The old Milton County (and Campbell County) records have been microfilmed and the microfilm is at the Georgia Archives. Joan > [Original Message] > From: Donald Pruitt <sazabylex@ctc.net> > To: <GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 10/30/2005 2:39:44 PM > Subject: [GACHEROK-L] Cherokee/Milton > > When you are looking from 1850 era in Cherokee Co, GA you need to realize > that old Milton Co. was in existence from 1857-1931 when it went bankrupt > and was taken in by Fulton Co. To add to our misery the wagon that hauled > the county records from Alpharetta to Atlanta seemed to have gotten lost and > where never found. There are a few incidental records at the Fulton Co. > courthouse but you have to be fairly brave to go there even before the > incident last year and now it would be more difficult to gain access. I > found some things there in the late 1980's so it may be possible to do > that. I had Pruitts and Rainwaters who settled around Hickory Flat around > 1840 and they continued to go back and forth between old Milton and Cherokee > Co. during the 1857-1885 period. Just thought some of you who are not > familiar with the area need to be aware of this. > > Don Pruitt > > > ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== > GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >