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Fayette County Historical News
Fayette County is rich with history. And we want to share as much of it as we can with you. Below are articles that have appeared in the Fayette County News, sorted by the month and year in which it was submitted. We would like to graciously thank Christopher Dunn and Geneva Weaver for publishing these for us. Enjoy the reading!
May
Fayette County
FAYETTE COUNTY On January 8, 1821, the Creek Indian Nation ceded the land that would become Fayette County to the State of Georgia.[1] Fayette County was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature on May 15 and December 24, 1821. The county is named for the Marquis...
Cecil Travis starts for the Washington Senators
May 16, 1933 Cecil Travis starts for the Washington Senators Cecil Travis was born August 8, 1913 on the family farm in North Fayette County. He graduated Fayetteville High School in 1930. Cecil turned down a scholarship to Georgia Tech to play baseball with...
June
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July
Edward E. Spurlin, Fayetteville Mayor
July 8, 1903 Edward E. Spurlin, Fayetteville Mayor Colonel Edward E. Spurlin was the 8th Mayor of Fayetteville. He was born October 30, 1876. He died September 30, 1904. He would have been twenty-eight years old on October 30th. His parents were Mr. and Mrs....
Dorothy G. Hann
July 21, 1971 Dorothy G Hann, of Inman, and engineering draftsman in the Design Branch of the Tulsa Okla. District, Corps of Engineers, received a Superior Job Achievement Certificate from Lt. Colonel Eddie L Morris. Deputy District Engineer, at a recent ceremony in...
August
Fayette County’s Youngest Confederate Soldier
August 3, 1864 Fayette County’s Youngest Confederate Soldier In August of 1864 General Lawrence Ross and his Confederate Cavalry brigade were resting near Fairburn, Georgia, after having defeated General Edward M. McCook’s cavalry near Newnan. Captain Croft’s...
Fayette County Festival
August 19, 1836 Fayette County Festival “A number of citizens of the county assembled this day at the courthouse, agreeably to an arrangement that had been previously made for the company of Fayette County Dragoons, who had a few days before reached their homes...
Fayette County Commissioners Created
August 23, 1872 Fayette County Commissioners Created On August 23, 1872, the Georgia legislature approved an act t Create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue in the County of Fayette and to define their powers. This act abolished the three-man...
Closing of the Fayetteville Railroad Depot
August 18, 1939 Closing of the Fayetteville Railroad Depot On August 18, 1939, the Southern Railroad Company closed the depot in Fayetteville and officially ended the company’s railroad service through Fayette County. The company had acquired the business from...
Asian Carp released in Lake Peachtree
August 17, 1988 Asian Carp released in Lake Peachtree Lake Peachtree has a problem; it is overgrown with vegetation and algae. Being a shallow lake; therefore, sunlight reaches the bottom. The sunlight allows for heavy growth of plants and algae, which in turn...
September
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October
Dominick Scartz
October 19, 1918 Dominick Scartz Dominick Scartz was born on October 19, 1918 in West Virginia to James and Caroline Scartz. He had 7 older sisters, an older brother Harold and two younger brothers, Eugene and Albert who would become his best friends. With so many...
C. L. McEachern
October 23, 1907 C.L. McEachern Clifford Lamar McEachern was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 23, 1907 to parents J. B. and Artimitia Ann Cox McEachern. Shortly after his birth, his parents with the new addition moved back to the North Fayette Community of...
Bethany Church All Day Singing
October 8, 1944 Bethany Church All Day Singing An all-day singing will be held at Bethany Church. Mr. R W Lester requests that all who has ever attended singing school under his direction attend this gathering at his home church. Mr. Lester is the president of...
Bennett’s Mill
1837 Bennett’s Mill In 1837 William Bennett bought a place west of Fayetteville from N. Blanchard’s administrators, giving the land and water rights to Land Lot 129 and 159. He built a new watermill for corn and wheat on the site of a small mill. The new mill was...
Addie Cofield
October 26, 1911 Addie Cofield Addie Cofield was the fourth child of seven born to Sam and Ada Cofield. They were farmers and worked for Mr. Redwine of Fayette County. Addie’s father worked at the cotton mill and her mother washed for people and did sewing....
46-year-old Bales of Cotton
October 9, 1937 46-year-old Bales of Cotton B.B. Gilbert of Fayetteville had two bales of cotton that was ginned in 1891. It was an oddity to have them after 46 years, still wrapped in the original white cotton bagging, so The Atlanta Constitution wrote an article...
Mule fall through Bridge near Fayetteville
October 1, 1918 Mule fall through Bridge near Fayetteville On October 1, 1918, a petition for payment of $50 was presented to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Fayette County by F. M. Norton, signed by E. P. Mize. N. P. Mr. Norton presented some...
November
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