Official History of Whitfield County, Georgia

By: Whitfield County History Comm., Pub. 1930, reprinted 2025, 264 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-966-7. Whitfield County was formed in 1851 from Murray and Walker Counties, GA. This book is not too different from other county history books of this era. With such topics as trade and transportation, labor, farming, politics, and religion - all important in the development of the county - are carefully discussed. This type of county history book can help one develop ideas or paths to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of the local residents. The author has also included other items of use for the genealogist, such as: a list of heads of families from 1850 Census of Murray County, some early deeds listing grantor, grantee and date, various lists of officials, List of WWII soldiers, list of Pioneer citizens, various cemetery inscriptions, and various other items of interest. The Index mentions approximately 2,000 persons.