended into Alabama and Tennessee, the capitol was at
New Echota, in Gordon County.   Fort Chastain, a removal fort is located in
Towns County.  We are in need of documenting the history of this fort along with
locating any other existing sites.  If you are or know someone who might be
interested in this effort, please contact me...
Leslie Thomas
Communication Chair

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MURRAY County, GA MAILING LIST.  In association with the Murray County, GA USGenWeb page.  To subscribe, send subscribe to: [email protected]


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CLAY County, NC MAILING LIST. In association with the Clay County, NC USGenWeb page. To subscribe, send subscribe to: [email protected]

Georgia State Site (sub-page)

The Maddox Family Connections, by Brent Maddox

Surrounding Counties

TOWNS COUNTY ARCHIVED INFORMATION
by Jason Lee Edwards

CENSUS

Citizens of Towns County Georgia,
1860 Census Index
by Frances T. Ingmire
Available at:
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Belk Library, Boone NC
CALL # F292.T65 I62 1986
 LOCATION: REFERENCE
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Salt Lake City, UT

Towns County Georgia Census Records, 1860-1900
transcribed by Jerry Taylor
Available at:
GEORGIA STATE ARCHIVES, Atlanta, GA
CALL # F292.T65 E32
LOCATION: REFERENCE
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Salt Lake City, UT

CEMETERIES AND GRAVES

Cemetery Surveys, Inc.

Saving Graves--Georgia

Towns County Georgia Cemeteries
by Ted O. Brooke
Available at:
WALLACE STATE LIBRARY, Hanceville AL
  ARKANSAS HISTORY COMMISSION, Little Rock AR
DAR LIBRARY, Washington DC
 ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, Atlanta GA (F292.T65 B76 1996)
  GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY, Atlanta GA (F292.T65 B76 1996)
 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens GA (G 929.509 BRO)
  SEQUOYAH REGIONAL LIBRARY, Canton GA
  CHEROKEE REGIONAL LIBRARY, LaFayette GA
 COBB COUNTY LIBRARY, Marietta GA
 CHATHAM LIBRARIES, Savannah GA
 MOUNTAIN REGIONAL LIBRARY, Young Harris GA (F 292 T65 B76 1996)
DUCKWORTH LIBRARIES, Young Harris College, Young Harris GA (F292.T65 B76 1996)
  NEWBERRY LIBRARY, Chicago IL
 ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Fort Wayne IN
 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, NYPL Research Libraries, New York, NY
 MURPHY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Murphy NC
 NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES, Raleigh NC
 KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Knoxville TN (929.37582 B872T)
DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, Central Branch, Dallas TX
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH, ("The Mormon Library") Salt Lake City, UT
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, University of Wisconsin-Madison WI

We Are Proud to Be the
OFFICIAL OBITUARY ARCHIVES
of the
NORTH GEORGIA NEWS
Archivist and Transcriber:  Linda Garrett

This feature has been temporarily disabled
as of December 15, 2013

Saving Graves--Georgia

MARRIAGES

Marriage Records, 1856-1900, Towns County Georgia
transcribed by Jerry Taylor
 GEORGIA STATE ARCHIVES, Atlanta GA
CALL # F292.T65 T30
 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT
CALL # 975.8282 X2t 

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NATIVE AMERICANS

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