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Bent Tree Community, a private gated community located four miles east of Jasper, Georgia, had its first houses built in 1970. Today,...

The history of violence, especially when used to protect tradition, and/or fighting against a centralized power structure is frequently...

My late grandfather John Richards Davis, in speaking about his ancestry, said that he knew little of the Allreds except that their...

The home guards remain one of the most confusing aspects of the history of the Civil War in Georgia. Family tales and reminiscences...

As with Lindsey Williams Evans, Carter Lee Smith, C.L. “Seal” (a pronunciation of the C and L together) Smith, was determined not to...

Policeman Lee Cape had always suspected his enemies would eventually get him.  But he would tell his friends, “but when they do, I’ll be...

During the heart of the Civil War, Pickens County was torn between sides. The flag that flew over the courthouse yard was a Union flag. ...

The system was born of the southern states' emergent need for free labor at the end of the Civil War. Within a decade of the end of the...

Pickens County has a history replete with convicts who escaped local authorities. This particular story took place near Sharptop Church...