Name/Title
The Cottonpatch ChroniclesEntry/Object ID
2022.15.30Description
The contents of this book span the years from the Cherokee occupation of the 1830s to the contruction of the Williamsburg style courthouse on the Cumming square in 1978. Book sections I. Reflections on Cherokee History; II. Chapters on People, Places, and Events; III. The September Murder of Mae Crow (1912); IV. Letters of the World War I Soldiers; and V. Interpretive Appendices. Chapter contents include Cherokee Indians in Georgia Courts, 1830-1838; sketches of the Julians, Baileys, and Websters; descendants of John Wheeler; a history of courthouses and covered bridges in Forsyth; George L. Merrit, Jr., ace squadron fighter of World War II; Henry Shadburn, last survivor of the Chattahoochee River clan; Bass R. Farr, a legend in Georgia law enforcement. Detailed appendices include letters to F.M. Hawkins, 1833-1842; a history of the Hightower Baptist Association, 1835-1880; idndex to 1853 Tax Digest; 1870 Census of Black and Mulatto Families; WWI registrations, 1918; and certificates of death, 1922-1924.Context
Pioneer-Cherokee Heritage Series Vol 6Collection
William "Billy" S. BatesAcquisition
Accession
2022.15Source or Donor
William Sims BatesAcquisition Method
DonationInscription/Signature/Marks
Book Details
Author
Don L. ShadburnEdition
FirstISBN
0-9674952-3-7