History of Lowndes County, Georgia, 1825-1941

By: Gen. James Jackson Chpt., DAR, Pub. 1941, reprinted 2026, 438 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-811-0. Lowndes County was created in 1825 from Irwin County. This book is similar to other history books of the ear with such topics as: early history of the county, politics, education, commerce, religion, towns, agriculture, civil and social organizations, and military history of the county. Early military history includes rosters of the militia, an account of the Creek Wars, and military records for the period 1848 through 1851. Complete militia rosters and company rolls for the Civil War. The author has included the US Census for Lowndes County for 1830, 1840, and 1850 of which there are approximately 6,500 persons being mentioned. The reader will also discover that the author has included some brief biographical sketches of these early residents. A new full name index has been included with this reprint that mentions approximately 3,700 persons