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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Washington County
County in east-middle Georgia was established on February 25, 1784.
Georgia's tenth county, named for U.S. president George Washington, was settled by Revolutionary War (1775-83) veterans who were awarded grants to Creek and Cherokee lands.
The county currently encompasses 680 square miles, and its population, according to the 2000 U.S. census, is 21,176 (45.7 percent white; 53.2 percent fl).
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2411   (965 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Washington
Washington, the seat of Wilkes County, is located in the Piedmont region of east central Georgia.
The fabled "Confederate gold" was stored in Washington in April and May 1865 before being moved out of the city and then disappearing under mysterious circumstances.
The University of Georgia in Athens and the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta jointly operate the Washington-Wilkes Research Conference Center in Washington, a meeting place for faculty that supports collaborative research, teaching, and service activities.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2222   (616 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Washington prior to him becoming President and is the only county in the U.S. to be named for him as a General.
The median income for a household in the county was $29,910, and the median income for a family was $36,325.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_County,_Georgia   (403 words)

  
 georgia.gov - Washington County
Washington County, the 10th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1783.
One of Georgia's original counties, it was the first in the nation to be named for President George Washington.
Washington County is the "Kaolin Capital of the World." One of Georgia's most important minerals, kaolin is a white, alumina-silicate clay used in hundreds of products ranging from paper to cosmetics to the nose cones of rockets.
washingtoncounty.georgia.gov   (94 words)

  
 Washington County GAGenWeb Page
Amanda was the last coordinator for Washington County and we hope she is pleased with how we are caring for her county.
Washington was the ninth county formed in Georgia and is said to be the first in the nation to be named after George Washington.
Washington County is known as the "Kaolin Capital of the World" due to the prosperity it has seen over the years from it's rich deposits of the "white gold".
www.rootsweb.com /~gawashin/GenWeb   (279 words)

  
 Welcome To Washington Georgia And The Wilkes County Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The City of Washington, which is located in the Piedmont region of northeast Georgia (see map), serves as the county seat of Wilkes County.
Washington has a population of about 4,500, and the county is home to approximately 10,600.
The town was named in honor of George Washington and was confirmed by him on his visit to Georgia in 1791 as the first city chartered in his name.
www.ucgriggsrealty.com /area_information.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Washington County Georgia GenWeb
Washington County is proud to be part of The Georgia Genweb Project.
Margie Daniels is the temporary coordinator for Washington County.
Washington is one of the counties burned by Sherman in his march to the sea.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ga/county/taylor/washington   (189 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia (GA) American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP)
Washington County was created from Creek and Cherokee land cessions, and was the first in the nation to be named for President George Washington.
Washington County is the "Kaolin Capital of the World." One of Georgia's most important minerals, kaolin is a white, alumina-silicate clay used in hundreds of products.
It was reconstituted as Washington Baptist Institue in 1915.
gagen.i-found-it.net /washington.html   (884 words)

  
 Descendants of John Fleming of Pulaski County, Georgia - Part I
She was born on December 4, 1783; died between 1840 and September 6, 1845 in Pulaski County, Georgia.
The widow of Taney Jones of Houston County, Malinda was born in Jefferson County, Georgia, on July 14, 1799; and died in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia on July 7, 1881.
The deceased was born in Washington County, Georgia, in 1824, and at the age of three years moved with his parents to Pulaski County, where he lived until about the year 1857, when he emigrated to Florida.
www.mindspring.com /~jtfleming/jf-1.htm   (2661 words)

  
 Washington County Georgia Real Estate
Washington County Georgia Real Estate is a way for consumers to find the best Real estate Agents and Brokers for every city in Washington County Georgia.
When you have been directed to an Washington County Georgia real estate professional in the area you have chosen you will be able to search for your dream home and get free printouts from the MLS database in that area.
Washington County Georgia Real Estate Brokers and agents can use the many news and information pages we offer to get up to date information about the Washington County Georgia real estate market.
www.myhomesearches.com /county/georgia/washington-county-georgia.htm   (576 words)

  
 Families with Ties to Washington County, Georgia: Descendants of LOGUE, PEAVY / PEAVEY, BROWN, YOUNG, EDWARDS, TURNER
She was born 05 June 1890 in Washington County, Georgia, and died 17 October 1958 in Middle Georgia Hospital, Bibb County, Georgia.
Horace Edwards LOGUE was born 07 March 1905 in Johnson County, Georgia, and died 23 November 1972 in Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia.
Luther Rogers LOGUE was born 01 June 1909 in Harrison, Washington County, Georgia, and died 15 June 1978 in Harrison, Washington County, Georgia.
www.geocities.com /salsmail2001/washcofamilies.html   (580 words)

  
 The History of Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia
During the American Revolution, things were mostly quiet in Wilkes County, except for British efforts to stir up the Indians of the frontier, and the reaction of the frontiersmen to counteract them.
Wilkes County quickly became one of the richest cotton counties in Georgia.
Court-martialed in 1814 during the War of 1812 for insubordination and dismissed from the service, he nevertheless rose to be Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, and an important actor in the events leading to Secession.
www.washingtonplantation.com /history.htm   (567 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia (GA) Crime and (&) Criminals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
- In the town of Dublin, Laurens County, Benjamin Harrison was murdered by Hansel Roberts of Laurens County, 14 August 1811.
Roberts was held in the jail in Washington County, Laurens County not having a jail, from which he escaped.
Thomas Kirk and Daniel Lamb of Washington County appear to be the perpetrators.
gagen.i-found-it.net /washcocrime.html   (139 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia
Creek Indians agree to a land cession of lands in northeast Georgia, claimed by both the Creek and Cherokee Indians
A general brawl erupts at the headright distribution for Franklin and Washington County.
Because of the huge amount of fraud Georgia's Executive Council suspends the granting of land in Franklin and Washington Counties
ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/64   (193 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Note: This is NOT the official web site of Washington County or of any county officials; it is an educational web site about the history of the county courthouse and the county itself.
That year the county seat moved to Sandersville and a new courthouse was erected.
County History: Washington County was created on Feb. 25, 1784 by an act of the General Assembly (Marbury and Crawford, 162).
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/washingtonCH.htm   (336 words)

  
 Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice --- Georgia and Florida, September 2006
On September 8, 2006, the Georgia Division of Public Health (GDPH) and CDC were notified of three suspected cases of foodborne botulism in Washington County, Georgia.
On September 8, the three patients from Washington County, Georgia, went to a local hospital with cranial nerve palsies and progressive descending flaccid paralysis resulting in respiratory failure; the patients had shared meals on September 7.
On September 25, officials at the Florida Department of Health, the Hillsborough County Health Department, and CDC were notified that a patient had been hospitalized in Tampa, Florida, on September 16, with respiratory failure and descending paralysis.
www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5540a5.htm   (1381 words)

  
 Georgia Patriots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This warrant was increased by 15% in lieu of tax exemption and was surveyed on Shoulderbone Creek in Washington County, Georgia, becoming Greene County in 1786 and Hancock County in 1793.
John Webb served as a private in the 2nd Co, Georgia Continental Artillery from the first raising of the company, until the reduction of Sunbury by the British when he was taken to Fort Morris and then sent aboard a prison ship where he remained several months as a prisoner.
John Webb was born February 1, 1736-37 In Richmond County, VA (near Farnham in the Northern Neck region).
www.net-magic.net /ameliaislanddar/pages/Georgia.html   (715 words)

  
 George Thomas Chambers - Baldwin County Georgia
George Thomas Chambers was born March 23, 1840 in Baldwin County Georgia, son of John E. and Eliza Martin Chambers.
She was the daughter of Mahaney Hatcher and Rev. Berry Bateman Shepherd of Wilkinson County, Georgia.
She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville and was a Home Economics Teacher in Whitesville High School in Whitesville, N.C. at the time of her marriage to Charles Brand Parker, Sr (1910-1978) of Watkinsville/Athens,Ga /Washington DC.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ga/county/baldwin/chambers.html   (985 words)

  
 Washington County schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
In 2005-2006 Georgia administered the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) in reading, English language arts and math in grades 1 through 8 and in science and social studies in grades 3 through 8.
The different student groups are identified by the Georgia Department of Education.
In 2004-2005 Georgia administered the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) in English language arts, math, science and social studies to students in grade 11.
www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/ga/district_profile/171   (1079 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia houses, real estate, agriculture, wages, work, ancestries, and more
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Washington County is $377 a month.
Churches in Washington County include: White Oak Church, Warthen United Methodist Church, Walker Chapel, Antioch Church, Zion Hope Church, Union Hill Church, Union Church, Base Spring Chapel.
Washington County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Georgia state average.
www.city-data.com /county/Washington_County-GA.html   (420 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia GA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Washington County is one of 159 counties in Georgia.
This was a decrease of -.54% from the 2000 census.
Washington County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8281   (600 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Washington County, Ga.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/GA/WA.html   (538 words)

  
 Washington County, Georgia Genealogical Records Information
Which includes Washington County, Georgia County Records, Washington County, Georgia History, Washington County, Georgia Facts, Washington County, Georgia Genealogical Addresses and websites related to Washington County, Georgia Genealogy in general.
Washington County was created on Feb. 25, 1784 by an act of the General Assembly (Marbury and Crawford, 162).
Created from Creek and Cherokee land cessions in the treaties of Augusta in May and November 1783, Georgia's 10th county was named for Gen.
www.segenealogy.com /georgia/ga_county/was.htm   (891 words)

  
 Hancock County, Georgia Brick Wall
In 1850 the were in Baldwin County with 4 children, Henry, Thomas, Emma, and Columbus.
He is in the 1870 Washington County Federal Census, household of Silas Downs.
In the 1880 Federal Census for Washington County, Richard was living in the Martha Elizabeth Tanton household.
www.georgiagenealogy.org /hancock2/brickwall.html   (2706 words)

  
 Historic Sandersville&Washington County Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
We are located in East Central Georgia, halfway between Macon and Augusta, and Atlanta and Savannah.
Created in 1784 by the state legislature, we were the ninth county formed in Georgia and the first county in the country to be named for Revolutionary War General and later President, George Washington.
Washington County Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 582, Sandersville, Georgia.
www.washingtoncounty-ga.com   (122 words)

  
 washington County, Georgia GA Waller Genealogy
Priscilla Waller, widow of Jonathan Waller (1752-1795), with her two sons, William and James, and with Sarah Waller, (sister to deceased Jonathan) and her husband, William Waller...all migrated to Washington County, Georgia from Maryland about 1798 or 1799.
No "Waller" marriages recorded in Washington County according to my records.
I have had horrible allergies and sinusitis for years and this is the only thing that has helped me out.
www.alleylaw.net /wash.html   (209 words)

  
 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry - Company B Roster
Enlisted as a Private in 3rd Co. B, l2th Battn., Georgia Light Artillery May 1, 1862.
Died in 3rd Georgia Hospital at Richmond, Virginia, June 2, 1862.
Died in Washington County, Georgia, prior to September 6, 1862.
www.28thga.org /28ga_roster_b.html   (2594 words)

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