Source Information

Ancestry.com. History of the State of Georgia, 1850-1881 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original data: Avery, I.W. The History of the State of Georgia From 1850-1881, Embracing the Three Important Epochs. New York, USA: Brown & Derby, Publishers, n.d.

About History of the State of Georgia, 1850-1881

This database contains a history of the state of Georgia covering the years 1850 to 1881. It is divided into three essential time periods. The first is the decade preceding the Civil War, the second is the Civil War, and the third is the period of reconstruction following the Civil War. This database would be useful to any researcher with ancestors from Georgia who lived during this time period. While this history will probably not contain information specific to your ancestors, it will provide information about the time and place in which your ancestors lived, and about an event that for them was very real. This, in turn, will better help you place your ancestors in a historical context.