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| | Whitfield County, Georgia Genealogical Records Information |
 | | Georgia's 98th county was named for the famous Anglican evangelist George Whitefield (1714-177), who is perhaps best remembered in Georgia for establishing the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah in 1740. |
 | | Reportedly, the new name was in honor of the Dalton family of Massachusetts, notably U.S. Senator Tristram Dalton ; his daughter, Mary Dalton White; and her son Capt. Edward Dalton White (1811-1898), an early Cross Plains settler who donated land for a town park and local churches. |
 | | Nichols and Related Families of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virgina. |
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