THROUGH
MOUNTAIN MISTS
Early Settlers of
Their
Descendants...Their Stories...Their Achievements
Lifting the
Mists of History on Their Way of Life
By: Ethelene Dyer Jones
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| Considering mists |
July 31, 2003 |
| This old house: The Souther-Dyer
House, 1850 |
Aug. 7, 2003 |
| A Mill for the Settlement - the
old Souther mill |
Aug. 21, 2003 |
| A
Mill for the Settlement - the
Souther mill (part 2) |
Aug. 28, 2003 |
| Track Rock Gap - "Datsu'nalsagun'ylu" - Cherokee for "Where there are tracks" | Sep. 4, 2003 |
| The Hunter-England House |
Sep. 11, 2003 |
| Sweet sorghum syrup |
Sep. 18, 2003 |
| In Praise of a Noble Mountain
Man: Dr. Mauney Douglas Collins |
Sep. 25, 2003 |
| The Life and Times of Dr. Mauney
Douglas Collins--part 2 |
Oct. 2, 2003 |
| The Life and Times of Dr. Mauney
Douglas Collins--part 3 |
Oct. 9, 2003 |
| The
Life and Times of Dr. Mauney Douglas Collins--part 4 |
Oct. 16, 2003 |
| The Life and
Times of Dr. Mauney Douglas Collins--part 5 |
Oct. 23, 2003 |
| Byron Herbert Reece: Balladeer
of the Blue Ridge Mountains |
Oct. 30, 2003 |
| Poet Jesse Stuart Assisted Poet
Reece |
Nov. 6, 2003 |
| Some Personal Reflections on
Byron Herbert Reece |
Nov. 13, 2003 |
| More Reflections on Byron
Herbert Reece |
Nov. 20, 2003 |
| Thanksgiving Long Ago With the
Mary L. Reid Hood Family |
Nov. 27, 2003 |
| Whatever Happened to Richard
Jarrett Hood? |
Dec. 4, 2003 |
| A Brutal Murder: A Son's Promise
and the Truth |
Dec. 11, 2003 |
| Good Old-Fashioned Christmases |
Dec. 18, 2003 |
| The Wright Brothers' Craft Came
After Clark Dyer's Flying Machine |
Jan. 1, 2004 |
| Federal Investigator Frank
Loransey Souther |
Jan. 8, 2004 |
| The Life and Times of a
Circuit-Riding Preacher: The Rev. Elisha Hedden, Jr.--part 1 |
Jan. 15, 2004 |
| The Rev. Elisha Hedden,
Circuit-Riding Preacher--part 2 |
Jan. 22, 2004 |
| Blairsville Collegiate Institute |
Jan. 29, 2004 |
| The Logan Turnpike |
Feb. 5, 2004 |
| Happenings Along the Famous
Logan Turnpike |
Feb.
12, 2004 |
| Private Michael Tanner,
Revolutionary War Soldier |
Feb. 19, 2004 |
| John Nicholson, Revolutionary
War Soldier--part 1 |
Feb. 26, 2004 |
| John Nicholson, Revolutionary
War Soldier--part 2 |
Mar. 4, 2004 |
| Mar. 11, 2004 |
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| Andrew William Jackson |
Mar. 25, 2004 |
| William Jackson - Early Union
Settler |
Apr. 1, 2004 |
| The Cemetery at Six Oaks |
Apr. 8, 2004 |
| The Family of Thomas Kimsey
Jackson |
Apr. 15, 2004 |
| William Marion Jackson and
Rebecca Goforth Jackson |
Apr. 22, 2004 |
| Civilian Conservation Corps. |
Apr. 29, 2004 |
| Salute to a Special Lady -- Mrs.
Dora Hunter Allison Spiva |
May 6, 2004 |
| Mother's Day and Children's Day |
May 13, 2004 |
| A Mother's Love Defies the Bonds
of Death |
May 20, 2004 |
| Gold Mining in Union County |
May 27, 2004 |
| A gold prospector named Hamby |
June 3, 2004 |
| Rev. William Jasper Cotter, 1846 | June 10, 2004 |
| William Jasper Cotter and Cherokee Removal | June 10, 2004 |
| In tribute to our 40th president, Ronald Wilson Reagan | June 17, 2004 |
| William Jasper Cotter and Cherokee removal | June 24, 2004 |
| That spirit of independence of
our forebears |
July 1, 2004 |
| James Nix, a trip west in 1873 |
July 8, 2004 |
| Young James Nix settles into
life in Colorado |
July 15, 2004 |
| James Nix settles in Norwood,
Colorado |
July 22, 2004 |
| Uncle Buddy Turner's long life |
July 29, 2004 |
| Education in Union County |
Aug. 5, 2004 |
| Continuing The History of
Education in Union County (part 2) |
Aug. 12, 2004 |
| History of Education in Union
County (part 3): To consolidate schools or not? That was the big
question in 1916 and later |
Aug. 19, 2004 |
| History of Education in Union
County (part 4): The question of school consolidation, a matter of
community pride |
Sep. 2, 2004 |
| History of Education in Union
County (part 5): School consolidation break-through: Town Creek and
Beyond |
Sep. 9 2004 |
| 'Apparatus for navigating the
air'--Micajah Clark Dyer |
Sep. 16, 2004 |
| Willis, the first Twiggs in
Union County |
Sep. 23, 2004 |
| Rev. John Wesley Twiggs,
Methodist Minister |
Sep. 30, 2004 |
| Walter Mondwell Twiggs, Going to
market in 1895 |
Oct. 7, 2004 |
| Walter Mondwell Twiggs, Noted
Methodist Minister |
Oct. 14, 2004 |
| Lovick Marvin Twiggs, Noted
Methodist Minister |
Oct. 21, 2004 |
| Harvey Alfonso Bud Twiggs Family |
Oct. 28, 2004 |
| From humble beginnings to Chief Justice: Honorable William Henry Duckworth | Nov. 4, 2004 |
| James Lon Duckworth, Corporation
Lawyer |
Nov. 11, 2004 |
| Thompson and Celia Self
Collins: Early Union Settlers |
Nov. 18, 2004 |
| Thompson and Celia Self Collins
Family, part II |
Nov. 25, 2004 |
| A look at Thompson Collins, Jr. |
Dec. 2, 2004 |
| Thompson Smith Collins -- "The
poor man's friend" |
Dec. 9, 2004 |
| Nancy Collins Souther, daughter
of Thompson Collins, Sr. |
Dec. 16, 2004 |
| Honoring a worthy grandfather at
Christmas: highlights in the life of Francis Jasper "Bud" Collins |
Dec. 23, 2004 |
| Beginning a New Year |
Jan. 6, 2005 |
| Adam Vandiver--Truth or legend? |
Jan. 13, 2005 |
| Considering some black history
in Union County on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Jan. 20, 2005 |
| Some Descendants of the Famed
Adam Poole Vandiver |
Jan. 27, 2005 |
| John Joseph Vandiver writes of his life | Feb. 3, 2005 |
| Union County Native John Joseph
Vandiver Makes His Way in the West |
Feb. 10, 2005 |
| Watson Benjamin Dyer--103 1/2
years of life |
Feb. 17, 2005 |
| Bonnell H. Stone - "Father of
Forestry in Georgia" |
Feb. 25, 2005 |
| Arthur Woody, Forest Ranger
Extraordinary |
Mar. 3, 2005 |
| Thoughts of the Grave of John
Henry Stonecypher, Jr. (1756-1850) |
Mar. 10, 2005 |
| Susannah Nix, Daughter of John
Henry Stonecypher, Jr. |
Mar. 17, 2005 |
| Where in Union County Was Polk,
Georgia? |
Mar. 24, 2005 |
| What We Learn From Early Post
Offices |
Mar. 31, 2005 |
| April is National Poetry
Month: Byron Herbert Reece, Mountain Poet |
Apr. 7, 2005 |
| In April, National Poetry
Month: Featuring Local Poet, Barbara Ruth Sampson |
Apr. 14, 2005 |
| April--Confederate History and
Heritage Month |
Apr. 21, 2005 |
| Considering the Civil War:
Choestoe Guards and Young Cane VolunteersApri |
Apr. 28, 2005 |
| More Early Union County post
offices |
May 5, 2005 |
| More Post Offices in the Suches
area |
May 12, 2005 |
| Finally a Paved Road Across Neel
Gap |
May 19, 2005 |
| A Post Office in Gum Log Called
Napoleon and its Founder, Napoleon Bonaparte Hill |
May 26, 2005 |
| John Little Ingram, Father of a
Large Family |
June 2, 2005 |
| Revolutinary War patriot, John
Little Ingram |
June 9, 2005 |
| Some Ingrams and Their Spouses |
June 16, 2005 |
| Vogel State Park, a Delightful
Get-Away |
June 23, 2005 |
| Happy Birthday America on Our
229th |
June 30, 2005 |
| Legacy left by the Rev. Charles Edward Rich | July 7, 2005 |
| From the Pioneer High School
Newspaper of May 1936 |
July 14, 2005 |
| More from 'The Pioneer' Union
County School Paper, May 1936 |
July 21, 2005 |
| More Observations from 'The
Pioneer' |
July 28, 2005 |
| The 'Antique' New Home |
Aug. 4, 2005 |
| Iraq War's Toll Hits Close to
Home |
Aug. 11, 2005 |
| Origin and history of the name
Townsend |
Aug. 18, 2005 |
| Patriarch of Union County
Townsends, Eli, son of Edward |
Aug. 25, 2005 |
| The mystery surrounding William
Townsend |
Sep. 1, 2005 |
| Tracing more Townsend ties |
Sep. 8, 2005 |
| An early Union County minister: Rev Thomas M. Hughes | Sep. 15, 2005 |
| Rev. Thomas Coke Hughes |
Sep. 22, 2005 |
| The Old Unicoi Trail and Unicoi
toll road |
Sep. 29, 2005 |
| Tale of the Unicoi Turnpike |
Oct. 6, 2005 |
| Englands were early settlers |
Oct. 13, 2005 |
| Some Englands become Union County settlers | Oct. 20, 2005 |
| England siblings settled in Union |
Oct. 27, 2005 |
| A tribute to Otis Cecil Dyer,
Sr. |
Nov. 3, 2005 |
| Armistice Day, Veterans'
Day--Nov. 11 |
Nov. 10, 2005 |
| Circuit riding preacher--Rev.
Milford Gilead Hamby |
Nov. 17, 2005 |
| Brief Thoughts on Thanksgiving
and a Look at the Firstborn Son of the Rev. Milford G. Hamby |
Nov. 24, 2005 |
| December Comes: Take a Look at
Some Presidents With December Birthdays |
Dec. 1, 2005 |
| The Christmas Truce of 1914 |
Dec. 8, 2005 |
| Time to be Counted Among Those
Keeping Christmas |
Dec. 15, 2005 |
| Christmas at poet Byron Herbert Reece's house | Dec. 22. 2005 |
| Highlights of 2005 |
Jan. 5, 2006 |
| John Muir visited Union County in 1867 | Jan. 5, 2006 |
| Union County Poorhouse or
Almshouse |
Jan. 12, 2006 |
| Rev.
James J. Hood:
minister, musician, woodcrafter |
Jan. 19, 2006 |
| Born in Union County, a noted
teacher in Fannin County |
Jan. 26, 2006 |
| Byron Herbert Reece Interpretive
Center Receives Boost |
Feb. 2, 2006 |
| Zenobia Addington Chastain,
Teacher |
Feb. 9, 2006 |
| Mrs. Dora Hunter Allison Spiva Honored | Feb. 16, 2006 |
| Truett McConnell College:
Through Mountain Mists a Light in the Mountains |
Feb. 23, 2006 |
| Truett McConnell College: A
Light in the Mountains, part 2 |
Mar. 2, 2006 |
| March 4th Was Once the
Presidential Inauguration Date |
Mar. 9, 2006 |
|
Sarah
Evaline Souther Dyer and some old-fashioned
remedies |
Mar. 16, 2006 |
| Sarah Eveline Souther Dyer and
herbal tonics |
Mar. 23, 2006 |
| Planting by the Signs |
Mar. 30, 2006 |
| The influence of a good
woman: Renva Smith Acree |
Apr. 6, 2006 |
| On the Church Calendar, This is
Maundy Thursday |
Apr. 13, 2006 |
| April: National Poetry
Month |
Apr. 20, 2006 |
| Honors on Confederate Memorial
Day |
Apr. 27, 2006 |
| Echoes of camp meetings and
evangelist Rev. Elijah Kimsey |
May 4, 2006 |
| A Salute to Mothers |
May 11, 2006 |
| Highlights of aviation history |
May 18, 2006 |
| Virgil Marion Waldroop, lawyer
and merchant |
May 25, 2006 |
| In tribute to my friend, Barbara
Ruth Sampson |
June 1, 2006 |
| American Chestnut Trees and
Their Possible Comeback |
June 8, 2006 |
| Philip Humphries: an
intinerant preacher |
June 15, 2006 |
| The 'Sacred Harp' Tradition of
Singing |
June 22, 2006 |
| Mr. Obe Pruitt's public service |
June 29, 2006 |
| Standing tall like the hills, a
tribute to Cecil Woodrow Collins |
July 6, 2006 |
| Reunion, anyone? |
July 13, 2006 |
| Relatives honor 'a genius'
(Micajah Dyer) special article by Joan Crothers |
July
20, 2006 |
| Post reunion reflections |
July 20, 2006 |
| Vogel State Park's 75th
anniversary |
July 27, 2006 |
| Civil War's effect on Mary
Elizabeth Fields Smith Foster |
Aug. 3, 2006 |
| Observations from 1934 |
Aug. 10, 2006 |
| The Matheson Cove: In the Shadow
of the Devil's Post Office |
Aug. 17, 2006 |
| Going home, A tribute to John
Paul Souther (1915-2006) |
Aug. 24, 2006 |
| No coincidence: Emma Lena Nix
Dyer |
Aug. 31, 2006 |
| Georgia's highest peak -
Brasstown Bald |
Sep. 7, 2006 |
| Recounting High Humor of the
Hills |
Sep. 14, 2006 |
| Mountain folk--the way we are |
Sep. 21, 2006 |
| The Senior Adult Years: Are they
the Best? |
Sep. 28, 2006 |
| The Gillespie rifle--a trusted
firearm |
Oct. 5, 2006 |
| Brothers Philip and Wilson
Gillespie--Casualties of the Civil War |
Oct. 12, 2006 |
| James Butts--Proud owner of a
Gillespie Rifle |
Oct. 19, 2006 |
| The privilege of owning old
Gillespie-made rifles |
Oct. 26, 2006 |
| The Blood Mountain Story |
Nov. 2, 2006 |
| America, the Home of the Brave |
Nov. 9, 2006 |
| White House on the 'Threatened'
List |
Nov. 16, 2006 |
| Thanksgiving Past Overflow to
the Present |
Nov. 23, 2006 |
| The mountains of yesteryear -
Jefferson Beauregard Dyer and Rhoda Jane Souther Dyer |
Nov. 30, 2006 |
| A Tribute to Bluford Marion Dyer |
Dec. 7. 2006 |
| Two Corrections and a Word About
Caroling |
Dec. 14, 2006 |
| The Country Store and Christmas |
Dec. 21. 2006 |
| Paying Tribute to Gerald Rudolph
Ford |
Jan. 4, 2007 |
| Going home--a tribute to
Virginia Parks Souther |
Jan. 11, 2007 |
| Respected mountain doctor,
Herbert Monroe Edge |
Jan. 18, 2007 |
| Noted country doctor Dr. William
H. Rogers |
Jan. 25, 2007 |
| Edward Sylvanus Mauney
(1897-1977) - Union County Historian |
Feb. 1, 2007 |
| Dr. William Thomas Meeks Sr.
Town and country doctor |
Feb. 8, 2007 |
| Observing Valentine's Day |
Feb. 15, 2007 |
| Dr. S. Vanus Hunter, dentist |
Feb. 22, 2007 |
| Ballad of Tom Collins |
Mar. 1, 2007 |
| Burnette and Cobb Families Link |
Mar. 8, 2007 |
| How some places in Union County
were named |
Mar. 15, 2007 |
| Taylor Cobb, U.S. Revenue agent |
Mar. 22, 2007 |
| Dr. Austine Hunter Wallis |
Mar. 29, 2007 |
| Thoughts on Holy Week and Easter |
Apr. 5, 2007 |
| Fain brothers -- early settlers
in Union County |
Apr. 12, 2007 |
| About Patriot Ebenezer Fain |
Apr. 19, 2007 |
| A Jackson Family Story |
Apr. 26, 2007 |
| From the memoirs of John Joseph
Vandiver |
May 3, 2007 |
| Continuing the saga of
Vandiver's life in the West |
May 10, 2007 |
| John Joseph Vandiver settles
down in Washington State |
May 17, 2007 |
| A Memorial Day Tribute to Major
Robert Neal Collins, Sr. |
May 24, 2007 |
| Frances Verdie Miller, Teacher
Extraordinary |
May 31, 2007 |
| Choestoe Baptist Church
Homecoming Sunday, June 10 |
June 7, 2007 |
| Ivy Log and some of its early
residents |
June 14, 2007 |
| Sheriff Charles Leonedas Hill |
June 21, 2007 |
| Ivy Log as a bustling settlement |
June 28, 2007 |
| Our Level of Patriotism |
July 5, 2007 |
| Dyer-Souther Reunion |
July 12, 2007 |
| The Farm Reece remembered |
July 19, 2007 |
| Some Nix connections: (part 1 in a Series on the Nix Family of Union County, GA and surrounding counties) | July 26, 2007 |
| Continuing with some Nix
connections (part 2): Archibald Carr Nix |
Aug. 2, 2007 |
| Nix connections (part 3):
Columbus Hannibal Nix |
Aug. 9, 2007 |
| Nix connections (part 4):
Aunt Jane Nix Wilson Hood |
Aug. 16, 2007 |
| Some Nix connections (part
5): Serving in the War Between the States |
Aug. 23, 2007 |
| Explanation for missing weeks August 30, 2007 - Sep. 13, 2007 |
Aug. 30-Sep. 13 2007 |
| Welcome Back |
Sep. 20, 2007 |
| Literary Festival: Event
in Blue Ridge to Memorialize Byron Herbert Reece |
Sep. 27, 2007 |
| Nix connections (part 6): John
Washington Nix |
Oct. 4, 2007 |
| Observing Columbus Day |
Oct. 11, 2007 |
| The Matheson Cove: In the Shadow
of the Devil's Post Office Earns Prestigious Award |
Oct. 18, 2007 |
| Corn Shuckings and Pumpkin
Gathering |
Oct. 25, 2007 |
| Couple leaves Choestoe for New
Holland: William Bruce Moore and Catherine Souther Moore |
Nov. 1, 2007 |
| Ivan Thomas Collins: son
of Union County who went out to make his mark |
Nov. 8, 2007 |
| Praying for Rain |
Nov. 15, 2007 |
| Giving Thanks -- 2007 |
Nov. 22, 2007 |
| William Harrison Jackson - from
Choestoe to Colorado |
Nov. 29, 2007 |
| The Country School and Christmas |
Dec. 6, 2007 |
| The Miracle of Brasstown Valley:
a Book Review |
Dec. 13, 2007 |
| The Poor Man's Friend (A Story
of Christmas Past) |
Dec. 20, 2007 |
| Thoughts on the Threshold of a
New Year |
Jan. 3, 2008 |
| When Union became a county in
1832 |
Jan. 10, 2008 |
| Ishmael Theodore Thomas --
Preservationist of the Year 2005 |
Jan. 17, 2008 |
| The Haralson Legacy -- Patrick
and Maude |
Jan. 24, 2008 |
| A Little History of the
University of Georgia |
Jan. 31, 2008 |
| The Right to Vote -- Do We
Appreciate It? |
Feb. 7, 2008 |
| A Tribute to Dora Hunter Allison
Spiva |
Feb. 14, 2008 |
| Some Descendants of Leason Spiva |
Feb. 21, 2008 |
| Spivey/Spiva and Related Families |
Feb. 28, 2008 |
| "Go West, Young Man"--Bluford Lumpkin Dyer and some of his descendants | Mar. 6, 2008 |
| How Cottage Industries Added to Farm Family's Income | Mar. 13, 2008 |
| Meditations on St. Patrick's Day and Easter | Mar. 20, 2008 |
| Tornado
Fells Monument of Gov. Brown |
Mar. 27, 2008 |
| This Old House |
Apr. 3, 2008 |
| April: National Poetry Month
Honoring Union County Native Byron Herbert Reece |
Apr. 10, 2008 |
| Davenport Mountain named for
early settler, John B. Davenport |
Apr. 17, 2008 |
| Earth Day and its Significance |
Apr. 24, 2008 |
| Dr. Frank J. Erwin, country doctor and entrepreneur | May 1, 2008 |
| The Rev. George Erwin,
missionary to Russia |
May 8, 2008 |
| From the mules and wagon to the
space shuttle |
May 15, 2008 |
| Butt families--early settlers in
Union |
May 22, 2008 |
| John Butts Sr. and his family |
May 29, 2008 |
| The Union County Butt(s) family
legacy |
June 5, 2008 |
| Blairsville, Union's County seat |
June 12, 2008 |
| Mayme Collins Aydelotte,
educator and genealogist |
June 19, 2008 |
| Della L. Vandiver Zieske's long
life |
June 26, 2008 |
| Charles Collins, lover of country |
July 3, 2008 |
| Charles Roscoe Collins: His life
and times (part 2) |
July 10, 2008 |
| Pinnacles of the past: the
railroad went to Blue Ridge, not Blairsville |
July 17, 2008 |
| Reunion Reflections:
Basking in the Afterglow |
July 24, 2008 |
| Our heritage--the story of
Tillman Gooch |
July 31, 2008 |
| I Know a Valley Green With Corn:
a Critique and Explication of Byron Herbert Reece's Poem |
Aug. 7, 2008 |
| A light in the window--Ros's
story |
Aug. 14, 2008 |
| Dr. Thomas Jackson Lance,
President of Young Harris College, 1930-1942 |
Aug. 21, 2008 |
| Dr. Thomas Newton Berry,
mountain doctor |
Aug. 28, 2008 |
| More on the Berry kin |
Sep. 4, 2008 |
| Awful Anniversary:
Remembering 9/11 |
Sep. 11, 2008 |
| James ("Jim") Berry, the last of the true mountaineers | Sep. 18, 2008 |
| James ("Jim") Berry, the last of
the true mountaineers, part 2 |
Sep. 25, 2008 |
| Focusing on the Chattahoochee:
Oconee national forests |
Oct. 2, 2008 |
| Norman Vester Dyer: A mule, a
dream and a long career as an educator |
Oct. 9, 2008 |
| Choestoe man was outstanding
educator: the career of Norman Vester Dyer |
Oct. 23, 2008 |
| More on the career of Dr. N. V.
Dyer |
Oct. 30, 2008 |
| Dr. Norman Vester Dyer, Educator
and Philosopher |
Nov. 6, 2008 |
| A day to
honor those who served |
Nov. 13, 2008 |
| A look at Owltown |
Nov. 20, 2008 |
| Thanksgiving in perspective |
Nov. 27, 2008 |
| I Heard the Bells on Christmas
Day: A Beloved Christmas Carol |
Dec. 4, 2008 |
| Christmas at Valley Forge 1777 |
Dec. 11, 2008 |
| Reid Chairs Bring Christmas
Memories |
Dec. 18, 2008 |
| Everywhere, Everywhere Christmas
Tonight |
Dec. 25, 2008 |
| Cathey Family in Union by 1840 |
Jan. 8, 2009 |
| A New Birth of Freedom |
Jan. 15, 2009 |
| 'Anything is Possible in America' |
Jan. 22, 2009 |
| Some Descendants of William and
Elizabeth Bryson Cathey |
Jan. 29, 2009 |
| Dispersion from "Cathey
Settlement" |
Feb. 5, 2009 |
| Aunt Dora Reaches 104 |
Feb. 12, 2009 |
| Cathey Family: More descendants
of early
settlers |
Feb. 19, 2009 |
| Was it That Long Ago? by Keith
Jones |
Feb. 26, 2009 |
| Aunt Dora will live on--in
memory and legend |
Mar. 5, 2009 |
| John Nicholson,
Sr.--Revolutionary War Soldier |
Mar. 5, 2009 |
| Revolutionary War Soldier John
Nicholson and his connection to Old Walton County |
Mar. 12, 2009 |
| Revolutionary War Soldier John Nicholson | Mar. 19, 2009 |
| Family of War Soldier John
Nicholson |
Mar. 26, 2009 |
| Early settlers--Jesse Fields Family | Apr. 2, 2009 |
| A Very Special Time--Holy Week |
Apr. 9, 2009 |
| Letters tell of family
travels--Combs, Hendren, Souther families |
Apr. 16, 2009 |
| John Andrew Wimpey, farmer and
merchant |
Apr. 23, 2009 |
| Merchants operating stores in
Union Co. in 1881 |
Apr. 30, 2009 |
| The Rev. Edward Leander
Shuler--mountain lad |
May 7, 2009 |
| William Sullivan Family, Camp
Meetings near Confidence Church |
May 14, 2009 |
| Poet Reece Painted Word Pictures
of Spring |
May 21, 2009 |
| Memorial Day and Thoughts on
Freedom |
May 28, 2009 |
| Some Chastains Were in Union
County Before 1834 |
June 4, 2009 |
| Where Did Union County Chastains
Originate? |
June 11, 2009 |
| Focus on Benjamin Chastain
(1780-1845) |
June 18, 2009 |
| Fort Chastain and Indian Removal |
June 25, 2009 |
| On July 4 - Remembering the High
Cost of Freedom |
July 2, 2009 |
| John Henry Stonecypher, Jr. -
Revolutionary War Soldier |
July 9, 2009 |
| Appreciating Revolutionary War
Patriots--Stephen Souther and William Souther |
July 16, 2009 |
| Reunion Reflections and
Revolutionary Remembrances |
July 23, 2009 |
| Four Sons of Repentance Townsend
Served in American Revolution |
July 30, 2009 |
| Mrs. Dora Hunter Allison Spiva Honored | Aug 5, 2009 |
| Jarrett Turner Family in Union
By 1834 |
Aug. 6, 2009 |
| Another Turner Family in Union
by 1850 |
Aug. 13, 2009 |
| Eight Crow Family Households in
Union Listed in 1834 Census |
Aug. 20, 2009 |
| The Mountain Way -- 'Putting-Up'
Foodstuffs for the Winter |
Aug. 27, 2009 |
| The Mountain Way: 'Putting Up'
Grape Juice and Jelly |
Sep. 3, 2009 |
| Ebenezer Witzel Family in Union
County by 1834 |
Sep. 10, 2009 |
| About "How Firm a Foundation" --
First Baptist Church History Book |
Sep. 17, 2009 |
| Why Reverend Claude Cole Boynton
Remained in the Mountains |
Sep. 24, 2009 |
| Silas Chambers, Country School
Teacher Extraordinary |
Oct.
1, 2009 |
| Some More 'First Families' in
Union by 1834--The Self Family |
Oct. 8, 2009 |
| Judge Thomas Slaughter Candler
Wields Wide Influence |
Oct. 15, 2009 |
| New Hope Cemetery Inquiry and
Cobb Family History |
Oct.
22, 2009 |
| Brown Families Among Union
County's First Settlers |
Oct.
29, 2009 |
| Tracing Some Marriages in Early
Brown Families in Union County |
Nov.
5, 2009 |
| Focusing on the Harmon Brown
Family of Union/Towns Counties |
Nov.
12, 2009 |
| Rev. John Monroe Brown and Rev.
Smith Loransey Brown, Sons of Harmon Brown |
Nov.
19, 2009 |
| A Correction, A Thanksgiving
Wish, and Another Brown Family |
Nov.
26, 2009 |
| Christmas Traditions Reflect Our
Heritage--The Christmas Tree |
Dec.
3, 2009 |
| "The Magic of Christmas" at
Central State Hospital |
Dec.
10, 2009 |
| Christmas, Family, Solidarity,
and Meeting a Challenge |
Dec.
17, 2009 |
| Home for Christmas |
Dec.
24, 2009 |
| My Brother, My Hero, Francis
Eugene Dyer |
Jan.
7, 2010 |
| The Surname Reece and Early
Reece Families in Union |
Jan.
14, 2010 |
| Reece Family in Union County, GA
(part 2) |
Jan. 21, 2010 |
| Reece Family in Union County, GA
(part 3) |
Jan.
28, 2010 |
| Reece Family in Union County, GA
(part 4) |
Feb.
4, 2010 |
| Reece Family in Union County, GA
(part 5) |
Feb.
11, 2010 |
| Reece Family in Union County, GA
(part 6): Two Byron Herbert Reece Poems |
Feb. 18, 2010 |
| Reece Family in Union County, GA
(part 7): Reece Family Afterthoughts |
Feb. 25, 2010 |
| 'Driving: A Right of
Passage': A Book Review |
Mar.
4, 2010 |
| Georgia's Pioneer Aviator--Micajah
Clark Dyer (A Book Review) |
Mar.
11, 2010 |
| Beyond the Mountain Haze |
Mar.
18, 2010 |
| A Visit to Blairsville Around
1934 |
Mar.
25, 2010 |
| Memories of Easters Past |
Apr.
1, 2010 |
| She Has Worn Many Hats:
Saluting Loujine Young Shuler on Her Birthday April 10 |
Apr.
8, 2010 |
| Spring in Appalachia--The
Service (Sarvis, Sorbus) Tree Blooms |
Apr. 15, 2010 |
| Early Union Settler Benjamin J.
Ledford (1800-1892) |
Apr. 22, 2010 |
| Continuing the Ledford Legacy:
Benjamin's Son Silas and Grandson Mercer |
Apr.
29, 2010 |
| Continuing the Legacy of
Benjamin J. Ledford: Son Benjamin Mercer and Grandson Arthur Paul
Ledford |
May 6,
2010 |
| Some Early Union Settlers Named
Gaddis and the Gaddistown District |
May
13, 2010 |
| Cherokee Names and Legends |
May
20, 2010 |
| May--An Important Month in U.S.
History |
May
27, 2010 |
| A Tribute to Elizabeth Reed
Berry, Teacher and Friend |
June
3, 2010 |
| On Cemeteries and Burial
Customs: Remembering Uncle Dallas Collins's Death, 1938 |
June
10, 2010 |
| Through Hardship Came
Courage: The Harrison and Nina Mays Collins Family |
June
17, 2010 |
| Profile of Union County in 1850 |
June 24, 2010 |
| A Heritage of Patriotism |
July
1, 2010 |
| Naduhli in the Cherokee
Language--Nottely or Notla in English |
July
8, 2010 |
| Honoring an Ancestor--Bluford
Elisha Dyer, Jr. |
July
15, 2010 |
| The Office of Justice of the
Peace and Notary Public, Focusing on Robert Lee Nelson, JP |
July
29, 2010 |
| Militia Districts in Union County |
Aug.
5, 2010 |
| Sixty Fifth Anniversary of
Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Aug. 12, 2010 |
| Old Letters From Davis Kin Give
Insights to Life in Early Union County |
Aug.
19, 2010 |
| Continuing the Saga of the Davis
Siblings, Early Union Settlers |
Aug. 26, 2010 |
| Mulkey Gap: A Memorial to
Early Settler William R. Mulkey |
Sep.
2, 2010 |
| Reece's Poem "Autumn Mood" Sets
Tone for Fall |
Sep. 9, 2010 |
| Henson Family Name in Early
Union County History |
Sep. 16, 2010 |
| Saluting Major James Leon
Davenport |
Sep.
23, 2010 |
| Greenwood Families--Early
Settlers in Union and Fannin |
Sep. 30, 2010 |
| Patterson Families--Early
Settlers in Union (Part 1) |
Oct.
7, 2010 |
| Patterson Families--Early Settlers in Union (Part 2) | Oct. 14, 2010 |
| Hooper Early Settlers in Union
Descended From Absalom Hooper (Sr.) Revolutionary War Soldier |
Oct.
21, 2010 |
| Descendants of Revolutionary War
Soldier, Absalom Hooper, Sr. - Absalom Hooper, Jr. (Hooper - part 2) |
Oct. 28, 2010 |
| Andrew Hooper, Fourth Child of
Revolutionary Soldier Absalom Hooper, Sr. (Hooper - part 3) |
Nov.
4, 2010 |
| Thomas Jefferson Hooper and Some
of His Descendants (Hooper - part 4) |
Nov. 11, 2010 |
| Country Music Artist Don Byers
Tapped for Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame |
Nov.
18, 2010 |
| Don Byers' Musical Career Leads
to Induction into Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame |
Nov.
25, 2010 |
| Akins Hotel "on the Square" and
the People Who Operated It |
Dec.
2, 2010 |
| The Country Store--a Landmark
Entrepreneurial Entity |
Dec. 9, 2010 |
| Reece Caught the Essence of
Christmas With Certain Poems |
Dec. 16, 2010 |
| Keeping Christmas All Year Long |
Dec. 23, 2010 |
[Ethelene
Dyer Jones is a retired educator, freelance writer, poet, and historian.
She may be reached at e-mail edj0513@windstream.net;
phone 478-453-8751; or mail
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