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
If you would like to participate in The Georgia GenWeb Project
by
hosting
a county or volunteer to help in the project,
please contact Linda Blum Barton
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.
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CLAY County, NC MAILING LIST. In association with the Clay County, NC USGenWeb page. To subscribe, send subscribe to: NCCLAY-L-request@rootsweb.com
TOWNS COUNTY MESSAGE BOARDS
Please post your contributions directly to the RootsWeb-hosted
Board. You may wish to place queries on both the GenConnect Board and
this
Website.
FAMILY TREES
For the complete 1880 census, please visit the FamilySearch
site maintained by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
TOWNS
COUNTY GEORGIA FOSTERS FROM CENSUS YEARS 1860-1930
The
Ephraim Byers Family
in Towns and Union Counties, Georgia
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES RELATING TO TOWNS COUNTY
Georgia
State
Site (sub-page)
The
Maddox Family Connections, by Brent Maddox
TOWNS
COUNTY ARCHIVED INFORMATION
by Jason Lee Edwards
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
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
LIBRARY Towns County Public Library 99 South Berrong St Hiawassee, GA 30546 Phone: (706) 896-6169 |
LIBRARY Mountain Regional Library 698 Miller Street Young Harris, GA 30582-4016 Phone: (706) 379-3732 |
COUNTY RECORDER Towns County Clerk Of Court P.O. Box 178 Hiawassee, GA 30546 Phone: (706) 896-2130 |
NEWSPAPER Towns County Herald Mall-Main Hiawassee, GA 30546 Phone: (706) 896-4454 |
NEWSPAPER University of GA EITS Weekly News |
ORGANIZATION Georgia Historical Society P.O. Box 5063 Rome, GA 30162 |
ORGANIZATION Georgia Genealogical Society P.O. Box 54575 Atlanta, GA 30308 Phone: (706) 475-4404 |
ORGANIZATION Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5063 Rome, GA 30162 |
ORGANIZATION Towns County Historical Society P.O. Box 35 Hiawassee, GA 30546 |
ORGANIZATION Union County Historical Society P.O. Box 932 Blairsville, GA 30514 |
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BOOKS |
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Minutes of Old Union
Baptist Church in Young Harris, Towns County Georgia transcribed by Jerry Taylor AVAILABLE AT: GEORGIA STATE ARCHIVES, Atlanta, GA CALL # BX6480.Y68 O42 LOCATION: REFERENCE |
Hearthstones
of Home - the History of Towns County Georgia by Jerry Taylor AVAILABLE AT: ATLANTA-FULTON CENTRAL LIBRARY, Atlanta GA (F929.3758 TOWNS) GEORGIA STATE ARCHIVES, Atlanta GA (F292.T65 T305) UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens GA (F292.T65H420 1983) SEQUOYAH REGIONAL LIBRARY, Canton GA (G 975.828 HEA) LAFAYETTE-WALKER COUNTY LIBRARY, LaFayette GA COBB COUNTY CENTRAL LIBRARY, Marietta GA FORSYTH COUNTY LIBRARY, Cumming GA HALL COUNTY LIBRARY, Gainesville GA VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY, Valdosta GA (F292.T65 T31) APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Belk Library, Boone NC (F292.T65 H43 1983) MACON COUNTY LIBRARY, Franklin NC NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York, NY (975.8282 D2h) GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Please contact Webmaster for more information |
Northeast
Georgia - A Brief History (Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Towns, Union, and White Counties) by Carroll Proctor Scruggs |
Georgia
Archives Historical and Genealogical Societies Lists With Links
Georgia
State, County, and City Government Website Links
Georgia
Antique Maps and Atlases With Links
NATIVE AMERICANS
Creek
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/creek-indians
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Creek_Indians
Cherokee
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cherokee-indians
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Cherokee_Indians
Seminole
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/seminole-wars
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Seminole_Indians
General research tips
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/American_Indian_Genealogy
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