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Dahlonega: The First Hundred Years

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Dahlonega, Georgia One Place Study

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Name

Dahlonega, Georgia
The city was named "Talonega" by the Georgia General Assembly on December 21, 1833 from the Cherokee-language word Dalonige, meaning "yellow" or "gold" [[1] The name was changed from Talonega by the Georgia General Assembly on December 25, 183, to "Dahlonega", [2]

Geography

Continent: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: Georgia
County: Lumpkin
GPS Coordinates: 34.5325, -83.985
Elevation: 1,450 ft (442 m)

History

Buildings

  • The Historic Vickery House
  • Price Memorial

People

Notables

  • Sara Christian, Nascar's First Woman Driver
  • [James Bosclair], a former enslaved man who was one of the early entrepreneurs in Dahlonega. [2]

African American History

1867 Reconstruction Oath

DISTRICTDATE FIRST NAMELAST NAME NOTES
Dahlonega James Alexander
Dahlonega James Alston Alston Plantation
Dahlonega Sam Awtry
Dahlonega Eli Blackwell
Dahlonega Stephen Brooks
Dahlonega Jerry Brown
Dahlonega Stephen Burdell
Dahlonega Henry Castlebury Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1870 census
Dahlonega Quill Cleveland
Dahlonega Berry Craig
Dahlonega Little Crawford
Dahlonega Gury Davis
Dahlonega Bruce Davis
Dahlonega James (or Jones) Dilliard
Dahlonega Balis Doyle
Dahlonega Paul Duncan Buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery
Dahlonega Washington Edmonson
Dahlonega Benjamin Elrod
Dahlonega John Faulkner
Dahlonega Joel Forsch
Dahlonega Isaac Franklin
Dahlonega Edmond or Edward Green
Dahlonega Cato Hamilton
Dahlonega Anderson Hamilton
Dahlonega James Harris
Dahlonega Daniel Hamilton
Dahlonega Buck Holt
Dahlonega George Hines
Dahlonega Harry Jarret
Dahlonega John Jutter
Dahlonega Daniel Keith Gold miner, First Baptist Church, 1870 census
Dahlonega Thomas Knox
Dahlonega David Leonard
Dahlonega Alexander Lewis
Dahlonega John Lovegaurd
Dahlonega Clarke McDonald
Dahlonega James McMillian
Dahlonega Henry McNeal census taker
Dahlonega Wimberly McWilliams
Dahlonega Jacob Miles
Dahlonega Joseph B. Mitchell
Dahlonega William Morris
Dahlonega Reuban Norman
Dahlonega Owen Adams
Dahlonega Hampton Parker
Dahlonega Willis Parks


Cemeteries

Sources

  1. ↑ Acts passed by the General Assembly, by J. Johnston, 1838
  2. ↑ This article, Every Name Has a Story by Chris Worick, tells more. [1] "English/Cherokee Dictionary". Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012. (registration required)
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