_From Pioneer Trails, The Birmingham Genealogical Society, Jan. 1976, Vol. 18, No. 1 p. 22 _ Morgan's General Store Receiving Book, Hamburg, GA June 19, 1839-Jan. 13,1840 The following names of customers were copied by Mrs. Frances W. Garrison (in 1965)from an old leather bound book, then in possession of Mrs. Bill Eddings, Birmingham, Alabama. Hamburg, in lower Macon Co., GA,., was founded in (the) early 1800's by German settlers. It was the junction for two stage routes. Thomas Henry (sic) Morgan came south from Bolingbroke, Mass., in 1837. He operated a general store, was postmaster, served as county surveyor,tax receiver and collector, and served in the Confederate States Army..... CLOUD, E. " Elijah " Elisha " Henry " Mrs.