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Union
County,
Georgia
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Union County
was carved from Cherokee County territory during the Georgia Land
Lottery of 1832. Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the area
became more desirable to white settlers with the discovery of gold in
the 1820’s.
The Union Party, a political group that supported removing the Indians
and opening the area to white settlers, is the probable inspiration for
the county’s name. Since it was founded almost 30 years before the
Civil War, Union County obviously wasn’t named in sympathy for the
North as is sometimes mistaken.
Interestingly, though,
prior to the Civil War, the county’s residents were largely pro-Union
and the county delegates to the state convention of 1861 voted against
secession. When the state seceded, however, the majority of Union
County residents supported the Confederacy, though some fought and died
for the Union
The county seat is Blairsville, Georgia.
Cities and towns
Blairsville
Suches
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Online Data
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Biographies
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Births
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Histories/Records
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County Records
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Court Records
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Deaths
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Family Bibles
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History
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Marriages
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Military
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Newspaper Data
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Obituaries
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Surnames
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website
Updates:
Nov 2009: History overview of county; 1919-1925 Death Index; Early
Marriages; List of Cemeteries, News and Obits, Biographies-1840
Pensioners- World War 2 Honor Roll
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