Bounty Lands
TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ANY OF THE WARS OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1750.
The undersigned has received from the proper department the necessary forms to enable him to establish all claims
for War services recently allowed by the present Congress. He will also make up and collect all claims under the
Pension Act, allowing for loss horses, baggage &c. as well as all other demands against the Government. Claims
of widows and other heirs specially attended to, and information furnished gratis. Charges moderate.
JOSEPH A WHITE - Macon, Nov. 26, 1830
Refers to any officer or private of Cooper’s Battalion, Florida Volunteers and any officer or private of Cooper’s
Battalion, Florida Volunteers and any officer or private 12th U. S. Infantry.
[The Georgia Telegraph - May 20, 1851 - Submitted by Frances Cooley]
Northwest Georgia
From an Occasional Correspondent
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
You must go to Walker County. Think of a county in Georgia with but one single liquor shop in it, and that soon
to be abolished; where for two years there have been no sheriff’s sales for debt; where the people owe nothing
to speak of; where there is no pauperism; where the county officers of court don't make enough fees to live on,
and where the fertile lands produce abundance for all; where there is no sickness much except old age; where the
air is all fresh, and the water all crystal and the mosquito rageth not. Walker County is all this and more.
It is a net work of the most beautiful and fertile valleys, some of which have lands equal to anything on the continent.
McLemore's Cove has farms that cannot be surpassed. Think of farms that bring 75 bushels of corn or a bale of
cotton to the acre without manure. This cove is 23 miles long by 5 miles wide. The famous Dougherty farm, owned
by the late Col. Wm. H. Dougherty, so famous as a great lawyer, heads the Cove. It has 2.000 acres.
Mr. James Lee, at Crawfish Spring, 12 miles from Ringgold, has a 3,000 acre farm that is a model of beauty. lts
hundred acre fields, filled with shocks of golden grain, make a gladsome spectacle to the eye. The spring, from
which it takes its name, is a wonderful curiosity.
The farm of Mr. Gammany, in the middle of the Cove, of 700 acres, has not a poor acre upon it. Its hundred acre
field of clover is a vision for the grass lover. Truly, this is a county blest by nature. No need for dissatisfied
farmers to go to Texas or anywhere else to find rich lands. Governor Colquitt and Colonel Avery made a visit of
a few days there, upon a general invitation of the people. Hon. Arthur Gray, the able young member of the General
Assembly from Catoosa, accompanied them.
We glean from them the gratifying particulars that we have given.
The facts about Walker County are a revelation. The people are prosperous and law abiding. The passage of the
local option law has rid the county of the evils of drunkenness. It has checked crime and disorder. It has thinned
the criminal dockets to almost nothing. A few minor Negro offenses are the staple of the day.
[Georgia Weekly Telegraph - July 1, 1879 - Submitted by Frances Cooley]
General Sheridan
Our personal experience was severe, during the time the army was here. Gen. Sheridan's division encamped on our
land and the blue coats swarmed around and about us. They killed our poultry and most of our hogs—our beautiful
Devons and long-fleeced sheep were driven to their slaughter pens—our bountiful garden was stripped, and smoke
house, pantry, and spring-house, relieved of their contents—horses and mules driven away, and every piece of gearing
on the farm cut to pieces.
Thank God, however, in four days that they camped here, all could not be destroyed. Some hogs and cattle escaped
their bullets, and corn and wheat enough are left us for bread. I am sorry to add, that a majority of the families
in this valley have not provisions enough left to subsist on, and must suffer if the State does not relieve them.
Let the noble State of Georgia take care of her suffering people.
Walker County is in the same sad dilemma.
[The Macon Daily Telegraph - October 7, 1863 - Submitted by Frances
Cooley]
Typhoid Fever
We learn that the Winter or Typhoid Fever is prevailing to an alarming extent in a portion of Walker County, Georgia.
Several deaths have occurred.
[The Savannah Daily Republican - Feb 2, 1850 - - Submitted by Frances
Cooley]
Masked Mobs in Walker
WHITE CAP OUTRAGES NOT CONFINED TO TWIGGS
Night Raiders Are Dragging People From Their Houses in Walker County and Unmercifully Whipping Them —Protection
Asked.
Atlanta, March 18.—[Special.
Recent reports from Walker County indicate that the White Caps in Georgia are not confining their operations to
Twiggs County. From representations just made to the governor, lawlessness is prevailing in Walker County to an
alarming extent, and the strong arm of the law is needed to break it up. The good citizens of La Fayette have appealed
to Gov. Gordon to come to their aid by such interposition of his authority as he deems proper and adequate.
Outrages Committed by Masked Men
The outrages complained of are being committed by masked men and for two or three weeks past they have been of
a most aggravated character. Within that time they have visited three or four houses and committed various acts
of violence, in one instance setting fire to the house and burning it to the ground.
Dragged From Home and Beaten
On Saturday night they dragged a man from his house, and, after beating him unmercifully, demanded that he take
himself beyond the limits of the county on pain of a violent death. Law abiding citizens of the community
have learned of these proceedings with alarm and do not propose to submit to it.
Gov. Gordon To Act Promptly
The governor will act promptly in the matter, and has requested the complaining parties to furnish the executive
office with more exact information as to acts and dates, so that a reward may be offered for the apprehension of
the guilty parties.
[The Macon Telegraph - March 19, 1889 - Submitted by Frances Cooley]
White Caps have made their appearance in Walker County.
They ought to be stamped out by the decent people of the county at once.
Georgia has not suffered like some other states from the lawlessness of disguised mobs, but Georgia has recently
had more than one instance of such disgraceful conduct. Governor Gordon acted promptly on the Twiggs County affair
and he is now investigating the reports of the outrage in Walker County with a view to offering a reward
for the apprehension of the guilty parties.
These cowardly marauders ought to be hunted down, brought to the bar of justice and made to feel that there is
such a thing as law in this country.
[The Macon Telegraph - March 20, 1889 - - Submitted by Frances Cooley]
Oil Discovery In Walker County
The Chattanooga American Union, of the 20th instant, says:
A few days ago some well diggers, while engaged in sinking a well on the premises of Mr. Ansil Massey, struck a
vein of flowing oil.
Mr.Massey's place is situated near Worthing's Gap, in McLemore's Cove, about fifteen miles from this city. The
oil when found was running over a stratum of black slate.
The affair has caused considerable excitement among the residents in the Gap, and if the oil can be obtained in
working quantities a new era will dawn among the hills of Walker County, Ga.
[Georgia Weekly Telegraph - October 29, 1866 - Submitted by Frances
Cooley]
Real Estate - WALKER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Kensington
22 Miles South of CHATTANOOGA, TENN
In Lookout Valley on the Line of the Chattanooga Southern Railway
Is destined to be one of the most important manufacturing cities in the south. The land on sale consisting of
sections which has been selected by the managers of the Kensington Land Company of Chattanooga Tenn., is surrounded
by inexhaustible deposits of coal and iron, equal in quality in that of any section in the great mineral belt of
the south.
Manufactured iron, cotton, leather, etc. can be produced cheaper in Kensington than at any point in the north,
and its railroad service will be usury used.
The Kensington Land Co.
Solicitous correspondence with manufacturers generally and offers liberal information to those contemplating
the removal of the establishments of the building of new factories in this prosperous section of the country.
Sale of Lots at Kensington July 1, 2 and 3
Arrangements for reduced rates of fare will be perfected.
Pamphlets descriptive of Kensington and its surrounding area may be had by addressing KENSINGTON LAND CO., Chattanooga,
Tenn.
F. M. Pemberton, President (of K H Pemberton & Co., bankers of Chattanooga, Tenn. President of Kensington
Iron & Coal Co., Vice president of Chattanooga Southern Railroad.
C. H. James, V. President, (of Robertson & James Bankers New York, president of Chattanooga Upton Railroad
and Chattanooga Southern Railroad.
W. W. Harriman, 2nd Vice President, of Franklin Sugar Refining Co., Philadelphia, 2nd Vice President Chattanooga
Southern Railroad and Kensington Iron & Coal Co.
Flod O. Patterson, Secretary and Treasury, Secretary and Treasurer Kensington Iron and Coal Co.
KENSINGTON LAND CO.
[The Macon Telegraph - May 20, 1890 - - Submitted by Frances Cooley]
