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John W. Henley was born March 26, 1852, in Dahlonega - one year before Pickens County was formed. While attending the North Georgia Agricultural College, at the age of 23, Henley walked through Jasper on his journey from Dahlonega to Resaca for a teaching assignment. The following year, he came back to Jasper to teach school at Jasper First Baptist Church (NOTE: there were no Public Schools in Jasper in 1876.) He opened the Jasper Institute (a private school at the time) i

In searching through the archives of deeds at the county, I came across this map of the town of Jasper dated March 5th, 1883. The chief engineer of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad Company, F.S. Wallace, drew this map up to demonstrate the lands that were conveyed to help facilitate the passage of the railroad through the town of Jasper. The map is below along with what I could make of the penmanship of the document. {Georgia, {Pickens County: For the purpose of e