Georgia Bibliography

Georgia Bibliography

Georgia Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Robert Will, Historical Compiler; John Ford, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director; Emily Kelley, Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer

Asher & Adams’ Georgia and Alabama. Map. New York, 1874. Some Georgia Maps, Land Lot, Land District, Historical State Maps, etc. <http://www.jrl2.com/Maps.htm>

Barnett, Amanda, topographer. “Map of Crawford County.” 1867. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives, Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4>

Bonner, James C. Atlas for Georgia History. Milledgeville: Privately printed, 1969. Several maps concerned with early counties.

Bonner, William G. Bonner’s Pocket Map of the State of Georgia. Milledgeville: 1848.

Bonner, William G. Map of the State of Georgia Compiled under the Direction of the General Assembly. Milledgeville: 1851.

Bryant, Pat, comp. Georgia Counties: Their Changing Boundaries. 2d ed. Rev. Ingrid Shields. Atlanta: Georgia State Printing Office, 1983. Gives dates of change, other counties affected, citations to laws.

Burr, David H. Map of Georgia & Alabama Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, &c. 1839. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Cappon, Lester J., Barbara Bartz Petchenik, and John H. Long, eds. Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1976.

Central of Georgia Railway Co. Geographically Correct Map of Alabama and Georgia. 1899. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>.

Clayton, Augustin Smith. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia Passed by the Legislature Since the Political Year of 1800 to the Year 1810, Inclusive. Augusta: 1812.

Coleman, Kenneth, ed. History of Georgia. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1977.

Colton, J. H. “Map of Georgia.” 1855. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>. Title taken from Internet posting.

Counties of the State of Georgia. Savannah: Georgia Historical Society, 1974. Pamphlet with creations, namesakes, population in 1960 and 1970.

Cram, George. “Map of Georgia.” 1883. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>. Title taken from Internet posting.

Cram, George. “Railroad and County Map of Georgia.” 1885. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>. Title taken from Internet posting.

Dawson, William C. A Compilation of the Laws of Georgia Passed by the General Assembly Since the Year 1819 to the Year 1829, Inclusive. Milledgeville: 1831.

Ewing, Katherine W. Creation of Georgia Counties Presently Existing. Map. N.p.: Privately printed, 1973.

Floyd County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. Floyd County Map. Rome, Ga., 1895. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B.W. “Map of Bartow County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B. W. “Map of Bullock County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B.W. “Map of Carroll County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B.W. “Map of Cherokee County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B.W. “Map of Habersham County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B.W. “Map of Jasper County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Frobel, B.W. “Map of Newton County Made by Authority of the State.” 1869. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Georgia. Georgia Laws. Savannah, 1787-2000. State session laws, cited as Ga. Laws.

Georgia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, 2003.

Georgia Department of Transportation. Atlanta & Vicinity. Map. Rev. ed. [Atlanta], 1986.

Georgia Department of Transportation. Georgia 1989-90: Official Highway and Transportation Map. Atlanta: 1989.

Georgia Department of Transportation. State Highway Map, 1999-2000, Atlanta: 1999. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Georgia State Highway Department. Official 1952 Georgia Highway Map. Atlanta: 1952. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

[Green, James A.] “The Above Is an Accurate Map of Cherokee County. . . .” 1867. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

[Green, James A.] "Map of the County of Johnson" 1868. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

“Hammond Map of Georgia.” 1904. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>. Title from Internet posting.

Hemperley, Marion R., and Edwin L. Jackson. Georgia’s Boundaries: The Shaping of a State. Athens: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 1993. Nothing on counties, state and Indian boundaries only.

Holder, Thomas W., and Howard A. Schretter. Atlas of Georgia. Athens: Institute of Community and Area Development, University of Georgia, 1986. Has maps showing some early county networks.

Hudgins’ Map of Georgia. Atlanta: Hudgins Co., 1915. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>.

Jackson, Ed. Brief History of Georgia Counties. Athens: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 2002. <http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/countyhistory.htm>. A convenient, brief overview of county creation and function in Georgia.

Johnson, [A. J.]. Johnson’s Georgia and Alabama. Map. 1863.

Lamar, Lucius Q.C. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia Passed by the Legislature Since the Year 1810 to the Year 1819, Inclusive. Augusta: 1821.

“Laurens and Telfair Counties, 1807.” Boundaries of 1807 plotted in the twentieth century on a copy of David H. Burr, Map of Georgia & Alabama Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., in his American Atlas. London: J. Arrowsmith, 1839. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Littlefield, James R. “Some Georgia Maps: Land Lot Land District, Historical State Maps, Etc.” [digital map images], <www.jrl2.com/Maps.htm>. Useful for reconstructing land lot networks of 17 counties in west-central Georgia; used 9/12/2008.

Lloyd's Topographical Map of Georgia. New York: J.Y. Lloyd, 1864. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List of Session Laws. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. Complemented by Pollack (below), this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.

“Map of Pike County Made by Authority of the State.” c. 1870 MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

“Map of Twiggs County.” c. 1866. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

“Map of Webster County.” 1866. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Marbury, Horatio, and William H. Crawford. A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia, from Its Settlement as a British Province, in 1755, to the Session of the General Assembly in 1800, Inclusive. Savannah, 1802.

McBride, John. “Appling County, District 1.” N.d. MS. A true copy by Carlton Wellborn. District Plats of Survey, Survey Records, Surveyor General, RG 3-3-24, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, District Plats of Survey. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/dmf.php>

McLendon, S.G. History of the Public Domain of Georgia. Atlanta: Foote and Davis, 1924.

McIntosh, John H. The Official History of Elbert County, 1790-1935, including a “Supplement, 1935-1939.” Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing, 1968.

“Milton County.” [Text accompanying list of maps.] GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Mitchell, Augustus. County Map of the States of Georgia and Alabama. 1874. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Morton, William J. The Story of Georgia’s Boundaries: A Meeting of History and Geography. Atlanta: Georgia History Press, 2009.

Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. Ed. by John K. Wright. Washington, D.C. and New York: Carnegie Institution of Washington and American Geographical Society, 1932.

Phillips, William. “Map of Floyd County.” 1871. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Phillips, William. “Map of Macon County Made by Authority of the State.” 1871. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Phillips, William. “Map of Quitman County Made by Authority of the State.” 1871. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Phillips, William. “Map of Schley County Made by Authority of the State.” 1871. MS. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Pollack, Ervin H., comp. Supplement with Bibliographical Notes, Emendations, and Additions to the Check List of Session Laws, Compiled by Grace E. MacDonald. Preliminary ed. Boston: National Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gaps in MacDonald’s 1935 compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws through 1935.

Price, Edward T. Dividing the Land: Early American Beginnings of Our Private Property Mosaic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

“Pulaski County.” [Text accompanying list of maps.] GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Rand McNally. Standard Map of Georgia. N.p., 1955. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>. Title from Internet posting.

Royce, Charles C., comp. Indian land cessions in the United States. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, 1899.

State of Georgia: Original and 1895 Counties and Land Lot Districts. Map. N.p., n.d. Reprint of Hall’s original. Shows land district lines, Indian lines.

Sturges, Daniel. Map of the State of Georgia: Prepared from Actual Surveys and Other Documents for Eleazer Early. Savannah: 1818. A great help with descriptions of counties east of Oconee R.

Tanner, H.S. “Map of Georgia and Alabama.” 1823. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>. Title from Internet posting.

Tanner, H.S. Map of the United States of America. 1834. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Thorndale, William, and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987.

U.S. Government Printing Office. Georgia, Minor Civil Divisions—Militia Districts. Washington, D.C., 1952. Historic Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-8-65, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, Historic Maps. <http://content.sus.state.ga.us/cdm4/hmf.php>. Title from internet posting; “Bureau of the Census 1950” printed in upper right corner.

U.S. Coast Survey. "U.S. Coast Survey Map, Southern Georgia and Part of South Carolina," 1865. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

U.S. Geological Survey. State of Georgia. Scale 1:500,000. State Base Series. Ed. of 1970. Washington, D.C.: 1970.

U.S. Geological Survey. State of Georgia. Scale 1:500,000. State Base Series. Ed. of 2001. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Vanderhill, Burke G., and Frank a. Unger. “Georgia’s Crenelated County Boundaries.” West Georgia College Studies in the Social Sciences. Vol. 16 (1977):59-73.

Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976.

Wallace, H.P. “Map of Taylor County, Georgia”. Atlanta: Hudgins Co, 1908. County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66, Georgia Archives. Georgia Virtual Vault, County Maps. <http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/cmf.php>

Watkins, George, and Robert Watkins. Digest of the Laws of Georgia from Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive. Philadelphia: 1800.

West, J. H., Jr. Official Commissioner’s Map of Bibb County, Georgia. N.p.: Bibb County Mapping Dept., 1960.

Whitaker, Arthur Preston. Spanish-American Frontier: 1783-1795. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.

Young, J.H. "Tourist Pocket Map of the State of Georgia," 1838. GeorgiaInfo, Historical Atlas of Georgia Counties. <http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/index.htm>

Zelinsky, Wilbur. “An Isochronic Map of Georgia Settlement, 1750-1850.” Georgia Historical Quarterly. Vol. 35 (1951): 191-195.