Old Jacksonville, Georgia History
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No.1 - Home of General Coffee Reviews Rich History
No.2 - Did First Christian Baptism In America Take Place Near Here?
No.3 - Local Settlers and Indians Head Toward Showdown
No.4 - 1813 Ocmulgee Forts Helped Settlers Survive
No.5 - Jacksonville Almost Wound Up Somewhere Else!
No.6 - Two Enemies Loved Beautiful Jacksonville Girl
No.7 - Two Generals Named Coffee Fought for Old Hickory
No.8 - Ashleys, Mannings Made Great Impact on the South
No.9 - Last Slaveship "Wanderer" Had Connection to Jacksonville, Ga.
No.10 - Jacksonville, Ga. Had One of Its Finest Hours June 26th (1999)
No.11 - From Jacksonville to Darien on Pole Boats and Timber Rafts
No.12 - The Explosion of the Steamboat "General Manning" Shook Jacksonville's River World
No.13 - General Lee Stopped Civil War Because of Jacksonville Man's Deed
No.14 - Jacksonville Civil War Soldier Kills Union General
No.15 - Civil War Submarine General Connected To Ocmulgee Area
No.16 - Revolutionary War Soldiers Contributed Much To Our History
No.17 - Did Jacksonville Man's Brother Help Uncover Benedict Arnold?
No.18 - China Hill's Boney and Oldest Confederate Fought Together At "Pistolville"
No.19 - Jacksonville Marches Off To War, 1861-65
No.20 - Jacksonville Men, Telfair Co. B, 49th Georgia, Fight First Battle-Seven Pines
No.21 - Seven Days Battle - Ocmulgee Boys Feel Death Angel Wings
No.22 - River Men Killed At Civil War's Cedar Mountain
No.23 - Locals Saw Little Humor At 2nd Manassas
No.24 - Order To "Shoot" At Ox Hill Was Big One For Jacksonville Sergeant
No.25 - Harpers Ferry Captured Before General McClellan Could "Smoke 3 Cigars"
No.26 - General "Sideburns" Burnside and Jacksonville Lt. Fight It Out At Antietam Bridge
No.27 - Telfair Lady "Undertakers" Didn't Make Shrouds For Civil War's Sheperdstown
No.28 - Capt. Julius Warren Boyd Was Citizen and Soldier Of Old Feronia
No.29 - Fredericksburg Tragedy Seen In Dowling's Song
No.30 - Local Kin's Sgt. Kirkland Was "Angel of Mercy" At Marye's Heights
No.31 - Ocmulgee Sheep's Coats Needed By Cold Soldiers At Fredericksburg
No.32 - Ocmulgee Men Lose Two Generals At Chancellorsville
No.33 - 49th Marches Toward Enchanted Entrapment: Gettysburg
No.34 - Georgians Victims Of The "What If's" At Gettysburg
No.35 - It Was 1863 At Gettysburg, Pa., and Jacksonville, Ga.
No.36 - Pine Barreners and Swampers Part of War's Great Forging of Nation
No.37 - Some Soldiers Wanted "In" and Some Wanted "Out" of the Civil War
No.38 - Civil War Weapons Were Dangerous in More Ways Than One!
No.39 - South's Chances in Civil War Get Slim As Grits and Brogans Become Scarce!
No.40 - If Ghosts Aren't Real, They Surely Are Popular!
No.41 - Stories Handed Down Tell of Exciting Jacksonville Times
No.42 - Some Georgians Did Most of Their Fighting in Georgia
No.43 - Grisly Griswoldville - End Of Line For Some Ocmulgee Soldiers
No.44 - Revolutionary Soldiers' Ocmulgee Graves Visited By Daughters
No.45 - "The Wilderness" - Lost In The Haunting Flames Of Nowhere
No.46 - Civil War Sees Two Sets Of Graves At "The Wilderness"
No.47 - Some Civil War Generals Died "Unusually" And "Uncle John" Was Amongst Them
No.48 - The Wilderness Adds To Unbelievable Ocmulgee Casualties
No.49 - World Of The South Changing Rapidly For Ocmulgee Men
No.50 - Confederate Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens Was Attorney For Jacksonville's Thomas Swain
No.51 - Bloody Spotsylvania Court House Battle Killed One, Spared One
No.52 - You Could Lose A Life Or A Finger At Jericho Ford
No.53 - Sawbones! The Civil War Surgeon Was Your Last Chance!
No.54 - Escaped Union Soldiers On The Ocmulgee Sneak Past Jacksonville
No.55 - The Old-Timers Were Very Concerned About Their Ocmulgee River!
No.56 - One "Cold Harbor" Stick Came To Jacksonville And Another Whacked General Grant!
No.57 - Ocmulgee Men Do Awful Battle With "Dog-Taggers" At Cold Harbor
No.58 - Hurrah! The Last Shout Went Up At Cold Harbor
No.59 - Prelude To Petersburg - Still Holding On But Odds Not Good
No.60 - Four Family Reunions Reveal Rich And Interesting Histories
No.61 - Paper-Making Willcoxes Sought William Penn's "Holy Experiment"
No.62 - Papermaker Thomas Willcox And Printer Benjamin Franklin Were Friends In Trade
No.63 - Willcox Revolutions More Serious Than "Wrangletown"
No.64 - Willcox Empire Keeps Growing To Supply Needs Of Young America
No.65 - Willcox Dynasty Divides - One Stays North, One Heads South
No.66 - Willcox Brothers Heard The Call Of Their Country And Responded
No.67 - Willcox Old Order Replaced By A New One
No.68 - It's A Wonder John Willcox, Jr. Ever Made It To Georgia!
No.69 - John Willcox, Jr. Built Poleboats and Fought Indians
No.70 - Capt. John Willcox And The Battle Of Breakfast Branch Started Some Big Headlines
No.71 - Capt. John Willcox Probably Didn't Build One Boat He Was Asked To Build
No.72 - Capt. John Willcox Was In The Middle Of Great Conflict
No.73 - Capt. John Willcox Did Not Raise His Glass To Old Hickory
No.74 - Gen. Mark Willcox's Enemy, Nat Statham, Saved His Life
No.75 - Capt. John Willcox Knew His Son, Mark, Would Have His Hands Full
No.76 - General Mark Willcox Didn't Dodge All Of The Bullets
No.77 - Major Mark Willcox Hosted A Political "Toasting" And "Roasting"
No.78 - Mark Willcox's Father-In-Law General John Coffee Got In One Last Word(s)
No.79 - Wilcoxes Had Rare Photograph At Jacksonville Heritage Day
No.80 - General Mark Willcox Had A Long Journey, A Hard Trotting Horse And A Porcupine Saddle
No.81 - General Mark Willcox Had More 'Horse Sense' Than Most Generals
No.82 - General Mark Willcox Had Some "Excited Feelings"
No.83 - "Fire From Heaven" Preceded General Willcox's Supreme Court
No.84 - General Willcox And Indians Fought But Kept The Faith In 1836
No.85 - General Willcox Lost Much In 1836, Including General Coffee
No.86 - General Willcox Had To Share Troublesome 1836 With "Old Fuss And Feathers"
No.87 - General Willcox Sees A Sky Of Many Colors
No.88 - Wildes Massacre Alarms General Willcox And Others
No.89 - General Willcox Probably Never Knew Location Of Georgia-Florida Line
No.90 - General Willcox Complains of Wrongful Treatment Of Indians
No.91 - Osceola And General Willcox Caught In Strange Chain Of Events
No.92 - 'Osceola Kills General Thompson' News Saddens Coffee-Willcox Family
No.93 - General Willcox Hears Osceola - Gen. Thompson Details
No.94 - Willcox Kin Might Have Been Near Dangerous Osceola
No.95 - Osceola Included In Willcox Death Watch
No.96 - Both General John Coffees Knew Davy Crockett
No.97 - Davy Crockett Sees Jackson & Coffee As Two Peas In A Pod
No.98 - Untangling The Two General John Coffees
No.99 - Coffees & Crockett See Andrew Jackson With Different Eyes
No.100 - A Legend Named Reverend Elder Wilson Conner Is Hard To Overlook
No.101 - The Dead River Saga Of The Rev. Elder Wilson Conner Continues
No.102 - Rev. Elder Wilson Conner Had Troubles Too
No.103 - Captain Wilson Conner Ran Up Another Flag At Fernandina
No.104 - Captain Wilson Conner Suddenly Has More Than One Enemy
No.105 - Sage Of Dead River Turns To Politicking And Preaching
No.106 - Rev. Conner's "Holy Grail" Split Him From Primitive Baptists
No.107 - Rev. Conner And His Horse Hit Bumpy Missionary Trail
No.108 - Rev. Conner Sees Some Believers Drinking From Wrong Cup
No.109 - Rev. Wilson Conner And Black Pastor Share Same Frustrations
No.110 - Rev. Wilson Conner Sees Baptist Split Getting Bigger
No.111 - Rev. Wilson Conner Sees Hot And Cold Of Church And State
No.112 - Willcox Reunion Full Of Happenings, Humor And 'Haints'
No.113 - 3 Monuments For 3 Generals At Jacksonville, Ga.
No.114 - 'Wash-Tub' And 'Potato-Hole' Survived Indian Attack
No.115 - Old Clinton Female Seminary Schooled Wesleyan's First Graduates
No.116 - Willcox Kin Unknowingly Spent The Night With Lincoln's Killer
No.117 - Gen. Willcox And Rev. Conner Summoned To Jacksonville Court
No.118 - Churchill Believed Willcox Kin Had Indian Blood
No.119 - Willcoxes Spawned Sewing Machines And Cadillacs
No.120 - Churches And Schools Important To Rev. Wilson Conner
No.121 - Jacksonville's Berry Wells Got In On Naming Of Adel
No.122 - Ridgley - Telfair's County Seat Place That Never Was
No.123 - Futile Search For 'Old Billy Hatton' Had Its Rewards
No.124 - Connection Of Nobles And Wells Families Makes A Good Mystery
No.125 - Lawyer Russ Gillis Has Pair Of Rev. War Ancestors In Same Cemetery
No.126 - Rev. Warriors Lt. Nobles And Pvt. Griffis Started And Ended Together
No.127 - Jacksonville Methodist Homecoming Brought Sober Reflection
No.128 - Wilcox County, Ga. Steamboat "Died" Near Wilcox, Florida
No.129 - Jacksonville, Ga. "Buckeyes" Have Place In History
No.130 - Grandpa Lt. Joseph Williams Reversed Surrender With Trickery
No.131 - 3rd Jacksonville Heritage Day Causes New Excitements
No.132 - Early War Heroes Honored On Chilly October Day
No.133 - The McArthurs - Defeat Only Made Them Stronger
No.134 - Pvt. Hammonds Remembered Along With McArthurs
No.135 - The McArthurs' "Winship" Is Site Of Beauty And History
No.136 - The McArthurs - Some Gave All
No.137 - The McArthurs - A Legacy Of Sacrifice
No.138 - The McArthurs - One Fell At Chickamauga - Another At Home
No.139 - Gen. Jeb Stuart Thought Well Of Maj. John Milhollin
No.140 - Jesse James And Dolley Madison Have Cousins At Jacksonville, Ga.
No.141 - Legend: Jesse James Came To Jacksonville, Ga. Area
No.142 - Lincoln's Opponent, But Friend, Hid Out At Jacksonville, Ga.
No.143 - "The Fork" Led Gen. Breckinridge To Jacksonville, Ga.
No.144 - CSA Sec. Of War Breckinridge Heads Toward Jacksonville, Ga.
No.145 - General John C. Breckinridge Had A Time Getting To Jacksonville, Ga.
No.146 - General John C. Breckinridge Arrives At Jacksonville, Ga.
No.147 - Gen. Breckinridge Leaves Jacksonville, Ga., But Can't Save Jefferson Davis
No.148 - Gen. Breckinridge Gives Emotional Oration At Jacksonville, Ga., River
No.149 - Gen. Breckinridge Escapes Across Ocmulgee And Satilla Rivers
No.150 - Beyond Jacksonville, Ga., General Breckinridge Meets 'The Ghost'
No.151 - Breckinridge, Sea Ghost and Swamp Fox Leave Town Of John Coffee Family
No.152 - Pensions And Cemeteries Not On Gen. Breckinridge's Mind
No.153 - Gen. Breckinridge's Ultimate Compass Was His Bible And Faith
No.154 - Gov. Peter Early Was Judge Of Some Characters At Jacksonville, Ga.
No.155 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 1)
No.156 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 2)
No.157 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 3)
No.158 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 4)
No.159 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 5)
No.160 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 6)
No.161 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 7)
No.162 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 8)
No.163 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 9)
No.164 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 10)
No.165 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 11)
No.166 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 12)
No.167 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 13)
No.168 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 14)
No.169 - College Avenue Church Merrymakers Tour Old Jacksonville, Ga.
No.170 - Former Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Lived In Doc Holliday's House (Part 15)
No.171 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 1)
No.172 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 2)
No.173 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 3)
No.174 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 4)
No.175 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 5)
No.176 - "Widow of Sighing Pines" To Be At Jacksonville, Ga., On October 19th
No.177 - Heritage Day At Jacksonville, Ga., Invites All - Oct. 19th
No.178 - Jacksonville, Ga. Heritage Day Honors Late Leaders
No.179 - Old Settlers Would Have Enjoyed "The Blockhouse" Homecoming
No.180 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 6)
No.181 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 7)
No.182 - George Perry Caught World Record Bass Near Jacksonville, Ga. (Part 8)
No.183 - Area History Picture Plates Bring Back Memories
No.184 - Navy Ship "TELFAIR" One Of War And Comedy
No.185 - Telfair Marine Livingston Earned Medal Of Honor
No.186 - Goat Man And Daddy Almost Butted Heads At Jacksonville, Ga.
No.187 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher's Father Saved Sandersville From Sherman
No.188 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Remembers "Yankee Doodles"
No.189 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Describes Yankee Capture
No.190 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Learned A Lot During Civil War
No.191 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Saw Varmints In A Lot Of Places
No.192 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Said Pain And Gain Came From "Family Tree" Branches
No.193 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Believed In "Mule Education"
No.194 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Dodged Whistling Bullets
No.195 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Carried Humor To Camp Meeting Revival
No.196 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Used Baseball And Shooting Skills
No.197 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Challenged By High Water And Firewater
No.198 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Plowed Some New Ground And Some Old
No.199 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Almost Saw Old SGC Go To Spring Hill
No.200 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 1)
No.201 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 2)
No.202 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 3)
No.203 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 4)
No.204 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 5)
No.205 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 6)
No.206 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 7)
No.207 - Three Different Schools Were Named "South Georgia College" (Part 8)
No.208 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Remembers "The Hogs" In His Life
No.209 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Had Views on Life And Women
No.210 - Jacksonville, Ga. Preacher Saw Valleys And Mountain Tops
No.211 - Like Nashville, Tn., Jacksonville, Ga., Needs To Rebuild Old Fort
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