Twiggs County, Georgia History and Biographies

Twiggs County, Georgia was created in 1809 out of Wilkinson County. This volume is a reprint of the materials found in two early volumes on the State of Georgia. First, “Memoirs of Georgia” and secondly “Historical Collection of Georgia” by George White. Since most of the data was taken from the families themselves, the information contained here is considered more accurate than other sources.

Example from this volume:

JOHN CAREY SHANNON, planter of Jeffersonville, GA, was born in Columbia, MO, July 22, 1853. His father, James Shannon, was born in 1799 in Ireland, and in 1821 came to Liberty county, Georgia....

 (2002), paper, index, 28 pp.

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