Murray County, GA
Newspaper Articles of Progress
Source: The Columbus Enquirer-Sun 1910 Feb 19
TELEPHONES TO LINK MURRAY COUNTY POINTS
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 18--A telephone line has been surveyed in the ---- Creek valley, the line beginning at Mount Vernon and connecting with the Dogwood telephone line near Rocky Face. Surveys are also being made around Tilton and when these lines are completed the county will be covered by vertible network of telephone wires. There are two incorporated telephone companies in the county, namely, Dalton Telephone company and the Dogwood Telephone company.
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Source: Wheeling Register 1884 Dec 29
A NEW ELDORADO
Wonderful Discoveries of Precious Metals
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28--A dispatch from Spring Place, Georgia, says the recent discoveries of very rich gold veins on and about Fort Mountain, have now been supplemented by the discovery of wonderful silver mines, and great excitement exists throughout the section. The richest deposit yet found is seven miles from Spring Place, and eighteen miles from Dalton. The lead is about fifteen hundred feet wide, three hundred feet deep and twenty-eight miles long, and is the same now being worked at Ducktown, Tenn. The ore is only five feet from the surface, and assays from $50 to $2,300 a ton.
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Source: The Atlanta Constitution 13 Sept 1882
Dalton, September 12--The first bale of new cotton was brought to this place, Monday, September 11th, raised by Captain John L. EDMONSON, of Murray County, Georgia. The bale weighed 502 pounds, was fine quality of cotton, commanded a good price, was bid up by our cotton buyers. Mr. Edmonson has many more bales just like the one he has just brought in to bring in later in the season. He is a very successful cotton raiser, and an excellent farmer.
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Source: The Atlanta Constitution 12 July 1907
State Grants Charter to the Iron Mountain Mining Company of Atlanta
The state has granted a charter to the Iron Mountain Mining Company, of Atlanta, capitalized at $40,000, with privilege of increasing to $75,000. Yesterday the promoters of the enterprise met in the Candler building and elected the following officers; V. G. RICHARDSON, president, C. A. KITCHEN and OTTO BEST, vice-presidents, J. K. BARTON, treasurer, J. PRESTON LYONS and C. R. DARTY, directors. The company has acquired possession of Iron Mountain, in Murray county, Georgia, near the new line of the Louisville and Nashville railway between Atlanta and Knoxville, and will immediately proceed to develop and mine.
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Source: The Atlanta Constitution 31 Mar 1909
RURAL DELIVERY IN MURRAY
Complete rural delivery service has been ordered established in Murray county, Georgia, effective May 1, 1909. The number of rural routes in the county is ten, seven of which are new and originate from offices within the county, as follows; Carters, one, Chatsworth, one, Cisco, one, Crandall, one, Eton, one, Fairy, one, Ramhurst, one, Spring Place, three.
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Source: The New Era (Humeston, Iowa) 1 Jan 1885
Rich deposits of silver have been found in Murray county, Georgia. The ore as says from $50 to $2,300 per ton.
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SEVEN FAMILIES FROM MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA
Source: Mississippi Free Trader and Natchez Gazette 27 Feb 1850
On their way to seek a new home in Texas-came with their own wagons, gorses and mules to Memphis, in all numbering 48 souls, 43 whites and one family of blacks numbering 5,-in poor circumstances with barely enough means to move them,-on reaching the Mississippi, were under the absolute necessity of economizing by buying an old filthy stock-boat and navigating themselves to Vicksburg where their old flat-boat failed them.-Then they purchased another one, equally filthy; and embarked for the mouth of Red River, from whence they intended to take a steamer to Shrevesport, and then rig their wagon and proccede to the prairies of Texas.
These seven families are connected with the Baptist Church,-are all from one neighborhood and nearly all related by blood or marriage,-all seemingly most moral, plain but truthful and respectable people.
The deaths up to one o'clock, Monday the 25th has been one negro man (valuable) and ten whites.
1. Mr. James George, the senior of the company, has lost his wife, two daughters, a son-in-law, four grandchildren and another grandchild apparently at the point of death.
2. Eli Gentry, son-in-law of Mr. George, dead, his daughter Jane Gentry dead.
3. Stephen Barton lost his wife, daughter and brother.
4. David T. Barton lost one negro man.
5. David Barton lost none of his family.
6. James Barton lost a son.
7. John H. Boyd, lost none of his family but had one added by birth on Sunday, while a number were dying around.
This was the second birth since the journey commenced.
There are now twelve still sick, some in the most critical condition, but consider by Dr. Blackburn all to be convalescent, if they can be made prudent. They never had any sickness before and know nothing of the care necessary in such cases.
If any people on earth need pecuniary relief these survivors do. They are poor, have lost one fourth of their whole number in less than a week-more may die-Dr. Blackburn will most gladly take charge of any donations in their favor. He hopes to have them in a condition to ship off on a steamer in a few days-he will not suffer them again to take a flat-boat.
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