Preserving Our Local History … Polk County, Georgia … established 1851
My great-grandfather, John Ephraim Roberts, was born in 1848 in North Carolina. After serving in the War, in 1872 he married Ella Eliza Lowther, from Dublin, GA. Moving to Polk County, they farmed and raised a family out at Collard Valley. He died in 1889, leaving his widow with four children, expecting the fifth. Their […]
Readers, this wraps up our week-long VIRTUAL BOOK EVENT for Ann Hite’s Roll the Stone Away! Previous posts: Author Interview, BLACK MOUNTAIN series, Reviews & a History, and a new Author Guest Post. “Hite gives voice to Southern Appalachian culture – the haunted landscape of hills and hollows that make perfect habitats for spirits of […]
On the 4th day of our Virtual Event with Ann Hite, the author relates a genealogy trail she discovered while researching! On our previous posts this week, you’ll find an Interview with the Author and description of her memoir, a list of her Black Mountain series, and some reviews and Depression Era history. Tomorrow we’ll […]
If you missed the previous posts, you can find them here along with links to purchase the books: Interview with Ann Hite & Black Mountain Series Books Today we are posting reviews of the author’s middle two books in the Black Mountain series (reviews written by Arleigh Ordoyne) and an Author Guest Post by Ann […]
This is day 2 of our week-long Virtual Event for Georgia author Ann Hite’s latest book–a memoir titled Roll the Stone Away. Yesterday we posted an in depth interview with the author (read it here), and today we are highlighting her fictional series. Ghost on Black Mountain (Book 1) Amazon Link / Check a Local […]
The Polk County Historical Society Museum was set to have a book signing with Georgia author Ann Hite earlier this month, but due to the ongoing coronovirus epidemic we had to cancel this event. We do plan to reschedule at a future date, but thought a virtual event was in order in the meantime! This […]
Ida Cox, nee Prather, was a Cedartown-raised vaudeville performer who, along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Born in 1888, Ida left home at an early age to pursue her singing career. “Wild women Don’t Have the Blues” is her most popular and covered tune, yet in the 1920’s she […]
Joseph A. Blanche, Lawyer, Cedartown. Son of Joseph G. and Mary Williams Blanche. He was born at Savannah, Georgia June 30, 1838. Attended school Emory at Oxford until 1857, then studied law and was a partner of Col. James D. Waddell in law at Cedartown. Silas I Cox, Farmer. Son of Zachariah and Grizzy Cox. […]
Cedartown and Polk County’s first newspaper was the Record, established in 1869 by W.S.D. Wikle, who acted as editor and publisher for a number of years. A few years later, Thomas Gibson established the Express and published it until he entered the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church to become a presiding elder. The […]
This is a document dated 1937 and was donated to the Historical Society by Georgia Wyatt in July of 1991. Much of the history of Cedartown might be traced through the names of its various streets. The facts stated below are based on information, by no means complete, and possibly erroneous, and suggestions, corrections or […]
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