A collection of genealogical and historical information pertaining to the state of Georgia and the families which have lived there. Specific counties include (but not limited to) Bibb, Carroll, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Macon, Peach, Pulaski, Twiggs, Washington, Wilcox, and Wilkinson.
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I bought this book (Haunted Georgia: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Peach State) by Alan Brown for my grandfather as a Christmas present last December. I am not one to believe every ghost story I read or hear, but do find them of interest. Especially those rooted in history. Even though it w
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It's been at least three years since I created this Georgia county table. I know the information can be easily found online, but I hated to delete my work. :-) So it now will reside here.
Name:
Named For:
County Seat:
Laid Out:
APPLING
Colonel Daniel Appling
Baxley
1818
ATKINSON
Governor W.
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Lately, it seems like the title of this blog should be Female Murderers of Georgia. While searching for information about Julia Force, and especially Cora Lou Vinson, I was led to other "famous" female murder cases in Georgia's history.
"On the 30th ult. was executed at [Washington], Georgia, PO
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This post will show you what I have found out about Cora Lou Vinson thus far. My only research has been the online kind, and that is of course limited. I am very intrigued by her, and would love to know her ultimate fate. Did she live out the rest of her life in prison, or was she eventually able
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Woman Slayer Facing Gallows: Though condemned to
hang July 28 for slaying her husband, Mrs. Cora Lou
Vinson, behind bars in Atlanta prison, is hopeful public
sentiment may save her from the gallows.
- Muskegon Chronicle, Michigan, 14 June 1922
And public sentiment was divided.
While Cora sa
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Cora Lou Vinson to Hang July 28 for Husband's Murder
Hangman's Rope for Slayer of Dr. W. D. Vinson
Death Penalty for Mrs. Cora Vinson
"Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson was convicted by a jury in superior court here tonight of the murder of her husband, Dr. W. D. Vinson, and sentenced to be hanged July 28.
The
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Yesterday I gave you Cora Lou Vinson's side of the story. Today I'll tell you what he said. This will have to be in the form of testimony from his nephews, though, since Dr. William D. Vinson was dead.
Atlanta Constitution, Georgia
2 June 1922
Nephews, On Stand, Claim Mrs. Vinson Threatened Husb
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Yesterday we discussed the newspaper reports regarding the killing of Dr. W. D. Vinson in 1922 Atlanta, Georgia. Today's post will inform you of Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson's side of the story.
Before Cora officially went on trial for the murder of her husband, she and her lawyers tried the insanity defe
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I first posted a news item about Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson and the death of her husband at the Southern Obituaries blog. A single short comment by Marian Pierre-Louis of Marian's Roots & Rambles encouraged me to learn more about the story. I found a fascinating tale of questionable sanity, battered wif
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You may have already heard, but just in case you haven't: Ancestry is offering free access to all of their Civil War era records for one week, beginning today.
Some records they house that may be of interest to Georgia researchers are:
· Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-
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