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Before the War



There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the "Old South." Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave.

Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind...

Here in Henry County, the home of Tara, the backdrop for "Gone With The Wind", Jonathan Jackson Brannan was born in 1830, just nine years after the county was formed from Indian lands. His younger brother, A. H. E, was born in 1833.

Their near neighbors were the Crumbleys and Lowes.

Photo from the Georgia Agrirama


The town of McDonough was created about the same time, but was a tiny community until just before the war with the coming of the railroad.




In 1851, Jonathan married Barbara Crumbley. Four children were born before the war.

Source Notes

Farm photos from the Georgia Agrirama Website.

Photos of Tifton by Brian Brown - Vanishing Georgia

Bibliography

Henderson, Lillian. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia

Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia 53rd Infantry Regiment. Cartersville, GA. Eastern Digital Resources., 2004.

Rigdon, John C. First Families of Henry County, GA. Cartersville, GA Eastern Digital Resources., 2010.