The first newspaper in Bibb County was the GEORGIA MESSENGER (estab. March 16, 1823, Ft. Hawkins > 1824, Macon, 5th Street). after passing through the hands of many owners, it was bought and merged with the GEORGIA JOURNAL of Milledgeville and titled the JOURNAL and MESSENGER. Apparently it was a weekly paper and didn't become a daily until 1868. In 1869, it was united with the TELEGRAPH. The Macon TELEGRAPH was founded in December, 1826. A small daily was also published from 1831 -1833 (1st in Macon). In 1844, a weekly paper, the REPUBLIC, was begun and continued until 1845 when it merged with the TELEGRAPH. After several more ownership changes, and merges with other papers, including the GEORGIA CITIZEN and the CONFEDERATE, interest in the MESSENGER was purchased, and merged also with the TELEGRAPH and was titled the TELEGRAPH and MESSENGER. The MESSENGER title is no longer used, but the MACON TELEGRAPH continues today even after more ownership changes... (these notes were taken from Butler, John Campbell. HISTORICAL RECORD of MACON AND CENTRAL GEORGIA, c1879, J.W. Burke CO, Macon, GA. {2nd copyright 1958 by the MACON TOWN COMMITTEE of the NATIONAL SOCIETY of the COLONIAL DAMES of AMERICA in the state of GEORGIA}, PP. 329-333. Hope this helps...no mention was made of the EAST MACON LEDGER...could it have been started after this book was written? Jennifer Sherwood Braswell [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce McMurray <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [GAJONES] East Macon Ledger : > >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 08:01:40 -0700 (PDT) : > >From: Bessie Spivey <[email protected]> : > >Subject: East Macon Ledger : > >To: Crilley <[email protected]> : > > : > >Ms. Crilley, : > >Can you tell me when the "East Macon Ledger", started : > >publication. Were there any other earlier GA papers in : > >or near Jones Co., GA? : > >Bessie : > > : > >__________________________________________________ : > >Do You Yahoo!? : > >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. : > >http://im.yahoo.com : > > : > > : > Virginia : :