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White
County,
Georgia
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White County, covering 242 square
miles, is located on the eastern flank of the Appalachian Mountain
chain approximately eighty miles northeast of Atlanta. It encompasses
most of the headwater streams of the Chattahoochee River and is thus a
major source of Atlanta's water supply. Georgia's 123rd county, carved
out of Habersham County by an act of the state legislature in 1857, was
named for David White, a legislator from Newton County. He helped pass
the bill that created White County.
The first white settlers who came to the area, which once belonged to
the Cherokee Indians, emigrated from nearby Georgia counties and from
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Most settlers engaged in
subsistence farming, as the mountainous terrain made it unsuitable for
large-scale agricultural enterprises. In 1828 gold was discovered in
the area of Duke's Creek (now the Nacoochee River), launching a gold
rush. Nine gold mines operated in the county, and gold mining continued
for more than 100 years.
Cleveland was chosen for the county seat and named in honor of General
Benjamin Cleveland, an early
White County settler and a veteran of the War of 1812.
Helen, White County's second town, grew up around a lumber mill
established on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in 1911. The only
railroad ever to serve White County, the Gainesville and Northwestern
Railroad, was built to transport mill products. The railroad went out
of business in the early 1930s. Following a long decline, Helen
experienced a renewal in 1969 when a group of local entrepreneurs
transformed it into a look-alike Bavarian village.
[Source: "The New Georgia Encyclopedia". Material used under "Fair Use"
limitations.]
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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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Villages
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website
Updates:
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Deaths
1919-25;
List of Cemeteries; Marriages 1858-1901, towns; WW2
Army Honor Roll-Married L. F. Finger, to Mattie J. Quillian. Mortality
Census 1860-1870 and 1880
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