History of Charlton County by Alexander Stephens Mcqueen ISBN 13: 9780871522863

Orig. pub. Atlanta 1932. Reprinted 1978, 1988. Print on Demand Edition 2018. iv, 269 pp. + illus., new index Charlton County, Georgia, was formed by Legislative act in 1854 from a portion of Camden County, the most southern coastal area of Georgia. This volume has extensive treatment of the problems of the early settlers as they were caught under the pressure of the struggles among the British, Spanish, and the Indians over the territory. It is one of the rare books with some attention paid to the Spanish missions along the Georgia coast. The author's lurid narrative style makes this history one of the more engaging of its kind. His knowledge of the Okefenokee area and its people was extensive. A chapter is devoted to towns which have disappeared including Trader's Hill, the first seat of government in Charlton County. McQueen's eye was for both the relevant and entertaining aspects of history. His treatment of incidents from Indian massacres to the spectacle of "fist and skull" fights in the… Read More

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