Sue, I would love to read the whole story about Dade County. Cat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Forrester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [GADADE] Can someone help with county info? > Hi Delilah, > > Well, if you ask some of older native Dade Countians this question you will > probably hear the story about Uncle Bob Tatum. Uncle Bob Tatum made the > firey peech in the house during the beginning of the Civil War that if the > state of Georgia didn't secede from the union then Dade County would secede > from the state of Georgia. >

I had picked up a copy of "The Historical News" when I was in LaFayette - it mentioned something about Dade Cty seceding from Ga - I decided I wanted to know more and I called the paper and they sent me copies free - it is a free Historical paper - THE HISTORICAL NEWS P. O. Box 1068 Hiram, Ga 30141 - phone 1-800-422-4478 or fax - 1-770-943-0729 - it only comes out 4 times a year but its very interesting delilah At 21:48 3/6/01 -0800, you wrote: >Sue, > >I would love to read the whole story about Dade County. >Cat > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Beverly Forrester" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:02 PM >Subject: Re: [GADADE] Can someone help with county info? > > >> Hi Delilah, >> >> Well, if you ask some of older native Dade Countians this question you >will >> probably hear the story about Uncle Bob Tatum. Uncle Bob Tatum made the >> firey peech in the house during the beginning of the Civil War that if the >> state of Georgia didn't secede from the union then Dade County would >secede >> from the state of Georgia. >> > > > >==== GADADE Mailing List ==== >Visit the USGenWeb Dade County site >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadade/index.htm > >