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The dead towns of Georgia

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A collection of historical sketches tracing the rise and decline of numerous early settlements in Georgia. The author assembles local traditions, maps, plans, and archival reports to reconstruct founding circumstances, population sources, economic pursuits, and the environmental and geopolitical pressures that caused communities to flourish and later vanish. Individual chapters profile places such as Ebenezer, Frederica, Sunbury, Hardwick, and others, describing town layouts, notable events, and patterns of abandonment driven by disease, marshy terrain, military threats, and changing trade. Illustrations and plans accompany concise narrative reconstructions and gathered memories.

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Title: The dead towns of Georgia

Author: Jr. Charles C. Jones

Release date: May 10, 2023 [eBook #70735]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Morning News Steam Printing House, 1878

Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DEAD TOWNS OF GEORGIA ***

THE
DEAD TOWNS

OF
GEORGIA;

BY
CHARLES C. JONES, Jr.

FOR HERE HAVE WE NO CONTINUING CITY.
Heb: xiii. 14

SAVANNAH:
MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE.
1878.