By: Mrs. Wallace Leigh Harris, Pub. 1957, Reprint 2018, (2 volumes in 1), 1120 pages, 0-89308-948-6. Pulaksi County was created in 1808 from Portions of Laurens and Washington counties. Bleckley county was created in 1912 from Pulaski County. This reprint is a consolidation of the two volumes into one book. The time frame of this book begins with the creation of Pulaski County and continuing on through the creation of Bleckley County, with such topics as frontier life, Indians, trade & transportation, labor, farming, politics, education, newspapers and religion - all important in the development of the county. These types of HISTORY books can be very helpful in your research. They can help one develop ideas or pathways to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of local residents. This is very important in trying to figure out what significate factors were prevalent in the county, such as floods, droughts, matters of economic prosperity, matters of governmental intrusion or influence, or one of any number of things that might cause a person to stay or move on. The family researcher will be delighted with the authors 275 pages of some 163 biographical sketches of individuals and families. Mrs. Walker has also included numerous lists: pay rolls & muster rolls of soldiers who served in the War of 1812, lists of juriors from 1805, Pulaski County Marriages 1808-1956, Bleckley County Marriages 1913-1856, Pulaski County Wills 1809-1947, Bleckley County Wills 1913-1956, 1818 Tax Digest Pulaski County, 1827 Land Lottery, Graves of Revolutionary and 1812 Soldiers marked by DAR, and lists of Veteran s from WWI & WWII.

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How far can Jewish life in the South during Reconstruction (1863–1877) be described as German in a period of American Jewry traditionally referred to as ‘German Jewish’ in historiography? To what extent were Jewish immigrants in the South acculturated to Southern identity and customs? Anton Hieke discusses the experience of Jewish immigrants in the Reconstruction South as exemplified by Georgia and the Carolinas. The book critically explores the shifting identities of German Jewish immigrants, their impact on congregational life, and of their identity as ‘Southerners’. The author draws from demographic data of six thousand individuals representing the complete identifiable Jewish minority in Georgia, South and North Carolina from 1860 to 1880. Reconstruction, it is concluded, has to be seen as a formative period for the region’s Jewish congregations and Reform Judaism. The study challenges existing views that are claiming German Jews were setting the standard for Jewish life in this period and were perceived as distinct from Jews of another background. Rather Hieke arrives at a conclusion that takes into consideration the migratory movement between North and South.