I just did a Google on "reconstruction Georgia". http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/history101/gahistory08.html This seems like a good beginning. I think it would be very interesting to try to learn more specifically about the counties in our areas... maybe looking at the officers from 1865-1870. Just glancing at the ones from Taylor County -- the names seem recognizable -- so I think they were local citizens. Maybe someone else could find out those in Marion or Schley. Could be that some of our counties were less affected by the War politically --- although what Harris said about the worn out land certainly does apply. My Ruffin family left around 1878 and went to TX and I can tell by researchers that lots of Georgians moved into Tx... seems like so many I meet on GA lists livein Tx!!! At 01:21 PM 5/17/2004 -0700, d h deci wrote: >Thanks, Harris, > >This make sense to me. I understood the carpetgagger >issue but had not thought about the fertility of the >soil. > >I wonder when occupation was over in MS and in GA. >Does any one know of a good general history book (not >real "heady" about Reconstruction in GA. I have a >fairly good (not expert by any means, what it was like >in GA during the War) knowlege but minimal knowledge >after the War. > >Diane >--- Harris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm going to take a stab at it. This is strictly my > > own opinion however in > > the case of many from Georgia who moved to FLORIDA, > > these are the various > > reasons. I suspect the reasons would be very > > similar to the Florida case. > > > > Land was cheap and fertile. The Georgia land was > > becoming very poor in the > > fertility aspect. Cotton as it was raised in the > > days prior and just after > > the war, seriously depleted the soil. There was no > > such thing as fertilizer > > up until then. If the soil wouldn't produce, you > > had to move and find some > > that was fertile. Another contributing factor was > > that Georgia after the > > war was being run by a bunch of carpetbaggers. Not > > a pleasant situation. > > By the late 1880's and early 1890's that had > > improved but those were hard > > times. Banks failures were quite common in the > > early nineties and it was > > often difficult to make ends meet farming. > > > > When faced with these things and word began spread > > about cheap and plentiful > > land in a new place and an opportunity for a new > > start, I think many decided > > to take the leap. Florida and some of the western > > states also offered land > > grants to Civil War veterans. > > > > I'd be interested in hearing other thoughts on the > > reasons for the large > > migration. > > > > Harris > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "d h deci" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [GAMARION] Franklin family in 1850 > > census - Marion Co. > > > > > > > This interests me. > > > > > > Another family that moved from GA to MS?!?!?!? > > > > > > The Knowltons and Dranes did the same thing after > > the > > > Civil War. Can any one shed some historical > > reasons > > > that may have motivated the families to move west? > > I > > > am sure that economics played a major factor. Was > > the > > > economics so much better there? > > > > > > Diane > > > --- Virginia Crilley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think that the Quentius Franklin family moved > > on > > > > to MS... they're in the > > > > 1860 Census for Neshoba Co. > > > > > > > > I wondered what happened to Lockhart Franklin > > and > > > > Singleton Franklin. > > > > > > > > When Betsy Jinks father died in 1886 she was in > > > > Attala Co. MS. > > > > > > > > 58 Franklin, Singleton 63, m farmer $1300 GA > > > > > > > > Alex 21? m farmer GA > > > > > > > > Quentius 20 m student GA (probably > > married > > > > Betsy Ann Jinks) > > > > (family records say Lucius Cincinnatus Quentius > > > > (LCQ) was born in Hancock > > > > Co. 6 Nov 1828. Died in Chichot Co AR (in 1900 > > > > census) > > > > > > > > Ann 15 ? f GA > > > > > > > > 59 Franklin, Lockhart 24 m $1000 farmer > > > > Eliza 25 f > > > > Mary C. 4 > > > > Martha 1 f > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including > > the > > > > new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. > > Click > > > > to learn more. > > > > > > > > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > D H Deci > > > Researching in GA: Hart, Drane, Knowlton, > > Mallory, Mundy, Ansley, Carter, > > Andrews > > > Researching in MS: Drane > > > Researching in AL: Knowlton > > > Researching in WI: Kaiser, Baumann, Meidl > > > > > > Visit my site: > > > http://www.geocities.com/familyhunter77/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. > > > http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including > > the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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