To the courage and dedication of Greene County chronicler Arthur Raper ~


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Thanks to Greene County Contributors:

William C. Poole, Shirley Cason, Pamela English Smith, Deborah Jones, Edwina Davis, Martha Barnes, Lou Engelhart, Ruthanna Merritt Ansley, Carol Atkinson Cross, Catherine Whittaker, Mary Boswell, Lucille Ott, Claire Hertzler, the Thorntons, Eudene Hill, Susan Higdon, Clinton Crouch, Rachel Lundy, Cindy Deadwyler, Sammie & Mildred Bryan, Lucutia Glass, Martha Stewart, Frazier Copelan, and W.F. Thurmond

Special Thanks:

Cynthia Smith & Better Hometown Program of Greene County, Pat Smith & the Greene County Historical Museum, Mamie Hillman & the Greene County African-American Cultural Museum, the Greene County Chamber of Commerce, Jan Wilson, Betty Jo Evans, Carolyn Reynolds Parker, Lisa Baynes, the Curtis family, William Smith, and the Veazys.

Periodical Credits:

Georgia Historical Quarterly, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Greene County Herald Journal, Emory University, the University of Georgia, the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, the Greene and Dekalb County Public Libraries, and the State of Georgia’s Department of Historical Archives.

Photography Credits:

All photography credits go to the wonderful contributions of Greene County residents and the Greene County Heritage Project, but for Small Farm Residents, Greene County Youths and the 1934 Leila Mill Strike photographs ~ Farm Security Administration, courtesy Library of Congress.


A History of Greene County, Georgia - Table of Contents

Early Years: Pre-History - 1800
Golden Days: 1800 - 1860
War, Reconstruction & the Coming of a New South: 1860 - 1885
The New South & the Turn of a Century: 1885 - 1915
War, Uncertainty & a New Deal: 1915 - 1940

Research Sources, Credits & Acknowledgements