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Clapp’s Community: a Bibliography

Sources of information regarding Clapp’s Factory, Clapp’s Village, and Clapp’s Cemetery.

History of Columbus, Georgia, by John H. MARTIN (Columbus, GA: Gilbert Printing Co., 1874), p. 49 [cited by WORSLEY; also, Vol. I, Part I., p. 176 & pp. (sic) 149 cited by Gwen BRYAN; also, apparently cited in TELFAIR, p. 186, per abstract by Patricia CANTRELL - need copy]

“Statistics of Georgia, by WHITE (date/publication?) [as cited in TELFAIR, per abstract by Patricia CANTRELL - need copy]

Obituary of Miss Mary C. CLEGG, Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 08 FEB 1890, p. 8 [cited by WRIGHT - needcopy]

Obituary of Miss F. Penelope NEWSOME, Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 19 AUG 1890, p. 4 [cited by WRIGHT -need copy]

Obituary of Mrs. E. BELCHER, Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 01 APR 1899, p. 3 [cited by WRIGHT - need copy]

Obituary of Miss Kate CAIN, Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 10 JUL 1898, p. 3 [cited by WRIGHT - need copy]

“Tales of the Chattahoochee,” unattributed text, apparently written in 1908 or 1909, five legal-length pages [provided by Louise P. LANEY of the Historic Columbus Foundation].

“Deserted Village near Columbus Georgia where for Years No One Has Resided,” article in the Atlanta Constitution, 13 JAN 1913, Part II, p. 2 (4 columns).

“Industrial Index,” by W. C. Woodall, (editor and publisher), APR 1928, p. 121 [ - cited by WORSLEY - need copy]

Article in the Columbus Ledger Sunday Magazine, 29 JUL 1928 [cited by WRIGHT - need copy]

"The Columbus, Georgia Centenary 1828-1928" by Nancy TELFAIR, (c) 1929 by Louis C. KUNZE (Columbus, GA: The Historical Publishing Co., 1929), pp. 43, 67, 83-84, 119, and 186 [cited by Patricia CANTRELL]

“Clapp’s Factory Methodist Church (1940)” file in Box #33, Folder #37 of United Methodist Church(U.S.) North Georgia Conference, local church histories [1812 - ongoing] (Manuscript 028) in theArchives and Manuscripts Department of the Pitts Theology Library at Emory University

‘Clapp’s Factory,’ brief history in “Columbus on the Chattahoochee,” by Etta BLANCHARD WORSLEY (Columbus, GA: Columbus Office Supply Co., 1951), pp. 376-77.

“Pioneers, Indians, Dixie Soldiers Rest in Forgotten Hilltop Cemetery,” article by Sid THOMAS, Columbus Enquirer, 04 FEB 1955, pp. 1 and 8 [transcribed and posted by Gwen GRANT BRYAN - need copy of original]

“Columbus, Georgia, 1828-1978,” by John S. LUPOLD, pp. 11, 22, and 25 [cited by Kemis MASSEY]

“Clapp’s Factory Cemetery,” in cemetery surveys compiled by June and Lewis HANNA, 28 JUN 1984[transcribed and posted by Kemis MASSEY - need copy of original]

"Images: A Pictorial History of Columbus, Georgia," by F. Clason KYLE (Norfolk, VA: The Donning Company/Publishers, 1986).

Information from Britton & Dobbs Funeral Home in Funeral Records compiled by WILSON [cited by WRIGHT - need copy]

Account of Clapp’s Factory in “Chattahoochee Valley Sources & Resources: An Annotated Bibliography Volume II: The Georgia Counties,” by John S. Lupold [at Simon Schwob Library on the Columbus University campus - need copy]

“New York native started it all in 1850,” article by Tony ADAMS, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, 23 JUN 2002 (online post)

“The last of the river mills in Columbus,” article by Tony ADAMS, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, 23 JUN 2002 (online post)

“Textile Mills,” historical marker posted at the Heritage Park Venue by the Columbus, Georgia,Department of Parks & Recreation; text displayed online.

John M. Land - Author   Copyright John M. Land  2002