Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends Volume 2, Part 1 - Paperback

by Lucien Knight (Author)

Includes DeSoto memorials, Georgia's state seals, and the first steamboat patent.

Back Jacket

This part of Knight's multivolume work includes DeSoto memorials, Georgia's state seals, the first steamboat patent, the legend of "Lover's Leap," a list of governors, and historic county seats, chief towns, and noted localities of the following counties:

Appling
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Campbell

A four-year endeavor, this comprehensive record of Georgia was originally published in 1913 and 1914. Lucian Lamar Knight conscientiously preserved the state's history through meticulous research of courthouse records, news clippings, libraries, and even cemetery headstones. His interviews with all of Georgia's most prominent patriotic organizations also harvested a wealth of rare information. Each original volume is divided into two parts, offering four easy-to-reference books. The series boasts an elaborate index, helpful to any genealogy student interested in researching Georgian ancestors.

Author Biography

Lucian Lamar Knight's love of his native Georgia was a constant in his seemingly itinerant professional life. His roots were there, having been born in Atlanta in 1868, and he was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1888. Perhaps his father, George Walton Knight, who was a Confederate general, lawyer, and cotton merchant, nursed his love for the South. Whatever the reason, Knight's affection for the history and people of his native state was never far from his heart. An accomplished attorney, newspaperman, and minister, Knight hopscotched professionally from one vocation to another. He left the legal profession to join the Atlanta Constitution . That began a series of moves landing him in Washington, D.C., Europe, Los Angeles, and finally back to Georgia. In a seemingly perfect fit of interest and skill, he became archivist of Georgia state records in 1913. In the preface of Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends, Knight recounts his research adventures in uncovering the wealth of information contained in the compilation. Four years of his leisure time were spent poring over court documents, old newspaper articles, and burial ground tombstones, all to accurately recount the history of his beloved home state. Originally published in 1913 and 1914, this work stands as an accurate historical reference of Georgia at that time. He died in 1933 at the age of sixty-five and is remembered in the American National Biography as a writer, poet, historian, speaker, and master of ceremonies.