Cowetta County Chronicles

Cowetta County Chronicles
Author: Mary Gibson Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 904
Release: 2019-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN:

By: Mary G. Jones and Lily Reynolds, Pub. 1928, Reprint 2019, 888 pages, maps, Index, 0-89308-016-0. Cowetta County was formed in the 1827 Land Lottery. It lies in the western central portion of the state and is considered part of the current Metro Atlana area. The contents of this book: early histories of churches, bisiness, county officials, schools, Lists of first settlers by districts, Revolutionary War Soldiers who died in Cowetta, Marriages from 1827-1838, records of Cowetta County men in the Confederate Army, 163 family genealogies. This book is a MUST for for persons whose families migrated Westward into Central Georgia towards Alabama. Genealogical sketchesare included on the following families: Arnold-Houston, Smith-Edmondon, Faver, Addy, Brown, Cuttino, Irvin-Bankston, Arnall, Walker-Faver, Freeman, Dent, Steagall-Wood, Ray, Powell, Gibson, Wright, Moreland (2), Colley, McClendon-Blake, Conyers-Whigham, Moses, Smith, Jones, Thompson, Carmical-Robinson, Leigh, Petty, Hunter, Wilkinson, Hunnicutt-Page, Page-Gray, Atkinson-Cook, Simril-Love-Brooks, Thomas-Hartsfield-Anderson, Parks, Cole-Sharp, Linch, Linch-Tench-Gray, Carleton-Major, Sims-Goodwyn, Young, Walthall, Hill-Hall, Peddy, Stallings-Ware, Hardaway-Hunter, Glover, Pinson, Steed-Pinson, Starr-Edwards, Cole, Tidwell, Cureton-Schumpert, Edge-Danforth, Hutchinson-Kelley, Gibson-Faver, Redwine, Powell-Scoggins, Featherston-Tompkins, Wright, Bailey, Elder-Dent, Simms, Robinson-Cates, Arnold-Simms, Hall-Johnston, Gifford-Gay, Parrott, Burch, Wynne-Ware, Passavant, Meriwether-Simms, Redwine-Wood, North-Bailey, Powell-Hardaway, Reynolds-Chapman-Camp-Rollins, Camp-Couch-Howell-Rchardson, Milburn-Camp, Brannon, Hawes, Barker, Downing-Gibson, Dickinson, Cotton, Thompson, Long, Lundie, Astin-Sherwood, Neely-Merrill, Pease, Carmichael-Wellborn-Summers-Price, Baggarly-Bowles, Stacy, Lovejoy-Cotter, Dennis, Westmoreland-Coppedge, Fisher-Miller, Boone-Hardaway, Turner-Dowdell, Seib-Herring, Irvine-Tucker.

Coweta County

Coweta County
Author: W. Jeff Bishop
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2017-02-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439659486

Over two centuries, Coweta County has been home to diverse residents who mastered the art of reinventing the county. Initially home to Creek-Muscogee Native Americans, subsequent settlers ushered in an era of plantations, slavery and textile manufacturing. By 1851, the new Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad increased traffic locally. The new railroad contributed to Newnan becoming a major healthcare hub during the Civil War, home to seven hospitals. Coweta County maintains its status as a major healthcare destination today, with the establishment of Cancer Treatment Centers of America's southeast regional hospital in Newnan. The county is now also known worldwide as the backdrop for major television productions like The Walking Dead and films like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Author and historian W. Jeff Bishop details Coweta County's history of transformation.