History of Walker County, Georgia

This book is organized as follows:


1. Geological History—Mound Builders—Indian History.

2. Indian History—Continued.

3. Indian History Continued. John Ross—John Howard Payne.

4. Indian History Continued. Their Removal—Sequoia—Hardships of the Exodus.

5. Indian Lore and Legends—First Court House at Crawfish Spring.

6. Indian Trails—Farming—Graves—The First Roads.

7. Indian Romances and Stories.

8. County Organized—Its Name—Early Settlers.

9. Militia Districts—Boundaries—“Wax and Tallow” Deeds.

10. Fort Cummings—Echo from 1838.

11. The Chickamauga Battle—Bragg at LaFayette—Skirmishes.

12. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—General Gordon’s Description.

13. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—Confederates Win.

14. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—Official Reports, Confederate.

15. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—Official Reports, Union.

16. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—Hill's Report.

17. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—Bragg’s Report.

18. Chickamauga Battle, Continued—Judge Lusk’s Article.

19. The Battle of LaFayette, June 24, 1864.

20. Civil War Terrorists.

21. The Negro—Bills of Sale.

22. Muster Rolls, Confederate Soldiers.

23. Confederation Monument—Revolutionary Soldiers—D.A.R. and U.D.C. Chapters

24. Schools. Poor School Fund—Other Schools—Earliest School Records—Current School History, 1931.

25. “The Old Field School”—Early Teachers—Recent Teachers—Roster County School Superintendents—Roster Members Board of Education.

26. Agriculture.

27. Mineral and Economical. Coal—Iron Ore—Furnaces—Wealth—Autos—Bonds—Miscellaneous.

28. Early Customs and Living in Walker County—Country Young People a Generation Ago.

29. Country Social Life Sixty Years Ago—Clothes—Amusements and Entertainments—Conveniences—Other Inconveniences.

30. Contributions—White’s Historical Collections—T. A. Cooper’s Article—Captain Wood’s—John Ross House—Early Days Around Crawfish Spring—Reminiscences of a Refugee—Mother’s Gift to Soldier Boy—History of a Refugeeing Family.

31. Contributions, Continued—The LaFayette Volunteers—Note of a Partridge—Battle of Sweetwater—LaFayette Before the War—Skirmish at LaFayette—Walker's Quota of Soldiers—When Husband Went to War—A Heroine as Guard—Murder of the McSpaddens—An Ante-Bellum Picture.

32. Wool Rolls—Hat Factory—First Cotton Gin—Shooting Match—Sunnyside—Ante-bellum Homestead—Irregular Southern Boundary Line—Menu in Revolutionary War.

33. Miscellaneous Continued. Andrews’ Raiders—Indian Rock Mound—Blackwell Ledger—The Lane Home—Thomas Patton “Secesh”—Old Time Singers—Bryan Family—Hixon-Miller Family—Schmitt Family—Filched a Church—T. A. Cooper in Reminiscent Mood—White’s Statistics—Horse Swapping—Gander Pulling.

34. Miscellaneous Continued. Anderson Spring—A “Witch” Spring—James R. Jones Ledger—Signal Point—Whipping Post—Augustus McCutchen—Harks Back to Declaration—Born at Sea—The Hunter's Paradise—Records from 1883—Dr. Tarvin, Indian—“Home Sweet Home”—Indian's Valedictory.

35. Mis. Con. The Allgood Wagons—Judicial Community—Escaping Yankee Bullets—Walker County Singing Convention—Public Square—Treasure Trove—Blacksmith Shop—Secession Convention—Fish Trap—Family Reunions—When Clements Beat Felton.

36. Miscellaneous Continued.

37. County Names, Their Meaning Interpreted. A Day Spent in an “Old Field School” at Sylvan Bower.

38. Soldiers of the World War—Roster of County Officers—Ulster County Gazette.—World War Veterans—Walker County.

39. Old History by: Frank Copeland: T. B. Simmons—Old Documents—Lafayette’s Early History—Legal Executions—Longevity—Golden Weddings—Antebellum Houses—Heirlooms—Sentences—Large Families.

40. “Bill Arp’s” Humor—Walker County Messenger—Rossville New Age—Rossville Open Gate—Medical Profession—Legal Profession.

41. Post Office Records.

42. Some Efforts at Composition by Walker County Citizens.

43. Church History.

44. Family Reviews.