Category Archives: Georgia History

Governor George R. Gilmer,1829-1831, 1837-1839, and the Cherokees (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 5)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  My last post was about Georgia Governor Wilson Lumpkin (1831-35), whose heavy-handed justification for championing removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia makes his autobiography, the cleverly named The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia, a real slog for anyone with an … Continue reading →

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Getting Reacquainted With Georgia Governor Wilson Lumpkin,1831-1835 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 4)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  Almost four decades ago,  while looking for useful contemporary descriptions of Georgia politics in the first decade of the nineteenth century, I stumbled upon former Governor Wilson Lumpkin’s ponderous autobiography, The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia (2 vols.).  I … Continue reading →

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Joseph Bryan and John Randolph,from Annual Surveys, 1806-1809 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 3)

Posted on December 18, 2010 by georgelamplugh

[My last post included an example of a potentially useful entry in my “research journal,” which I have kept since beginning my current project back in the mid-1990s.  I also got in the habit, after the  research had generated so much information … Continue reading →

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Research Journal (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 2)

Posted on December 18, 2010 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  I kept a rather primitive “research journal” during my grad school days, but I did not make much use of  it once my traveling was over, so that aspect of my research had almost no effect on the final shape of the … Continue reading →

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Old Newspapers, New Computers, and Occasional Frustration (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 1)

Posted on July 5, 2010 by georgelamplugh

I noticed today that it’s been almost three weeks since my first post.  I’ve received one comment on that one, from one of my sons–thanks, Jim! Since that first post (and for a month or so prior to it, for … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on June 14, 2010 by georgelamplugh

I’m actually writing this “first post” after publishing my actual “first post” (I’m still trying to catch on to this blogging business), so I don’t want to say a lot here, lest I give away too much of the real first post … Continue reading →

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