The Reprint Company Publishers

HISTORY OF TURNER COUNTY

by Pate, John Ben

Orig. pub. Atlanta 1933. Reprinted 1979, 1980. Print on Demand Edition 2014. 222 pp., new index + illus. Item #83
ISBN: 9780871522955

This history of Turner County covers an extensive period before the creation of the county in 1905. Early chapters discuss Indian trails, villages, and battles as well as customs, religion, and occupations of the pioneers and old roads and towns. Records of land grants to Revolutionary War soldiers, land-owners and tax-payers in 1857, and marriage records (1906-1932) for applicable parts of the area are provided. Genealogical material and lists include county officials, lawyers and physicians, family records from early times to 1935, World War I veterans, members and ancestors of Turner County, U.D.C. and the Knox-Conway Chapter, D.A.R., and extensive cemetery lists. A comprehensive name index was prepared for this reprint edition.

Price: $37.50