The history of Haralson County

Place names on Haralson County maps linked above

Overview

Developmental county history through 1944

Related Georgia Public Library System books

Google Books mentioning "Haralson County"

Pre-historic eras

Summary of Georgia's human past (SGA)

Mississippian Indians constructed enormous earthen pyramids throughout Georgia and played an early version of lacrosse.

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Mvskoke (Muskogee/Creek)   &   (Cherokee) era

Muscogee people profile Muskogee People continue research into the Southeast’s past (SGA) Teaching Creek heritage in the 21st century (SGA) Cherokee people profile 1830 map of Cherokee Georgia Georgia Trail of Tears

Heleluyvn Yvhikvres (a Muskogee Trail of Tears song) The Cherokee morning song

Early United States settement

Our humble roots: how it all began Buchanan & county genesis memoir One example: The Rowell family, Haralson Co. pioneers The 1856 Handbook

The popular and sentimental song Gentle Annie, composed in 1856 by famed songwriter Stephen Foster, in-law of President James Buchanan.

US Civil War

1864 Federal Army map
( with 1990s details overlayed by Ron Feigenblatt )

Haralson County Confederate military units

( 35th regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia ) Company A: Haralson Brown Guards ( 40th regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee ) Company G: Haralson Defenders Company K: Haralson Invincibles

The song The Bonnie Blue Flag, as performed in the film Gods and Generals.

Haralson County militia mobilized: August 4, 1864
    from The War of the Rebellion, Series 1 - Volume 52 (Part II), US War Department (1898)

Special background section: Revealing new biography of Robert E. Lee

"Yankee Boom" years

Panoramic map of Tallapoosa, GA (1892) The Colonization of Tallapoosa Prelude to the Haralson County wine boom Tallapoosa Territory Tallapoosa photos

The only audio recording of President Benjamin Harrison, who, on another occasion in this era, visited Haralson County in 1891.

Early twentieth century

Amelia's - The Johnson Family Homeplace (circa 1900 living history center) Sanford-Wade Heritage House (SWHH) and dawn of the 20th century

The humorous song Keep away from the fellow who owns an automobile, an early (1912) work by the famed composer Irving Berlin.

Town, village and farm histories

• Tallapoosa
• Buchanan
  • Buchanan: A city twice revitalized
  • Town/City of Buchanan timeline (1796-2008)
• Bremen
  • Brief history
  • Bremen's Early Railroad Station Hotels
• A historical sketch of Draketown
• A Lesson for Young People About Life on the Farm in the Old Days
  • by retired SUWG Professor Carole E. Scott, who reviews the rural traditions of West Georgia, especially Carroll County, from which the southern part of Haralson County was split off in 1856.

School and church histories

• A Historical Study of Haralson County, Georgia, and its Public School System
  • by Madison M. Sanders (1961)
• History of Tallapoosa East Baptist Church
  • Also contains many revealing details about general social life in early Haralson County.
• History of Tallapoosa Presbyterian Church

Miscellany

• The colorful history of Haralson County
  • A collection of old, unedited newspaper reports - from around the world.
    (Some claim "all politics is local" - but it seems "man bites dog" news isn't!)
• Growing up in early 20th century Tallapoosa - stories by Bud Jones