MARRIAGES DEATHS ACCIDENTS DUELS AND RUNAWAYS ETC COMPILED FROM THE WEEKLY GEORGIA TELEGRAPH MACON GEORGIA 18581860

Newspaper abstracts are an excellent resource for genealogists and historians In addition to the abundance of names and relationships news articles tell us a lot about the customs lifestyles and priorities during this fascinating periodnot just in Macon Georgia but in our county as a whole This volume includes abstracts of articles gleaned from issues of The Weekly Georgia Telegraph from Jan 5 1858 to Dec 11 1860 Marriage notices with the names of those involved death notices with varying amounts of biographical information plus accounts of accidents duels and other interesting tidbits of local concern really bring this community to life Articles on runaways offer detailed physical descriptions of the missing slave and the full name of hisher owner News of national note and numerous articles from around the nation are included All names are set in uppercase within the text and a fullname index is included to facilitate research