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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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Your Peachy Past

English - Georgia, Genealogy, History
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Your Peachy Past · 1M ago

Then and Now: Allatoona Pass and Battlefield

The town of Allatoona, in Bartow County, was a travel hub prior to the Civil War. Wagon roads converged there, where ridges came together for an "easy" crossing of the Allatoona mountains. In 1864, the Battle of Allatoona was fought between Confederate and Union soldiers. More than 1,500 men lost
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Your Peachy Past · 1M ago

Giles D. Webb, a Biographical Sketch

Source: Georgia and Florida Biographies [database on-line]. Original Data from Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and many Early Settled Families in These States. F. A. Battey & Company, 1889. Transcribed by S.
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Your Peachy Past · 3M ago

Haunted Georgia? "The Bealls 1860 Restaurant's Ghostly Fare"

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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Your Peachy Past · 8M ago

Handy, Dandy Georgia County Table

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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Your Peachy Past · 1Y ago

Polly Barclay - Another Murderous Woman?

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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Your Peachy Past · 1Y ago

Cora Lou Jackson Tallen (Talent?) Vinson & the Principal Players

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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Your Peachy Past · 1Y ago

Suffrage is Bringing Woman Down from Her Pedestal (Battered Wife or Cold-Blooded Killer Part V)

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 sat in
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Your Peachy Past · 1Y ago

Twelve Southern Men Have Voted to Hang a Southern Woman (Battered Wife, or Cold-Blooded Killer Part IV)

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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Your Peachy Past · 1Y ago

Nephews on the Stand Tell His Side of the Story (Battered Wife or Cold-Blooded Killer Part III)

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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Your Peachy Past · 1Y ago

"It was hell. I could it endure it no more," She Said. (Battered Wife, or Cold-Blooded Killer Part II)

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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