I haven't looked into the Marion government representatives after the war so I can not speak to that yet, but recent research in Schley county has indicated that local negroes of considerable stature and ability represented that county in the state legislature during the reconstruction period. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/bios/dinkins.txt (This bio of Rev. Jesse Dinkins fits this scenario quite well.) They having been from local slave families, had surnames that seem familiar today. Certainly, these representatives should not bear the label of carpetbaggers, but as times were vastly different then, I suspect it was hard for many whites to swallow. Sort of like turning the tables a bit. This is an excellent area to explore. I welcome any biographies or any info on negroes that served as representatives in Marion or Schley counties during the reconstruction period. Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Crilley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: [GAMARION] Reconstruction Georgia > 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. 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