From the early 1970's.  Approved by Garland at the time.
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CHEROKEE COUNTRY..... from then to now                       Page 6

ON OUR MEMBERS: by Donna Parrish, Editor

GARLAND C. BAGLEY

Garland C. Bagley, our vice-president of the Forsyth County Historical Society, is a well educated and versatile man. He attended high school and junior college at Berry and finished college at the University of Georgia, earning a B.S. in Education. He also holds an LL.B. from Atlanta Law College. Since retiring from the State Board of Education, he has interested himself in several avocations.

One of his favorite activities is cooking. He served a voluntary apprenticeship at Johnny Reb's restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, for a year to improve his knowledge. All of us who have tasted the barbecue sauce and brunswick stew, for which he developed the recipes, will testify to his skill.

The avocation occupying the majority of his time now is genealogy. His interest falls into two areas, his personal Bagley family line and the deep interest in Forsyth County history including the Cherokee Indians who preceded the white man here. I would like to share with you some of the information from his extensive research.

On the Bagley line, he is now having research done in England. The Baguley Hall near Manchester in Cheshire was once in his family. It is being restored by the Department of Environment as the oldest example of a 'timbered building" and has the added distinction of having a Viking roof. It was built about 1253,, A "timbered building" means that the dark lumber and the light cement are put together to form geometric patterns. The Viking roof gives the impression of a Viking ship turned upside down, to form a roof. The restoration has been in process for four years and will take ten more to complete. It will include landscaping of the grounds.

On our Forsyth County history, Mr. Bagley has already written a "History of Harris Grove School". It consists of 23 pages and may be purchased for $2.50 Orders may be sent through "Cherokee Country".

Also since last November, he has been working on a comprehensive history of Forsyth County. He has acquired an extensive library of genealogical works, historical works and photostatic copies of "out of print" books. He has also obtained church records, voter's lists, and other materials not available through our county records. He pointed out to me that three Baptist and one Methodist newspapers were published in Cumming, Georgia in the late 1800's. The Baptist papers were: "The Baptist Banner" 1878-1883; "The Baptist Leader" 1891-18971 and "The North Georgia Baptist", several years. (If anyone should have a copy of these old papers, the Society would appreciate the chance to copy it or abstract the material.)

Along with Mr. Lawrence L. Stanley, Mr.Bagley has done some field work laying out the lines of the Cherokee's old Hickory Log District. The seat of this district was Hickory Log which was located just north of the present North Canton, Georgia. The voting places were Hickory Log, Hightower (now Frogtown in Forsyth County) and Big Savannah which was in Dawson County on the Chestatee River. The courthouse was later moved to Frogtown.

This is just a sample of Mr. Bagley's information. To mention everything contained in his library would fill the magazine several times overflowing.

We are very proud of our Vice-President, Mr. Garland C. Bagley.